Ezekiel 43:1

1 Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east.

Ezekiel 43:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate
The dimensions of this wonderful building being finished, the prophet's divine guide brought him from the wall about it, he had last measured, to the gate he first had him to, after he had observed to him the same wall, ( Ezekiel 40:5 Ezekiel 40:6 ) : even the gate that looketh toward the east;
or, as the Targum, which was open to the way of the east. The reason of his being brought hither follows.

Ezekiel 43:1 In-Context

1 Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east.
2 And there, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters; and the earth shone with his glory.
3 The vision I saw was like the vision that I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the vision that I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
4 As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east,
5 the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
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