Ezekiel 43:7

Ezekiel 43:7. Son of man, the place— Son of man, thou seest the place. Houbigant. The prophet here refers to the promise formerly made in relation to the tabernacle and temple; alluding to Christ, in whom all the prophesies of the Old Testament are to have their final accomplishment. Zechariah prophesies of the Messiah, that he should build the temple of the Lord, and bear the glory; that is to say, as the spiritual sense of these prophesies is explained in the New Testament, "He shall build the Christian church;" in him shall all the fulness of the Godhead dwell bodily, and reign; not in types and figures. Calmet explains the last phrase thus, "By adoring idols in my temple, and by burying their kings in my holy mountain." Others, by carcases of their kings, understand the lifeless images which were erected to those dead monarchs, who were deified and worshipped.