Ezechiele 40:2

2 In una visione divisione divina mi trasportò là, e mi posò sopra un monte altissimo, sul quale stava, dal lato di mezzogiorno, come la costruzione d’una città.

Ezechiele 40:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:2

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel,
&c.] Or by the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum again; that is, being under the impressions of the Spirit of God, it appeared to him, in a visionary way, as if he was really brought out of Chaldea, and set in the land of Israel; see ( Ezekiel 8:3 ) , as John was carried away in the spirit to see the New Jerusalem, ( Revelation 21:10 ) : and set me upon a very high mountain;
as John also was, that he might have a view of this large city and temple, which were to fill the whole world: thus Christ was taken up to an exceeding high mountain, to be shown the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, ( Matthew 4:8 ) , it is needless to inquire what this mountain was, whether Moriah, on which the temple was formerly built, or any other mountain near Jerusalem, since no material temple is exhibited to be built upon it; nor would such a mountain, especially Zion or Moriah, have been a proper place, if material temple at Jerusalem was here designed, which must have stood upon it; but this is visionary, as well as the city and temple; if it respects anything, it may the strength, the visibility, and exalted state of the church of Christ in the latter day; see ( Isaiah 2:2 ) : by, which was as the flame of a city on the south:
the prophet in the vision, and as to his view of things coming from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, has a prospect of the south of the city and temple; and, first, there appeared to him, to the south of the mountain on which he stood, the plan of a city; or which was as one, for the city is not described till last; the description is of the temple first; and which for its wall, gates, courts, and towers, looked more like a city than a temple; nothing is more common than for the church of Christ to be compared to a city, especially as in the latter day; see ( Psalms 87:3 ) .

Ezechiele 40:2 In-Context

1 L’anno venticinquesimo della nostra cattività, al principio dell’anno, il decimo giorno del mese, quattordici anni dopo la presa della città, in quello stesso giorno, la mano dell’Eterno fu sopra me, ed egli mi trasportò nel paese d’Israele.

2 In una visione divisione divina mi trasportò là, e mi posò sopra un monte altissimo, sul quale stava, dal lato di mezzogiorno, come la costruzione d’una città.

3 Egli mi menò là, ed ecco che v’era un uomo, il cui aspetto era come aspetto di rame; aveva in mano una corda di lino e una canna da misurare, e stava in piè sulla porta.

4 E quell’uomo mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, apri gli occhi e guarda, porgi l’orecchio e ascolta, e poni mente a tutte le cose che io ti mostrerò; poiché tu sei stato menato qua perché io te le mostri. Riferisci alla casa d’Israele tutto quello che vedrai".

5 Ed ecco un muro esterno circondava la casa d’ogn’intorno. L’uomo aveva in mano una canna da misurare, lunga sei cubiti, ogni cubito d’un cubito e un palmo. Egli misurò la larghezza del muro, ed era una canna; l’altezza, ed era una canna.