Ezekiel 43:1

And he causes me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

In Context

2And behold, the glory of the God of Israel has come from the way of the east, and His voice [is] as the noise of many waters, and the earth has shone from His glory.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 40:6And he comes to the gate whose front [is] eastward, and he goes up by its steps, and he measures the threshold of the gate—one reed broad, even one threshold—one reed broad,

Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of YHWH has come into the house, the way of the gate whose face [is] eastward.

Ezekiel 44:2And YHWH says to me, “This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none go in by it, for YHWH, God of Israel, has come in by it, and it has been shut.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:1

The prophet, having given us a view of the mystical temple, the gospel-church, as he received it from the Lord, that it might appear not to be erected in vain, comes to describe, in this and the next chapter, the worship that should be performed in it, but under the type of the Old-Testament services. In this chapter we have, I. Possession taken of this temple, by the glory of God filling it, ver. 1-6 . II. A promise given of the continuance of God's presence with his people upon condition of their return to, and… Read the whole commentary →

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