Ezekiel 43:3
in Ezekiel 43The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
KJV
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd it - This glory of the God of Israel. To destroy - To declare, that their sins would ruin their city, chap. ix, 3, 4. I fell - Overwhelmed, and as it were swallowed up.
This site's exposition
the gate that faces east
on Ezekiel 43:1-4
The glory returns “coming from the east,” by the road it took when it left the city at 11:23. His voice is “like the roar of many waters,” the figure chapter 1 used of the throne. Keil reads the return as the whole argument of the vision in one scene.
This site's exposition
when He came to destroy the city
Ezekiel identifies this glory with the one he saw in chapters 8 to 11, when judgment fell on Jerusalem. John Wesley reads the words to destroy as God declaring the ruin their sins would bring, pointing to 9:3 and 9:4. The same God who judged now returns.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 43, verses 1 onwards) \"And he brought me to the gate that faced east. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his majesty. And I saw a vision like the vision that I had seen when he came to destroy the city. And the vision that I saw was like the vision that I had seen by the river Chebar.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
); because God is the same, he was pleased to manifest himself in the same manner, for with him is no variableness. "It was the same" (says he) "as that which I saw when I came to destroy the city, that is, to foretel the city's destruction," which he did with such authority and efficacy, and the event did so certainly answer the prediction, that he might be said to destroy it.
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), as not able to bear the lustre of God's glory, or rather as one willing to give him the glory of it by a humble and reverent adoration. But the Spirit took him up (
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And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,....
A promise given of the continuance of God's presence with his people upon condition of their return to, and continuance in, the instituted way of worship, and their abandoning idols and idolatry,
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when I came to destroy the city--that is, to pronounce God's word for its destruction. So completely did the prophets identify themselves with Him in whose name they spake.
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The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּכְמַרְאֵ֨ה | ukhemareh | and like [the] appearance of | H4758 → | 103 times |
| הַמַּרְאֶ֜ה | hamareh | the vision | H4758 → | 103 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִ֗יתִי | raiti | I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| כַּמַּרְאֶ֤ה | kamareh | [was] like the vision | H4758 → | 103 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִ֙יתִי֙ | raiti | I had seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְּבֹאִי֙ | bevoi | when came I | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְשַׁחֵ֣ת | leshachet | to destroy | H7843 → | 146 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעִ֔יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וּמַרְא֕וֹת | umarot | and visions | H4759 → | 12 times |
| כַּמַּרְאֶ֕ה | kamareh | like the vision | H4758 → | 103 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִ֖יתִי | raiti | I had seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נְהַר־ | nehar- | [the] river of | H5104 → | 119 times |
| כְּבָ֑ר | kevar | Kebar | H3529 → | 8 times |
| וָאֶפֹּ֖ל | vaepol | and I fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פָּנָֽי׃ | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וּכְמַרְאֵ֨הand like [the] appearance of
ukhemarehH4758 →103 times
הַמַּרְאֶ֜הthe vision
hamarehH4758 →103 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָאִ֗יתִיI saw
raitiH7200 →1300 times
כַּמַּרְאֶ֤ה[was] like the vision
kamarehH4758 →103 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
רָאִ֙יתִי֙I had seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
בְּבֹאִי֙when came I
bevoiH935 →2568 times
לְשַׁחֵ֣תto destroy
leshachetH7843 →146 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעִ֔ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
וּמַרְא֕וֹתand visions
umarotH4759 →12 times
כַּמַּרְאֶ֕הlike the vision
kamarehH4758 →103 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָאִ֖יתִיI had seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נְהַר־[the] river of
nehar-H5104 →119 times
כְּבָ֑רKebar
kevarH3529 →8 times
וָאֶפֹּ֖לand I fell
vaepolH5307 →435 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פָּנָֽי׃face my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
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
Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Isaiah 44:26–28
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I…
- Jeremiah 31:4–5
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Ezekiel 36:36
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do…
- Jeremiah 31:28
Through
Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 1:28
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
- Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Ezekiel 1:28
Through
Ezekiel 9:5And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
- Ezekiel 5:11
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; 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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.