Ezekiel 43:4
in Ezekiel 43and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
KJV
And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd the glory of the Lord came into the house, Before described and measured; and being fitted and prepared, the builder and owner of it comes and takes up his residence in it; as Christ will do in his church, more especially and more visibly in the latter day: by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east; which was the direct way into the outward court, and so to the inward court, and into the holy, and into the most holy place; and was the way by which he departed from hence, Eze 10:18.
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
entered the temple through the gate facing east
Matthew Henry notes God's glory filled the tabernacle and Solomon's temple (Exodus 40:34), but the record never says it filled the second temple. He finds fulfillment in the gospel church, and John Gill in Christ dwelling in His church in the latter day. Dispensational interpreters expect a future literal temple.
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 Awakening3 voices
Came - The sins of Israel caused the glory of the Lord to go out of his house, now the repentance of Israel is blest with the return of this glory.
God's glory filled the house as it had filled the tabernacle which Moses set up and the temple of Solomon, Exod. xl. Now we do not find that ever the Shechinah did in that manner take possession of the second temple, and therefore this was to have its accomplishment in that glory of the divine grace which shines so brightly in the gospel church, and fills it.
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,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
By this gate the glory of the Lord had departed. See the marginal reference.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּכְב֥וֹד | ukhevod | and [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בָּ֣א | ba' | it came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | derekh | [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| שַׁ֔עַר | shaar | [the] gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּנָ֖יו | panav | face its | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | derekh | [was] [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַקָּדִֽים׃ | hakadim | the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
וּכְב֥וֹדand [the] glory of
ukhevodH3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בָּ֣אit came
ba'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
דֶּ֣רֶךְ[the] way of
derekhH1870 →707 times
שַׁ֔עַר[the] gate
shaarH8179 →374 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּנָ֖יוface its
panavH6440 →2123 times
דֶּ֥רֶךְ[was] [the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַקָּדִֽים׃the east
hakadimH6921 →69 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
Ezekiel 43:2and 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.
it leads to
- Revelation 18:1
After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
- Isaiah 6:3
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
- Revelation 1:15
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
- Ezekiel 10:18–19
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- Revelation 18:1
Through
Ezekiel 44:2And 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 leads to
- Ezekiel 43:2–4
and 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.
- 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.
- Isaiah 6:1–5
In 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.
- Ezekiel 43:2–4
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; 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.