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Matthew Henry

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-5

The glory of the Lord in the house. The glory of the house of God does not consist in its beauty and grandeur, but in the indwelling of the Eternal himself. When the tabernacle of witness reared in the wilderness was completed, when Moses had finished the work, "then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle." Upon the occasion of the dedication of Solomon's temple, " it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-6

The return of God's glory. The prophet had witnessed in sadness the departure of the glory of the Lord (see Ezekiel 10:18 , Ezekiel 10:19 ; Ezekiel 11:23 ). He has now a happy vision of its return; and of that return he gives a very graphic description. It affected him. With solemn awe ( Ezekiel 43:3 ) as well as with sacred joy. He found himself transported to the place where, as a priest, he had an official right to stand ( Ezekiel 43:5 ), and there he saw the brightness of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-9

Sunshine after storm. The prophet of Jehovah has inspected all the plans of the second temple. In clearest vision he has seen all its parts arranged. The sacred edifice has grown to perfection before his eyes. Court within court has successively appeared. And now the great question arises, "Will the God of heaven again stoop to dwell there?" In vain will be all this preparation and toil unless Jehovah shall fill the house again with his presence. In vain will be all ceremony and all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-12

The consecration of the temple by the entrance into it of the glory of the God of Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:4-5

The prophet next narrates that he saw the glory of the Lord entering into and taking possession of the "house," as formerly it had entered into and taken possession of the tabernacle and the temple ( Exodus 40:34 , Exodus 40:35 ; 1 Kings 8:10 , 1 Kings 8:11 ), and that of this he was further assured by experiencing immediately thereafter—not a push from the wind, as Luther and Kliefoth translate, but an impulse from the Spirit (not "a spirit," Ewald, though the Hebrew word wants the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:4

By this gate the glory of the Lord had departed. See the marginal reference. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 43:3-5

Ezekiel 43:3-5. And it This glory of the God of Israel; was according to the vision, &c., when I came to destroy the city That is, to prophesy that the city would be destroyed. The prophets are often said to do those things which they foretel shall be done. And I fell upon my face In humble and reverent adoration of the divine majesty, or overwhelmed, as it were, and not able to bear the lustre of such glory. But the Spirit took him up, when the glory of the Lord was come into the... read more

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