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Ezekiel 43
27 verses with commentary
The Glory of the Lord Returns
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
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The guide brings Ezekiel to the eastern gate—profoundly significant because this is where God's glory departed (Ezekiel 10:18-19, 11:22-23). The eastern orientation holds theological weight: the sun rises in the east, symbolizing new beginnings, light dispelling darkness, and divine manifestation. The Hebrew קֶדֶם (qedem, 'east') also means 'ancient' or 'former,' suggesting return to original purp...
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**XLIII.**
The new Temple had now been shown to the prophet with all its arrangements and measurements; it remained that the structure should be divinely accepted by the manifestation of the glory of the Lord, as in the case of the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:34-35), and of the former Temple (1Kings 8:10-11; 2Chronicles 5:13-14; 2Chronicles 7:1-3). The description of this and the accompanying message oc...
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**22. ye have made ... the righteous sad--**by lying predictions of calamities impending ever the godly.
**strengthened ... wicked--**(Jr 23:14).
**heart of ... righteous ... hands of ... wicked--**Heart is applied to the righteous because the terrors foretold penetrated to their inmost feelings; hands, to the wicked because they were so hardened as not only to despise God in their minds, but ...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
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In Ezekiel's temple vision, he witnesses God's glory returning: 'And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.' The glory that departed the temple (10:18-19, 11:23) now returns from the east—the same direction it departed. The 'noise of many waters' describes the thunderous sound accomp...
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**23. ye shall see no more vanity--**The event shall confute your lies, involving yourselves in destruction (Eze 13:9; Eze 14:8; 15:7; Mi 3:6).
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. when: or, when I came to prophesy that the city should be destroyed
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Ezekiel connects this vision to two previous encounters: (1) the cherubim vision by the Chebar canal (Ezekiel 1), and (2) the vision of Jerusalem's judgment (Ezekiel 8-11). The phrase 'when I came to destroy the city' doesn't mean Ezekiel destroyed it but that he came with God's message announcing destruction—the prophet identified with God's purposes. Ezekiel's prostration ('I fell upon my face')...
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(3) **When I came to destroy** the city.—That is, *to announce its destruction.* (Comp. Ezekiel 32:18; Genesis 49:7; Isaiah 6:10; Jeremiah 1:10.)
**Like the vision that I saw.**—Comp. Ezekiel 1:4, &c.; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 10:15; Ezekiel 10:22. The manifestation of Divine glory to the prophet was the same throughout.
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
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Ezekiel reports: 'And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.' The eastern gate, through which glory departed, becomes the portal for glory's return. This creates symmetry and hope—what was lost will be restored. The eastward orientation recalls Eden's eastern location (Genesis 2:8) and the cherubim guarding Eden's east entrance (Genesis ...
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CHAPTER 14 Eze 14:1-23. Hypocritical Inquirers Are Answered According to Their Hypocrisy. The Calamities Coming on the People; but a Remnant Is to Escape.
**1. elders--**persons holding that dignity among the exiles at the Chebar. Grotius refers this to Seraiah and those sent with him from Judea (Jr 51:59). The prophet's reply, first, reflecting on the character of the inquirers, and, secondly, f...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
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Ezekiel reports: 'So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.' The Spirit transports Ezekiel into the inner court—the sacred space where priests ministered. He witnesses the glory filling the house, echoing Solomon's temple dedication when 'the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD' (1 Kings 8:11). This validates the ...
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(5) **Brought me into the inner court.—**Having seen the Divine glory enter by the eastern gate, the prophet, himself a priest, is brought into the court of the priests, and there sees the glory of the Lord fill the house as of old.
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
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God speaks to Ezekiel 'out of the house'—indicating His glory has entered and filled the temple. The divine voice originates from the sanctuary, not external revelation. The man (likely angelic guide) 'stood by me' suggests mediation—Ezekiel receives revelation through both direct divine speech and angelic assistance. This combination of immediate and mediated revelation reflects biblical pattern:...
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(6) I **heard him speaking.—**Although the pronoun is not expressed in the original, there can be no question that God Himself spoke directly to the prophet, as in Ezekiel 44:2; Ezekiel 44:5; Ezekiel 44:9, &c. “The man” is without the article in the Hebrew, which leaves it uncertain whether the same being is meant who had hitherto guided the prophet; but as measurements were also made by this guid...
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**3. heart ... face--**The heart is first corrupted, and then the outward manifestation of idol-worship follows; they set their idols before their eyes. With all their pretense of consulting God now, they have not even put away their idols outwardly; implying gross contempt of God. "Set up," literally, "aloft"; implying that their idols had gained the supreme ascendancy over them.
**stumbling-bl...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
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God declares: 'Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile.' God identifies the temple as His throne and footstool—the earthly location where His heavenly rule touches earth. The promise 'where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Isr...
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(7) **The place of the soles of my feet.—**Comp. 1Chronicles 28:2; Psalm 132:7.
**I will dwell** . . . **for ever.—**This should be the peculiar distinction of the Temple seen in the vision. The Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple had both been accepted as the peculiar dwelling-place of God, but both had passed away. So also it would be with the material Temple of the restoration. But in this Temple o...
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**4. and cometh--**and yet cometh, reigning himself to be a true worshipper of Jehovah.
**him that cometh--**so the Hebrew Margin reads. But the Hebrew text reading is, "according to it, according to the multitude of his idols"; the anticipative clause with the pronoun not being pleonastic, but increasing the emphasis of the following clause with the noun. "I will answer," literally, reflexively...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. and the: or, for there was but a wall between me and them
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God explains why He consumed Israel in anger: they 'defiled my holy name' by setting their threshold by His, their posts by His posts, with only a wall between. This proximity without holiness—physical nearness to God's house while maintaining spiritual adultery—provoked divine wrath. The Hebrew זָנָה (zanah, 'whoredom') represents covenant unfaithfulness, particularly idolatry (Israel as God's br...
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(8) **And the wall between.—**The sense is given in the margin: there was *only* a wall between me and them.
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**5. That I may take--**that is, unveil and overtake with punishment the dissimulation and impiety of Israel hid in their own heart. Or, rather, "That I may punish them by answering them after their own hearts"; corresponding to "according to the multitude of his idols" (see on Eze 14:4); an instance is given in Eze 14:9; Ro 1:28; 2Th 2:11, God giving them up in wrath to their own lie.
**idols--...
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
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God's promise 'I will dwell in the midst of them for ever' is conditional: 'let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me.' Divine presence requires holiness—God dwells with the repentant, not the rebellious. The phrase 'put away... far from me' demands radical separation from sin, not gradual reform. The Hebrew שָׁכַן (shakan, 'dwell') gives us 'Shekinah' (divine ...
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(9) **Now let them.**—This is not an imperative, but a simple future, as in Ezekiel 43:7. The house of Israel will now put away their abominations, and God will dwell in their midst for ever. Carcases = idols, as in Ezekiel 43:7.
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6. Though God so threatened the people for their idolatry (Eze 14:5), yet He would rather they should avert the calamity by "repentance."
**turn yourselves--**Calvin translates, "turn others" (namely, the stranger proselytes in the land). As ye have been the advisers of others (see Eze 14:7, "the stranger that sojourneth in Israel") to idolatry, so bestow at least as much pains in turning them t...
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. pattern: or, sum, or, number
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God commands Ezekiel: 'shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities.' The vision's purpose isn't mere information but conviction leading to repentance. Seeing God's holy standards exposes human failure—the law's pedagogical function (Galatians 3:24). The phrase 'let them measure the pattern' means examining God's design produces self-examination. When Israel ...
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(10) **Shew the house.—**This is still in vision; “make known to the people the new Temple and its appointments,” that, seeing God’s gracious purposes, they may repent of their evil doings.
**Let them measure the pattern.—**That is, let them carefully consider and follow out the provisions God had made for their worship. (Comp. Hebrews 8:5.) Exactness in the observance of all positive enactments i...
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**7. stranger--**the proselyte, tolerated in Israel only on condition of worshipping no God but Jehovah (Le 17:8, 9).
**inquire of him concerning me--**that is, concerning My will.
**by myself--**not by word, but by deed, that is, by judgments, marking My hand and direct agency; instead of answering him through the prophet he consults. Fairbairn translates, as it is the same Hebrew as in the p...
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
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Conditional upon shame ('if they be ashamed'), God commands comprehensive instruction: 'shew them the form... fashion... goings out... comings in... forms... ordinances... laws.' The repetition emphasizes thoroughness—nothing withheld. The instruction must be written ('write it in their sight') for permanence and accuracy. The purpose: 'that they may keep the whole form... and do them.' Revelation...
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(11) **If they be ashamed.—**The same thing which had already been declared positively is now expressed contingently, showing that the sanctification of the people and God’s dwelling among them were correlative facts; the one could not be without the other. Many expressions of nearly the same meaning are heaped up, as it were, in the latter part of this verse, to emphasise the significance of the ...
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**8. And I will set my face against that man--**(See on Le 17:10).
**and will make him a sign--**literally, "I will destroy him so as to become a sign"; it will be no ordinary destruction, but such as will make him be an object pointed at with wonder by all, as Korah, &c. (Nu 26:10; De 28:37).
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
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The temple law's climax—'This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house'—emphasizes comprehensive holiness. The Hebrew תּוֹרָה (torah, 'law') establishes divine standard. The phrase 'upon the top of the mountain' recalls Sinai where Moses received the law (Exodus 19-20) and suggests exalted, el...
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(12) **Upon the top of the mountain.—**Comp. Ezekiel 40:2. The command to keep and observe everything is closed, as often in similar cases, by a summary statement of the reason: for the whole surroundings of the dwelling-place of the Most High are holy.
With Ezekiel 43:13 a new part of the vision begins, extending to the close of Ezekiel 46, describing the new ordinances of the sanctuary. This is ...
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**9. I the Lord have deceived that prophet--**not directly, but through Satan and his ministers; not merely permissively, but by overruling their evil to serve the purposes of His righteous judgment, to be a touchstone to separate the precious from the vile, and to "prove" His people (De 13:3; 1Ki 22:23; Jr 4:10; 2Th 2:11, 12). Evil comes not from God, though God overrules it to serve His will (Jo...
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
The Altar of Burnt Offering
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. bottom: Heb. bosom edge: Heb. lip
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<strong>And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth.</strong> This begins Ezekiel's detailed description of the altar for the millennial temple. The Hebrew <em>middôt hammizbēaḥ</em> (מִדּוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, "measures of the altar") introduces precise specifications that demonstrate God's concern for exact obedience in worship. The <strong>"cubi...
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(13) **A cubit and an hand breadth.—**The measurement of the altar begins with the statement that the cubit used was of the same length as before (see Ezekiel 40:5). The description that follows (Ezekiel 43:13-17) will be made clearer by a simple diagram, with references to the parts described. The size of the base of the altar, it will be seen, was 16 cubits square, and its entire height was eith...
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10. As they dealt deceitfully with God by seeking answers of peace without repentance, so God would let them be dealt with deceitfully by the prophets whom they consulted. God would chastise their sin with a corresponding sin; as they rejected the safe directions of the true light, He would send the pernicious delusions of a false one; prophets would be given them who should re-echo the deceitfuln...
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**Verses 8-13** God can find his people wherever they are. The Spirit of prophecy was not confined to the land of Israel. It is foretold that Nebuchadnezzar should destroy and carry into captivity many of the Egyptians. Thus God makes one wicked man, or wicked nation, a scourge and plague to another. He will punish those who deceive his professing people, or tempt them to rebellion.
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
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<strong>And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.</strong> The Hebrew <em>ḥêq</em> (חֵיק, "bottom") refers to the base level, and <em>'azārâ</em> (עֲזָרָה, "settle" or "ledge") describes a protruding platform encircling the altar at this height. This lower ledge stood two cubits (approximately 3.4 feet) above ground level with a on...
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11. Love was the spring of God's very judgments on His people, who were incurable by any other process (Eze 11:20; 37:27).
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. the altar (first): Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God the altar (second): Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God
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<strong>So the altar shall be four cubits.</strong> The Hebrew <em>hā'ărî'ēl</em> (הָאֲרִיאֵל, "the altar") uses a term meaning "lion of God" or "hearth of God." This designation appears in Isaiah 29:1-2, 7 as a cryptic name for Jerusalem. Here it refers to the altar hearth, the top surface where sacrifices burned—the point of greatest heat and holiest contact between the offering and God. Standin...
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12. The second part of the chapter: the effect which the presence of a few righteous persons was to have on the purposes of God (compare Ge 18:24-32). God had told Jeremiah that the guilt of Judah was too great to be pardoned even for the intercession of Moses and Samuel (Psa 99:6; Jr 14:2; 15:1), which had prevailed formerly (Ex 32:11-14; Nu 14:13-20; 1Sa 7:8-12), implying the extraordinary heino...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
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<strong>And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.</strong> The Hebrew <em>rāḇû'a</em> (רָבוּעַ, "square") emphasizes perfect symmetry—12 by 12 cubits for the top surface of the altar hearth. This is a perfect square, symbolizing stability, completeness, and divine order. The number twelve carries covenantal significance throughout Scripture: twelv...
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**13. staff of ... bread--**on which man's existence is supported as on a staff (Eze 4:16; 5:16; Le 26:26; Psa 104:15; Is 3:1). I will send a famine.
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
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<strong>And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof.</strong> The <em>'azārâ</em> (עֲזָרָה, "settle" or "ledge"), the platform below the altar hearth, measures fourteen cubits square—two cubits larger than the hearth above it (12 cubits square). This creates a protruding ledge all around the altar hearth, providing priests space to perform sacrificia...
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**14. Noah, Daniel ... Job--**specified in particular as having been saved from overwhelming calamities for their personal righteousness. Noah had the members of his family alone given to him, amidst the general wreck. Daniel saved from the fury of the king of Babylon the three youths (Da 2:17, 18, 48, 49). Though his prophecies mostly were later than those of Ezekiel, his fame for piety and wisdo...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
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God commands: 'Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.' The altar's ordinances regulate sacrifice, emphasizing that worship follows divine prescription, not human innovation. The Hebrew חֻקּוֹת (chuqqot, 'ordinances') are divine statutes, unchangeable standards. T...
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(18) **In the day when they shall make it.—**This looks to the future, and implies that the whole structure of the Temple, and its acceptance by the manifestation of the Divine glory, though necessarily represented in the vision as already done, were yet in the future. The phrase, “in the day when they shall make it,” is intended only to require the consecration of the altar before it is used. The...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
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God specifies: 'thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me... a young bullock for a sin offering.' This distinguishes Zadokite priests (rewarded for faithfulness) from other Levites. The sin offering (חַטָּאת, chatat) addresses ritual impurity and unintentional sin, requiring blood atonement. Even priests needed cleansing before serving—highligh...
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(19) **Thou shalt give.—**Ezekiel is not actually to do this, like Moses, as the appointed consecrator; but, as frequently in prophecy, he is told *to do* that which he foretells is to be done.
**Of the seed of Zadok.—**See Note on Ezekiel 40:46. (Comp. also Ezekiel 44:15.)
**A young bullock.—**In the case of the altar of the Tabernacle, the consecration began with anointing with oil (Leviticus 8:...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
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The blood application—'thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about'—describes altar consecration. The Hebrew דָּם (dam, 'blood') effects atonement and purification. The four horns (קֶרֶן, qeren) symbolize strength and refuge (Psalm 18:2, 118:27). Applying blood to horns, corners, and border compreh...
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(20) **Take of the blood thereof.—**Comp. Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 8:15; Hebrews 9:18; Hebrews 9:22. Nothing is here said of the pouring the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar, as required in the law, and nothing of the burning of the fat upon the altar, because the prophet throughout supposes the ritual of the sacrifices to be well known, and only mentions a few particulars to indicate the...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
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The disposal instruction—'Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary'—maintains sanctity through proper waste handling. The Hebrew מִפְקָד (mipqad, 'appointed place') indicates designated location for burning sin offering remains outside the sanctuary. This disposal teaches that sin's corruption must be remo...
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(21) **Burn it in the appointed place.—**The flesh of the ordinary sin offerings was to be eaten by the priests; but when the victim was a bullock, as in case of a sin offering for the high priest (Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:11-12), or for the whole congregation (Leviticus 4:13, Lev_4:20), it was to be burned without the camp. Here it is to be burned “in the appointed place of the house,” and yet ...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
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<strong>And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering</strong>—After altar consecration begins (v. 18-21), day two requires שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים תָּמִים (śĕʿîr-ʿizzîm tāmîm, 'a male goat without blemish') for חַטָּאת (ḥaṭṭāʾt, 'sin offering').<br><br><strong>And they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock</strong>—The purification...
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(22) **A kid of the goats**.—More exactly, *a buck of the goats.* This was the sin offering prescribed for a ruler (Leviticus 4:22-23). The expression “as they did with the bullock,” implies that the ritual was the same, and the flesh burned in the same way. At the consecration of the altar in Exodus 29:36, a bullock was required for the sin offering on each of the seven days for the consecration ...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
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<strong>When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish</strong>—After purification (כַּלּוֹתְךָ מֵחַטֵּא, kallôtĕkhā mēḥaṭṭēʾ, 'when you finish purging'), additional offerings: פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר תָּמִים (par ben-bāqār tāmîm, 'a bull, son of cattle, perfect') and אַיִל מִן־הַצֹּאן תָּמִים (ʾayil min-haṣṣōʾn tām...
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(23) **Hast made an end of cleansing it.**—Not an end of the entire service of consecration, but of the sin offering for the day, for Ezekiel 43:25 says distinctly that both a sin offering and a burnt offering were to be offered on each day of the seven. The reason that the burnt offering is not mentioned on the first day is, that the sin offering being changed on the second day, the prophet first...
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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<strong>And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them</strong>—The offerings are brought לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (liphnê YHWH, 'before the LORD'), and כֹּהֲנִים (kōhănîm, 'priests') הִשְׁלִיכוּ עֲלֵיהֶם מֶלַח (hishlîkhû ʿălêhem melaḥ, 'shall throw upon them salt').<br><br>Salt symbolized covenant permanence (Leviticus 2:13, Numbers 18:19—'covenant of salt'). All offer...
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(24) **Cast salt.**—The word means *throw* or *pour,* indicating a more copious use of salt than the seasoning ordained by the law (Leviticus 2:13).
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15-21. The argument is cumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fall under the judgment of a famine (Eze 14:13); then (Eze 14:15) "noisome beasts" (Le 26:22); then "the sword"; then, worst of all, "pestilence." The three most righteous of men should deliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze 14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. If Noa...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
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<strong>Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering</strong>—The seven-day consecration period: שִׁבְעַת יָמִים (shivʿat yāmîm, 'seven days'), each requiring שְׂעִיר (śĕʿîr, 'a goat') for חַטָּאת (ḥaṭṭāʾt, 'sin offering').<br><br>Seven (שֶׁבַע, shevaʿ) symbolizes completion/perfection in Scripture. Seven-day altar consecration indicates thorough, complete purification. <stron...
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**22. Yet ... a remnant--**not of righteous persons, but some of the guilty who should "come forth" from the destruction of Jerusalem to Babylon, to lead a life of hopeless exile there. The reference here is to judgment, not mercy, as Eze 14:23 shows.
**ye shall see their ... doings; and ... be comforted--**Ye, the exiles at the Chebar, who now murmur at God's judgment about to be inflicted on J...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves . consecrate: Heb. fill their hands
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<strong>Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves</strong>—After seven days, the altar is fully purged (יְכַפְּרוּ, yĕkhappĕrû, 'they shall atone for/purge') and purified (וְטִהֲרוּ, wĕṭihărû, 'and they shall purify/cleanse'). <strong>And they shall consecrate themselves</strong>—וּמִלְאוּ יָדָיו (ûmilʾû yādāyw, 'and fill his hands')—idiom for priest...
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(26) **Shall consecrate themselves.—**Our version has here followed the Masoretic emendation of the text; the literal translation of the text itself is, *shall fill its hand,* referring to the altar. To “fill the hand” is a synonym for consecration, commonly applied to the priests, who were consecrated by placing in their hands the gifts they were to offer to God. Here it is better to keep to the ...
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**23. they shall comfort you--**not in words, but by your recognizing in their manifest guilt, that God had not been unjustly severe to them and the city.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
Read full commentary →And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. peace: or, thank offerings
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<strong>And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward</strong>—After seven-day consecration, וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי (wĕhāyāh bayyôm hashshĕmînî, 'and it shall be on the eighth day') וָהָלְאָה (wāhālĕʾāh, 'and onward')—regular worship begins.<br><br><strong>The priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings</strong>—ע...
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Chapter 43
The leaders carry the people to Egypt. (Jr 43:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt. (Jr 43:8-13)
**Verses 1-7** Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in si...
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