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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:2

Scarcely had the prophet taken up his station at or near the gate when the glory of the God of Israel (see on Ezekiel 1:28 ; Ezekiel 3:23 ) came from the way of the east , as if intending to enter the temple by the very door through which it had previously departed from the temple (comp. Ezekiel, Ezekiel 10:19 ; Ezekiel 11:22 , Ezekiel 11:23 ). The voles which proceeded from the theophany and resembled the noise of many waters , is after the LXX . ( καὶ φωνὴ τῆς... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:2

The glory of the God of Israel. The visionary glory that dazzled the eyes of the rapt seer is but an earthly suggestion of that ineffable glory in which the unseen God is ever clothed. We may take the manifestation of glory as a type and suggestion of that higher wonder. I. IN WHAT THE GLORY OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL CONSISTS . 1. The radiance of heavenly light . The glory is like the effulgence of sunlight, the raying forth of beams of splendor from the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:1

The gate - This was the eastern gate from the precincts to the outer court. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 43:1-2

Ezekiel 43:1-2. Then he brought me to the gate The eastern gate of the court of the priests, which was just before the temple. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel The word behold is an expression of joy and admiration; as if the prophet had said, Behold, a wonderful and joyful sight! The glory of that God who calls himself the God of Israel, which had departed from this place and people, and had absented itself from them for so long a time, is now returning to them, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-12

God returns to the temple (43:1-12)Nineteen years earlier, Ezekiel had seen visions in which God left the temple, went out of Jerusalem to a nearby mountain, then destroyed the city and its inhabitants (see 8:1; 9:1-11; 10:19; 11:22-24). Now, with the new temple established, he sees God returning by the same route, coming to his temple and filling it with glory (43:1-5).God then told Ezekiel that this temple was to be his earthly dwelling place. It was holy, and his people were not to defile it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 43:2

the glory. in Ezekiel 11:23 he had seen this glory quitting the Temple. the God of Israel . See note on Isaiah 29:23 . God. Hebrew. Elohim , App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:1

Here is a vision of the return of God's glory to the Temple, corresponding in every way to the visions of the departing glory in Ezekiel 10-11 (Ezekiel 43:1-6). God cited the reprobacy of the priests as a hindrance and as a reason for leaving the Temple. God promised that his glory would dwell there forever (Ezekiel 43:7-12); but that promise was made to be absolutely contingent upon Israel's holiness (Ezekiel 43:9-12). We also have the detailed measurements of the altar (Ezekiel 43:13-17),... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 43:2

Ezekiel 43:2. The glory of the God of Israel— The Lord appeared upon his chariot borne by the cherubim, in the same manner as we have seen described in the first, eighth, and ninth chapters. The glory of the Lord, when it forsook the temple, is described as departing from the eastern gate of it; afterwards it is represented as quite forsaking the city, and removing to a mountain on the east side of it; and now it returns by the same way it departed. See chap. Eze 10:11 and Calmet. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:2

2. the way of the east—the way whereby the glory had departed (Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 11:23), and rested on Mount Olivet (compare Zechariah 14:4). his voice . . . like . . . many waters—So English Version rightly, as in Zechariah 14:4- :, "voice of the Almighty"; Revelation 1:15; Revelation 14:2, prove this. Not as FAIRBAIRN translates, "its noise." earth his glory— (Revelation 14:2- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 43:1-2

Ezekiel’s guide next led him to the east gate in the outer wall. This was the wall of the millennial temple that he had been seeing and continued to see, not the wall of the Solomonic temple. There the prophet saw the glory of God approaching the temple from the east (cf. Deuteronomy 33:2; Isaiah 60:1-3). Ezekiel had seen God’s glory departing from Solomon’s temple to the east when the Babylonians destroyed it (ch. 8; Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 10:18-19; Ezekiel 11:22-25). It did not return when... read more

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