Ezekiel 43:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7

The LXX . and the Vulgate divide the present verse into two parts, and take the first as equivalent to a solemn word of consecration, the former supplying ἑώρακας the latter vidisti , "thou hast seen." The Chaldee Targum inserts, hic est locus , "this is the place," and in so doing is followed by Luther and the Revised Version. Some word, it is obvious, either a "see!" or a "behold!" must be interpolated, in thought at least, unless one adopts the construction of the Authorized... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7

The Divine indwelling. There peculiar solemnity in this utterance. The prophet has beheld the return of the Lord's glory to his house , and has seen its courts filled with the mystic luster. He stands in the ironer court, the attendant angel being by his side. And the voice of the Lord, mighty as the sound of many waters, addresses him as the son of man, and assures him that the Eternal. Spirit has now takes up a perpetual abode within his consecrated temple, and that those courts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7-9

God's unapproachable sovereignty. God now appears among his people as their Divine Sovereign; the house to which he comes in glorious manifestation is "the place of his throne" ( Ezekiel 43:7 ). There he is resolved to rule. Other kings, human potentates, had been reigning there, but their rule should now be over. They had been usurpers in that they had set up their will against his, "their threshold by his thresholds, their post by his posts" ( Ezekiel 43:8 ); but all such pretensions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7-12

Debate exists as to who the speaker in the seventh verse was, whether Jehovah or the man—some holding with Kliefoth, Ewald, Smend, and Currey, that he was Jehovah; others, with Havernick, Keil, Hengstenberg, and Schroder, that he was "the man;" and still others, with Plumptre, that it cannot be decided which he was. One thing is clear, that if "the man" was the speaker, his words and message were not his own, but Jehovah's. Yet unless the man had been the angel of the Lord—the view of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:8

In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds etc. The first "their" can only refer to "the house of Israel and their kings;" the second "their" may also allude to these, but is best taken as pointing to the "idols," whose thresholds or temples, according to the view adopted of the preceding verse, were set up in the court of Jehovah's temple, and so close to the latter that nothing stood between them except the temple wall Smend, who favors the second view of the preceding verse,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:9

Now let them put away their whoredom , etc. What has just been declared to be the necessary consequence of Jehovah's abiding in the midst of Israel is now enjoined upon Israel as an indispensable prerequisite of Jehovah's taking up his residence amongst them. Ezekiel's theology in this respect harmonizes with that of Old and New Testament writers generally, who invariably postulate purity of heart and life as a necessary condition of God's abiding in the heart, while asserting that such... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:7-8

He said - i. e., God “said.” Both the Septuagint and the Vulgate break this verse into two, so as to make the first half the solemn words of dedication. place a full stop after “forever;” the words mark the distinction between the new and the former sanctuary.The palace of Solomon abutted upon the southern side of the embankment of the temple-platform; there was but “a wall between Yahweh and them.” When the kings gave themselves up to idolatry, this vicinity was to the temple a pollution and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 43:7-9

Ezekiel 43:7-9. And he said unto me, Son of man, &c. God here, in retaking possession of his house, in effect renews his covenant with his people Israel; and Ezekiel negotiates the matter, as Moses formerly did. This would be of great use to the captives at their return, both for direction and for encouragement; but it more especially concerns those that are blessed with the privileges of the gospel temple, and shows that they hold their blessings under the condition of their obedience.... 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 43:7

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . the place of My throne. The Ellipsis must be thus supplied: "[This is] the place", &c. Not the ark, as in Solomon's Temple. There is no ark here. where I will dwell, &c. See Ezekiel 43:9 ; Ezekiel 37:26 , Ezekiel 37:28 ; Eze 37:48 , Eze 37:35 .Psalms 68:18 ; Psalms 132:14 .Joel 3:17 . I will dwell, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45 ). children = sons, for ever. Showing that this prophecy yet waits for its fulfilment, holy. See... read more

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