Ezekiel 43:1

Then he took me unto the gate,—even the gate that looked toward the east;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2when lo! the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east,—and the sound of him, was as the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 40:6Then came he unto the gate that looked toward the east, and went up by the steps thereof,—and measured the threshold of the gate one reed broad, and the other threshold one reed broad.

Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of Yahweh entered into the house,—by way of the gate which looked toward the east.

Ezekiel 44:2Then said Yahweh unto me This gate shut, shall remain It shall not be opened And no man shall enter thereby, Because Yahweh, God of Israel, doth enter thereby,- Therefore shall it remain—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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