Ezekiel 48:31-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:31-34

The gates of the city . These should be twelve in number, three on each side, and named after the twelve tribes (comp. Revelation 21:12 ). The gates leading northward should be those of Reuben, Judah, and Levi, all children of Leah ( Genesis 29:32 , Genesis 29:35 ), as Keil observes, "the firstborn in age, the firstborn by virtue of the patriarchal blessing, and the one chosen by Jehovah for his own service in the place of the firstborn." The same three occupy the first three places... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:31-34

God the Accessible One. Admitting to the sacred city, in the midst of which, was " the sanctuary of the Lord" ( Ezekiel 48:10 ), were twelve gates, three on each side of it, and bearing the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Surely the significance of this arrangement was that the Divine Sovereign was always accessible to all his people; that he desired to be approached by them all in order that they might have fellowship with him, and that he might confer blessing upon them. In that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

The entire circuit of the city should, according to the above measurement of the walls, be eighteen thousand reeds, i.e. 18,000 x 6 (cubits) x 1.5 (feet) = 162,000 feet = 30 miles. Josephus ('Wars,' 5.4. 3) reckoned the circuit of Jerusalem in his day to be thirty-three stadia, or four miles. The name of the city from that day should be, The Lord is there . It is debated whether "from that day" ( מִיוֹם ) should be connected with the preceding or the succeeding words, and likewise... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

A glorious name. The restored city of Jerusalem is to receive a new name, "The Lord is there." The announcement of this name makes a splendid conclusion to the Book of Ezekiel. The numerous and varied utterances of the prophet have carried us through scenes of shame and sorrow, and even of blood and terror; but above all has shone the vision of God and his grand providence, and the end of all is seen in the new city and temple of a renewed people. I. THE NAME DESCRIBES A ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

The Lord is there. A sublime close to a glorious book of prophecy. Ezekiel has had occasion to witness against Jerusalem, to upbraid the inhabitants of the city for their unfaithfulness to their God and to their privileges, to threaten chastisement and desolation, and to lament because his prediction has been fulfilled. But as he turns his vision away from the actual to the ideal, from the past to the future, from the Jerusalem that now is to the Jerusalem which is from above which is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

The apex of glory. "The name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there." The final words of the prophet are golden, and deserve to be written in largest capitals. The architecture of the holy city is ideally complete; its finial shines out with immortal luster. The city is baptized with a new name. Instead of "Jerusalem," it shall be "Jehovah-Shammah." Names are often labels which falsify the reality. A worthless mine may be named " El Dorado ." A rotten ship may still bear... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

The presence of Christ in his Church. Far more valuable to the Church of Jesus Christ is that Divine presence here promised than was the sacred Shechinah to the ancient people. The latter was only a mere symbol , once a year beheld by one man; but the former is a gracious power , to be appreciated and felt by every true Christian heart. "God is in the midst of her; The Lord is there," or (as Fairbairn would translate it) "The Lord is thither or thereupon;" the Lord from his temple... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 48:35

The circuit of the city walls, a square of 4500 reeds, was 18,000 reeds, not quite 37 English miles. The circuit of Jerusalem in the time of Josephus was reckoned by him to be about four miles.The name ... - The manner of expressing a spiritual meaning by giving a name to a city, a people, or the like, is familiar to the prophets (see Ezekiel 43:15 note). Jerome explains it: “The name of the city shall be no longer Jerusalem (“the vision of peace”), but Adonai-shama (“the Lord is there”)... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 48:31

Ezekiel 48:31. And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel It had twelve gates in all, three on each side, which was very proper, since it lay four-square; and these twelve gates were inscribed to the twelve tribes. Because the city was to be served out of all the tribes of Israel, Ezekiel 48:19, it was fit that each tribe should have its gate; and Levi being here taken in to keep to the number twelve, Ephraim and Manasseh are made one in Joseph. Conformable... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 48:35

Ezekiel 48:35. The name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there It is very frequently said in Scripture, that a person or thing should be called by a certain name, when it was to be invested with qualities which might entitle it to that denomination. Thus Isaiah, foretelling the coming of the Messiah, says, His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, because he was to possess the qualities which should serve... read more

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