John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:2
Then said the Lord unto me, this gate shall be shut ,.... In time to come, as Jarchi interprets it, in the latter day; it was shut, and it should continue to be shut: it shall not be opened ; any more; though it has been, yet hereafter no more: and no man shall enter in by it , into the house of the Lord, because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it ; the same with the glory of the God of Israel, Ezekiel 43:2 , therefore it shall be shut ; no one being to enter... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-3
The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, such a copiousness there is in them. The lessons we have learned we should still repeat to ourselves. Every time we review the sacred fabric of holy things, which we have in the scriptures, we shall still find something new which we did not before take notice of. The prophet is brought a third time to the east gate, and... read more