Ezekiel 43:1

God’s Glory Returns to the Temple

1 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,

Ezekiel 43:1 in Other Translations

1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

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

1 After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway.

1 The man brought me to the east gate.

1 He led me to the gate, the one that faces 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 the man brought me to the gate facing east,

2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.

3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

4 The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Chronicles 9:18; S Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1