Ezekiel 48:35

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 48:31-35

We have here a further account of the city that should be built for the metropolis of this glorious land, and to be the receptacle of those who would come from all parts to worship in the sanctuary adjoining. It is nowhere called Jerusalem, nor is the land which we have had such a particular account of the dividing of any where called the land of Canaan; for the old names are forgotten, to intimate that the old things are done away, behold all things have become new. Now, concerning this city,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 48:35

It was round about eighteen thousand measures ,.... Putting the numbers together which each side made, the circumference of the city was eighteen thousand measures; which, according to Cornelius a Lapide, were thirty two thousand miles; which shows that no city literally taken can be here meant, but mystically and spiritually the church of Christ, which will be of great extent in the latter day; and a large one it had need to be, to hold all nations that will flow into it; it will be spread... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 48:35

The name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there - It would have been better to have retained the original words: - שמה יהוה Yehovah Shammah . This is an allusion to the shechinah, or symbol of the Divine Presence, which was in the first, but most certainly was not in the second temple; but Ezekiel tells us that the Divine Presence should be in the city of which he speaks; and should be there so fully and so powerfully, that it should give name to the city itself; and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:1-35

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 48:30-35

The closing paragraph is devoted to a statement of the gates , dimensions , and name of the city . read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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