Ezekiel 43:1-27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-6

After Ezekiel has patiently surveyed the temple of God, the greatest glory of this earth, he is admitted to a higher form, and honoured with a sight of the glories of the upper world; it is said to him, Come up hither. He has seen the temple, and sees it to be very spacious and splendid; but, till the glory of God comes into it, it is but like the dead bodies he had seen in vision (Ezek. 37:1-28), that had no breath till the Spirit of life entered into them. Here therefore he sees the house... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7-12

God does here, in effect, renew his covenant with his people Israel, upon his retaking possession of the house, and Ezekiel negotiates the matter, as Moses formerly. This would be of great use to the captives at their return both for direction and encouragement; but it looks further, to those that are blessed with the privileges of the gospel-temple, that they may understand how they are before him on their good behaviour. I. God, by the prophet, puts them in mind of their former provocations,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezra 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Ezek. 43:13. It was six yards square at the top and seven yards square at the bottom; it was four yards and a half high; it had a lower bench or shelf, here called a settle, a yard from the ground, on which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate ,.... The dimensions of this wonderful building being finished, the prophet's divine guide brought him from the wall about it, he had last measured, to the gate he first had him to, after he had observed to him the same wall, Ezekiel 40:5 , even the gate that looketh toward the east ; or, as the Targum, which was open to the way of the east. The reason of his being brought hither follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:2

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east ,.... The God of Israel is Jehovah the Father, the covenant God of literal Israel; and the covenant God and Father of the whole spiritual Israel, or his elect, whether Jews or Gentiles; whom he has taken into covenant, loves, cares, provides for, and protects: Christ, who is the brightness of his Father's glory, whose glory is the glory of the only begotten of the Father, is here meant; and who has the same glorious... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:3

And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw ,.... Recorded in the first, ninth, and tenth chapters of this book; the form in which the glory of the God of Israel now appeared was like to what he then saw; in each of which visions was the likeness of a throne, and on it the appearance of the glory of God: even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city ; the city of Jerusalem; not that the prophet destroyed it, or came to destroy it himself,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:4

And the glory of the Lord came into the house , Before described and measured; and being fitted and prepared, the builder and owner of it comes and takes up his residence in it; as Christ will do in his church, more especially and more visibly in the latter day: by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east ; which was the direct way into the outward court, and so to the inward court, and into the holy, and into the most holy place; and was the way by which he departed from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:5

So the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court ,.... The prophet was fallen down on his face, upon the sight of the glory of the Lord, and there he lay, until a wind came, as the word signifies; or the Holy Spirit, which is compared to the wind, for its invisible and irresistible power, came and took him up: humble souls are regarded by the Lord; he raises them up, and exalts them, and brings them into nearer and more intimate communion with God; and gives them clearer views... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:6

And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house ,.... The holy place, the prophet being in the inward court: this is Jehovah the Father, the God of Israel, whose glory entered into it; who utters his voice out of Zion; who speaks in his church by his word, and the ministers of it; and which is to be heard and regarded, not as the word of man, but as the word of God: and the man stood by me : whom he saw at first with a measuring line in his hand, Ezekiel 40:3 , and with whom he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7

And he said unto me, son of man ,.... A kind, usual, and singular appellation, given to this prophet: these are the words either of the man that stood by him, so the Arabic version; or of Jehovah, speaking out of the house to him: the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet : that is, this house, the church of God, is the place where the throne of the Lord is set; where he rules and reigns; where he sets his feet, and is his resting place; even his, whose throne is the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:7

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