Ezekiel 43:1-7

The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple

1 Then he led me to 1the gate, the gate facing east.
2 And behold, 2the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And 3the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and 4the earth shone with his glory.
3 And 5the vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen 6when he[a] came to destroy the city, and just like 7the vision that I had seen 8by the Chebar canal. And 9I fell on my face.
4 As 10the glory of the LORD 11entered the temple by the gate facing east,
5 12the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into 13the inner court; and behold, 14the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
6 15While the man was standing beside me, 16I heard one speaking to me out of the temple,
7 and he said to me, 17"Son of man, this is 18the place of my throne and 19the place of the soles of my feet, 20where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more 21defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies[b] of their kings at their high places,[c]

Ezekiel 43:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 43

The temple or house of God being measured, the worship of God in it is pointed out and observed in this and the following chapter; and which, though evangelical, is expressed in the language of the Old Testament. An account is given of the glory of the Lord returning to the house, and the way he did, and his taking possession of it, which the prophet was favoured with a view of, Eze 43:1-5, a promise is made of his continuance there, provided his people behaved as they should, Eze 43:6-9, an order is given to the prophet, to show them the form and fashion, the laws, orders, and ordinances of the house to them, to be observed by them, Eze 43:10-12, then follows the measuring of the altar of burnt offerings; which, though measured before in chapter forty, the dimensions are here given, Eze 43:13-17, and the chapter is concluded with directions about the consecration of it, Eze 43:18-27.

Cross References 21

  • 1. ver. 4; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 44:1
  • 2. Ezekiel 10:18, 19; Ezekiel 11:23; [Revelation 21:11]
  • 3. Ezekiel 1:24; [Revelation 1:15]
  • 4. [Ezekiel 10:4; Revelation 18:1]
  • 5. See Ezekiel 1:28
  • 6. [Ezekiel 9:1, 2, 5]
  • 7. See Ezekiel 1:4-28
  • 8. See Ezekiel 1:1
  • 9. See Ezekiel 1:28
  • 10. [See ver. 2 above]
  • 11. [Ezekiel 44:2]
  • 12. See Ezekiel 3:12
  • 13. See Ezekiel 8:16
  • 14. Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 44:4; 1 Kings 8:10, 11; [Isaiah 6:1]
  • 15. See Ezekiel 40:3
  • 16. [Exodus 25:22]
  • 17. See Ezekiel 2:1
  • 18. [Psalms 99:1]
  • 19. [1 Chronicles 28:2; Isaiah 60:13]
  • 20. See Ezekiel 37:26, 28
  • 21. [ver. 8]; See Ezekiel 20:39

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts when I
  • [b]. Or the monuments; also verse 9
  • [c]. Or at their deaths
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