John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:2
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel ,.... Or by the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum again; that is, being under the impressions of the Spirit of God, it appeared to him, in a visionary way, as if he was really brought out of Chaldea, and set in the land of Israel; see Ezekiel 8:3 , as John was carried away in the spirit to see the New Jerusalem, Revelation 21:10 , and set me upon a very high mountain ; as John also was, that he might have a view of this... read more
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