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Ezekiel 44:2

in Ezekiel 44

And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

KJV

Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

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This verse in Ezekiel 44

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

For before the Savior assumed a human body and humbled himself, taking on the form of a servant, the Law and the Prophets, and all the knowledge of the Scriptures, were closed, and paradise was closed.

This site's exposition

brought me back the way of the gate

on Ezekiel 44:1-3

The gate that faces east is shut and is never to be opened again, because the Lord, the God of Israel, entered the house by it; only the prince may sit in its porch to eat bread before the Lord, entering and leaving by the porch without ever passing through the gate itself. The commentators name the reading many have made of a gate closed because a greater than any priest has already passed it once, alongside the plainer reading that the gate is simply reserved from common use because it now marks where the glory came home. Either way the text keeps the distinction sharp: what the glory used, no man uses again, and even the prince eats in the porch rather than the gate proper.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then said the Lord unto me, this gate shall be shut,.... In time to come, as Jarchi interprets it, in the latter day; it was shut, and it should continue to be shut: it shall not be opened; any more; though it has been, yet hereafter no more: and no man shall enter in by it, into the house of the Lord, because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it; the same with the glory of the God of Israel, Eze 43:2, therefore it shall be shut; no one being to enter after him.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But such an account is given of this gate's being shut as puts honour, 1. It is for the honour of him that the gate of the inner court, at which his glory entered when he took possession of the house, was ever after kept shut, and no man was allowed to enter in by it,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

This gate shall be shut - It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions, nor at all on the week days: but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons. See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan. This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to prove the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to prove this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any man.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלַ֜יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הַשַּׁ֣עַרthe gate

    hashaarH8179 →374 times

  • הַזֶּה֩<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • סָג֨וּרshut

    sagurH5462 →91 times

  • יִהְיֶ֜הit will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִפָּתֵ֗חַit will be opened

    yipateachH6605 →144 times

  • וְאִישׁ֙and anyone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָ֣בֹאhe will go

    yavo'H935 →2568 times

  • ב֔וֹin it

    vo

  • כִּ֛יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵֽי־[the] God of

    ʾelohei-H430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בָּ֣אhe has gone

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • ב֑וֹin it

    vo

  • וְהָיָ֖הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • סָגֽוּר׃shut

    sagurH5462 →91 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 43:2–4and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.3 worksExodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.3 worksEzekiel 43:4and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.3 worksEzekiel 47:2Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.2 worksIsaiah 6:1–5In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 24:10

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

    it leads to

    • John 1:18

      No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

    • Ezekiel 10:1

      And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

    • Genesis 32:30

      So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

    • Exodus 33:20

      But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

    • Exodus 33:23

      Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Where this verse is studied

On this page

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 44 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.

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