Ezekiel - 43:4



4 The glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 43:4.

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And the majesty of the Lord went into the temple by the way of the gate that looked to the east.
And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east.
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east.
And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face is eastward.
And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the doorway looking to the east.
And the majesty of the Lord advanced into the temple, along the way of the gate which looked toward the east.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

By this gate the glory of the Lord had departed. See the marginal reference.

And the (b) glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.
(b) Which was departed before, (Ezekiel 10:4, Ezekiel 12:22).

And 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, Ezekiel 10:18.

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.

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