Ezekiel 43:1-5

RETURN OF JEHOVAH TO HIS NEW TEMPLE, AND ITS CONSECRATION TO HIS SERVICE.

1-5. The Lord’s glory returns to the temple by the same gate through which the prophet had seen it depart (Ezekiel 43:1-2; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:23), and the sound of the chariot’s movement was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory (Ezekiel 3:23; compare Ezekiel 1:4-13; Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 10:4-5). It was the same vision which Ezekiel had seen at the Chebar (Ezekiel 1:1), and also in Jerusalem when he was summoned thither to announce its overthrow (Ezekiel 43:3; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 10:0). Overawed by the glory he falls upon his face, but is lifted up by the spirit as previously (see notes Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:12), and is carried from the eastern gate into the inner court (Ezekiel 43:1; Ezekiel 43:5).