Ezequiel 40:2

2 En visiones de Dios, El me llevó a la tierra de Israel y me puso sobre un monte muy alto, sobre el cual, hacia el sur, había una construcción parecida a una ciudad.

Ezequiel 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 ) .

Ezequiel 40:2 In-Context

1 En el año veinticinco de nuestro destierro, al principio del año, a los diez días del mes, catorce años después de haber sido tomada la ciudad, en aquel mismo día vino sobre mí la mano del SEÑOR, y me llevó allá.

2 En visiones de Dios, El me llevó a la tierra de Israel y me puso sobre un monte muy alto, sobre el cual, hacia el sur, había una construcción parecida a una ciudad.

3 Me llevó allá; y he aquí, había allí un hombre cuyo aspecto era semejante al bronce, con un cordel de lino y una caña de medir en la mano, y estaba de pie en la puerta.

4 Y el hombre me dijo: Hijo de hombre, mira con tus ojos, oye con tus oídos y presta atención a todo lo que te voy a mostrar; porque para mostrártelo has sido traído aquí. Declara todo lo que ves a la casa de Israel.

5 Y he aquí, por el exterior del templo había un muro, todo alrededor, y en la mano del hombre había una caña de medir de seis codos (cada codo de un codo y un palmo menor). Midió el espesor del muro, y tenía una caña; y la altura, una caña.