Ezekiel 40:1-44:31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-4

Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity (Ezek. 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, and is here said to be the fourteenth year after the city was smitten. See how seasonably the clearest and fullest prospects of their deliverance were given, when they were in the depth of their distress, and an assurance of the return of the morning when they were in the midnight of their captivity: ?Then the hand of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity ,.... That is, from Jeconiah's captivity, from whence this prophet begins his dates: he calls it our captivity, because he himself was then carried captive; and this was twenty years after his first vision; see Ezekiel 1:1 , in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month ; the Jews had two beginnings of their year, the one on civil accounts, which was in the autumnal equinox, in the month Tisri, which answers to part of our... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 40:1

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity - According to the date here given, this prophecy was delivered on Tuesday, April 20, A.M. 3430, in the twenty-fifth year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and fourteen years after the taking of Jerusalem. The temple here described by Ezekiel is, in all probability, the same which he saw before his captivity, and which had been burned by the Chaldeans fourteen years before this vision. On comparing the Books of Kings and Chronicles with this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity ; i.e. in B.C. 575, assuming Jehoiakin's deportation to have taken place B.C. 600, i.e. in the fiftieth year of the prophet's age, in the twenty-fifth of his prophetic calling, and in the fourteenth after the fall of Jerusalem. As the last note of time was the twelfth year ( Ezekiel 32:17 ), it may be assumed the interval was largely occupied in receiving and delivering the prophecies that fall between those dates, though it is more than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-4

The introduction to the vision . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-4

Vision of the new temple. These visions of the restored temple are a fitting close to this series of revelations. The opening visions displayed the righteous God marching forth in majestic splendor to vindicate himself. His vast army is at hand to execute his royal will. Now the will of God upon Israel is accomplished. Exile has done its gracious work. The old love of idolatry is killed. In vision at least the people have returned in loyalty to their own King. A regeneration of heart and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-49

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 40:1

In the first and twentieth year - This was the fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable Passover 2 Kings 23:22. See the Ezekiel 1:1 note. If that was a jubilee year, which is highly probable, this vision also falls in a jubilee year, which seems appropriate. The jubilee year began with the month of Tisri, a sufficient reason for speaking of the time as “the beginning of the year.” The tenth day of this month was the day of atonement Leviticus 16:29-30. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 40:1-2

Ezekiel 40:1-2. In the five and twentieth year of our captivity Of the captivity of those that were carried away with Jehoiachin, eleven years before Jerusalem was taken. In the beginning of the year In the month Nisan; in the tenth day of the month The day that the paschal lamb was to be taken up in order to the feast on the fourteenth day; in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten Zedekiah’s reign commenced from Jehoiachin’s captivity, in the eleventh year of whose... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-47

Click image for full-size version40:1-48:35 THE NEW AGEIn this the final section of his book, Ezekiel adds to the picture he has already given of Israel’s restoration to the land and the golden age that will follow. He has already dealt at length with the return to the land; now he deals with matters relating to the people’s way of life within the land. In particular he deals with the temple and the city.Although the blessings outlined by Ezekiel were intended for restored Israel, the nation... read more

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