Then said he unto me, son of man
That is, the glorious Person described above in this vision, the
glorious God of Israel, seen by the prophet in the temple, he
spoke unto him, calling him son of man; a name by which he often
goes in this prophecy: lift up thine eyes now toward the
north;
of the mountain of the house without the court, as Jarchi
interprets it: so I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the
north:
being obedient to the heavenly vision: and behold northward
at the gate of the altar;
at the northern gate of the inner court, where was the altar of
burnt offering, brought by Ahaz; to the north of the altar he
built in imitation of that at Damascus, ( 2
Kings 16:10-14 ) ; and here stood this image of
jealousy in the entry;
or the image of this jealousy; the image before mentioned, which
provoked the Lord to jealousy; this stood at the entry of the
northern gate, which led into the inner court, and to the altar.