Ezekiel 43:1 NIV

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

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 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 43:1-5

The vision itself 43:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 43:1-12

3. The return of God’s glory to the temple 43:1-12Having described the temple, God next revealed that He approved of it. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

§ 2. The Ordinances of the New Israel (Ezekiel 40-48)This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem (572 b.c.). It is therefore thirteen years later than the previous section (Ezekiel 33-39), and, with the exception of Ezekiel 29:17-21, forms the latest part of the book. It is in the form of a vision, which is the counterpart of that in Ezekiel 8-11. There God forsook the old Temple which had... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 43:1-2

XLIII.The new Temple had now been shown to the prophet with all its arrangements and measurements; it remained that the structure should be divinely accepted by the manifestation of the glory of the Lord, as in the case of the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:34-35), and of the former Temple (1 Kings 8:10-11; 2 Chronicles 5:13-14; 2 Chronicles 7:1-3). The description of this and the accompanying message occupy Ezekiel 43:1-12. With Ezekiel 43:13 the account of the ordinances of Divine worship to be... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 43:1-27

Ezekiel 43:2 Mr. Augustus Hare, in Memorials of a Quiet Life, quotes a passage from his mother's diary, in which, after writing down this verse, she adds: 'Yes, with the glory of the God of Israel. In itself it was dark and lifeless; but when the glory of the God of Israel arose out of the East, even as the Sun of Righteousness, then the earth reflected His bright shining, and became glorious through His light resting upon it. So have I seen on a bright sunshiny morning at Hurstmonceaux, the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

THE SANCTUARYTHE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah’s palace, where He manifests His gracious presence by receiving the gifts and homage of His subjects. But the enjoyment of this privilege of access to the presence of God depends on the fulfilment of certain conditions which, in the prophet’s view, had been systematically violated in the arrangements that prevailed... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

II. THE TEMPLE WORSHIP (43-44) CHAPTER 43 1. The return of the glory of the Lord and filling the house (Ezekiel 43:1-9 ) 2. The address to the nation (Ezekiel 43:10-12 ) 3. The dimensions of the altar (Ezekiel 43:13-17 ) 4. The offerings to be bought (Ezekiel 43:18-27 ) read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:1

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 43:1-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 43:1-12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 43:1-2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 43:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

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