King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 40:32 Mean?
“And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.”
Context
30
And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. broad: Heb. breadth
31
And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
32
And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
33
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**13. Pelaliah--**probably the ringleader of the scorners (Eze 11:1); his being stricken dead (like Ananias, Acts 5. 5) was an earnest of the destruction of the rest of the twenty-five, as Ezekiel had foretold, as also of the general ruin.
**fell ... upon ... face--**(See on Eze 9:8).
**wilt thou make a full end of the remnant--**Is Pelatiah's destruction to be the token of the destruction of all, even of the remnant? The people regarded Pelatiah as a mainstay of the city. His name (derived from a Hebrew root, "a remnant," or else "God delivers") suggested hope. Is that hope, asks Ezekiel, to be disappointed?
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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