Ezekiel 40:3

And when he brought me thither, then lo! a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a flax-cord in his hand and measuring reed,—and he was standing in the gate.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

In Context

2In the visions of God, he brought me into the land of Israel,—and set me down upon an exceeding high mountain, and thereupon, was, as it were the structure of a city, on the south.

4And the man spake unto me, saying. Son of man See with thine eyes And with thine ears, hear thou And apply thy heart to whatsoever I am about to show thee, For to the intent it might be shown thee, hast thou been brought hither,- Declare all that thou seest unto the house of Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.

Ezekiel 1:7and their feet were straight feet,—and the sole of their feet was like the sole of the foot of a calf, but sparkling, as shining bronze to look upon;

Ezekiel 8:2So I looked, and lo! a likeness as the appearance of a man, from the appearance of his loins and downward fire, and from his loins and upwards as an appearance of shining, as the look of amber,

Daniel 10:5then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and lo! a man, clothed in linen,—whose loins, were girded with the bright gold of Uphaz;

Revelation 1:15And, his feet, like unto glowing copper, as if in a furnace refined, and, his voice, like a sound of many waters,

Revelation 21:15And, he that was talking with me, had, for a measure, a reed of gold, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:2-5

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was… Read the whole commentary →

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