Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks towards the east.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 40:6Then he came to the gate which looks towards the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.

Ezekiel 43:4The LORD’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces towards the east.

Ezekiel 44:2The LORD said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be 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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