Ezekiel 43:10
in Ezekiel 43As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
KJV
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
8 notes on this verseShew - Describe it to them in all the parts. To the house - To the rulers, prophets, and priests especially, not excluding others. Their iniquities - When they shall blush to see what glory their iniquities had ruined.
This site's exposition
describe the temple to the people of Israel
on Ezekiel 43:10-12
The purpose of nine chapters of measuring is stated only now, to “describe the temple to the people of Israel” so they may be ashamed. The law of the temple follows in one sentence, “All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10 and following) But you, son of man, show the house of Israel the temple: and let them be confounded by their iniquities, and let them measure the structure, and let them be ashamed of all that they have done. Show them the form of the house and its structure, its exits and entrances, and all its descriptions and all its laws. Show them the entire order and all its laws, and write them in their sight, that they may keep all its arrangements and its laws, and do them.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Let them measure the pattern themselves, and see how much it exceeds the former pattern, and guess by that what great things God has in store for them; and surely it will put them out of countenance to think what the desert of their sins was. If they be ashamed of their sins, they shall surely see more of the pattern,
Thou son of man, show the house,.... That is, the house the prophet had seen measured, its gates, courts, and all belonging to it; which he was at first bid to observe, that he might show it to others; the house that the glory of the Lord was now come into, and had filled; and which is no other than the Gospel church in its perfection and glory in the latter day.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
show the house . . . that they may be ashamed of their iniquities--When the spirituality of the Christian scheme is shown to men by the Holy Ghost, it makes them "ashamed of their iniquities."
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Show the house to the house of Israel - Show them this holy house where the holy God dwells, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Their name, their profession, their temple, their religious services, all bound them to a holy life; all within them, all without them, should have been holiness unto the Lord.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Deviation from the exact rules of the Mosaic ordinances was connected with the transgression of the people. So the restoration, according to the pattern of the Law, was symbolic of their return to obedience.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
You, Son of man, describe etc., that they may be ashamed of their iniquities when I show them My loving-kindness that I do not reject them for their iniquity.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And if they are ashamed i.e., [if] they will be embarrassed and hide their faces because of all they did, then let them know what I am destined to do for them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָ֗ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| הַגֵּ֤ד | haged | declare | H5046 → | 370 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֔יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּ | veyikalmu | so they may be ashamed | H3637 → | 38 times |
| מֵעֲוֹנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | meavonoteihem | from iniquities their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וּמָדְד֖וּ | umadedu | and they will measure | H4058 → | 51 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תָּכְנִֽית׃ | takhenit | a pattern | H8508 → |
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בֶן־O son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָ֗םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
הַגֵּ֤דdeclare
hagedH5046 →370 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֔יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּso they may be ashamed
veyikalmuH3637 →38 times
מֵעֲוֹנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םfrom iniquities their
meavonoteihemH5771 →233 times
וּמָדְד֖וּand they will measure
umadeduH4058 →51 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תָּכְנִֽית׃a pattern
takhenitH8508 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 40:4“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:5
The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the…
- Jeremiah 26:2
“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who…
- Ezekiel 2:7–8
But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Ezekiel 44:5
Through
Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
it leads to
- Psalms 39:9
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Psalms 39:9
Through
1 Chronicles 28:19“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–12
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–12
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.