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Text -- Ezekiel 43:7 (NET)

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43:7 He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Vision | Temple | THRONE | JERUSALEM, 4 | Idolatry | HIGH PLACE | Ezekiel | EZEKIEL, 2 | Dead Body | Church | more
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Wesley: Eze 43:7 - -- The glorious God of Israel.

The glorious God of Israel.

Wesley: Eze 43:7 - -- The throne of his grace is in his temple; in the dispensations of grace, God manifests himself a king.

The throne of his grace is in his temple; in the dispensations of grace, God manifests himself a king.

Wesley: Eze 43:7 - -- Speaking after the manner of men, and expressing his abode and rest, in his temple, as the type, in his church, as the antitype.

Speaking after the manner of men, and expressing his abode and rest, in his temple, as the type, in his church, as the antitype.

Wesley: Eze 43:7 - -- Perhaps some kings were buried in the temples of their idols, near the idols they worshipped.

Perhaps some kings were buried in the temples of their idols, near the idols they worshipped.

JFB: Eze 43:7 - -- That is, "behold the place of My throne"--the place on which your thoughts have so much dwelt (Isa 2:1-3; Jer 3:17; Zec 14:16-20; Mal 3:1). God from t...

That is, "behold the place of My throne"--the place on which your thoughts have so much dwelt (Isa 2:1-3; Jer 3:17; Zec 14:16-20; Mal 3:1). God from the first claimed to be their King politically as well as religiously: and He had resisted their wish to have a human king, as implying a rejection of Him as the proper Head of the state. Even when He yielded to their wish, it was with a protest against their king ruling except as His vicegerent. When Messiah shall reign at Jerusalem, He shall then first realize the original idea of the theocracy, with its at once divine and human king reigning in righteousness over a people all righteous (Eze 43:12; Isa 52:1; Isa 54:13; Isa 60:21).

Clarke: Eze 43:7 - -- Son of man, the place of my throne - The throne refers to his majesty; the soles of his feet, to his condescension in dwelling among men

Son of man, the place of my throne - The throne refers to his majesty; the soles of his feet, to his condescension in dwelling among men

Clarke: Eze 43:7 - -- Where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel - The tabernacle and temple were types of the incarnation of Jesus Christ: "Destroy This T...

Where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel - The tabernacle and temple were types of the incarnation of Jesus Christ: "Destroy This Temple, and after three days I will raise it up; - but this he spake of the temple of his body;"Joh 2:19, Joh 2:21. And in That Temple "dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."Into this immaculate humanity did the glory of the Supreme God enter; and thus, "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself."And this Jesus is Immanuel, God with Us. In him we find united the ineffable majesty of God, with the abjectness of man. He humbled himself in human nature, not only to bear the form of a servant, but to suffer death upon the cross as a malefactor slave! But by these means he has purchased eternal redemption for us; and the spiritual Israel, who find redemption in his blood, shall be raised up wherever his holy name shall be proclaimed; and shall not, like the old apostate Israel, defile that great name by idolatry or a life of wickedness, but they shall show forth the virtues of Him who has called them from darkness into his marvellous light.

TSK: Eze 43:7 - -- the place of my throne : Eze 1:26, Eze 10:1; Psa 47:8, Psa 99:1; Isa 6:1; Jer 3:17, Jer 14:21, Jer 17:12; Act 7:48, Act 7:49; Rev 22:3 and the place :...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Eze 43:7-8 - -- He said - i. e., God "said."Both the Septuagint and the Vulgate break this verse into two, so as to make the first half the solemn words of ded...

He said - i. e., God "said."Both the Septuagint and the Vulgate break this verse into two, so as to make the first half the solemn words of dedication. place a full stop after "forever;"the words mark the distinction between the new and the former sanctuary.

The palace of Solomon abutted upon the southern side of the embankment of the temple-platform; there was but "a wall between Yahweh and them."When the kings gave themselves up to idolatry, this vicinity was to the temple a pollution and defilement. Thus it has been conjectured that "the garden of Uzza"in which Manasseh and Amon were buried 2Ki 21:18, 2Ki 21:26, and on which now stands the mosque of Omar, was on the temple area itself; if so, this would explain the mention of "high places"in connection with the defilement by the "carcases of kings,"since the platform of the mosque of Omar at the time of Ezekiel rose to a considerable height above the temple.

Besides this, idolatrous kings of Judah did actually introduce their idolatries into the temple courts themselves (compare 2Ki 16:11; 2Ki 21:4).

Poole: Eze 43:7 - -- And he the glorious God of Israel. The place of my throne: his throne, i.e. of glory and majesty, is in heaven, but the throne of his grace is in h...

And he the glorious God of Israel.

The place of my throne: his throne, i.e. of glory and majesty, is in heaven, but the throne of his grace is in his temple; in the dispensations of grace, God manifests himself a King.

The place of the soles of my feet: after the manner of man God speaks, and expresseth his abode and rest, where it is in his temple, as type, in his church, as the antitype.

I will dwell not only shall my ordinances be there administered, but I myself will dwell there.

For ever for a very long time, till the age of infancy with the Jewish church be over; and to eternity with my church, signified by this temple and city.

My holy name: see Eze 22:26 36:20 . No more defile ; dishonour, and bring into contempt, as they have done. Neither they; the priests, the false prophets, and the common people, nor their governors and kings.

By their whoredom by idolatries, and worshipping of strange gods, which, after the captivity, they did very punctually abstain from, as history assures us.

By the carcasses of their kings either the dead bodies of their deceased kings, buried too near the temple, less likely; or by the sacrificing of men to their idols, to Moloch; or idols are here called carcasses, as dead, stinking, loathsome things in the sight of God. Or, if I had instances of any kings buried in the temples Of the idols, I should incline to interpret this passage of the profane and wicked burying idolatrous kings near the idols they worshipped.

In their high places where idol temples and idol worship were celebrated.

Haydock: Eze 43:7 - -- Said. The Lord spoke, (Chaldean; Theodoret) or the angel, (St. Jerome) in human shape. (Haydock) --- He addresses the prophet, ver. 12 to chap. xl...

Said. The Lord spoke, (Chaldean; Theodoret) or the angel, (St. Jerome) in human shape. (Haydock) ---

He addresses the prophet, ver. 12 to chap. xliv. 5., though what follows immediately seems to belong to the Lord, (Calmet) in whose name he speaks. ---

Name. God hath abandoned the synagogue, but will remain with his Church unto the end, Matthew xxiii. 38., and xxviii. 20. Yet the perfect Church, without spot, is the [Church] triumphant [in heaven]; (Ephesians v. 27.; Worthington) though the Catholic Church, on earth, is every holy and "the communion of saints." (Haydock) ---

Carcasses. Idols, according to some; or rather by the kings being buried on Sion. This is nowhere else reprehended; neither is their building too near the temple, which the prophet here condemns, ver. 8. (Calmet) ---

It seems, however, that if these things had been blameable, such a number of pious and wise kings would not have acted thus, nor the prophets have neglected to admonish them of their duty. The carcasses and houses here specified may have been vestiges of idolatry; or, in future, the tombs and palaces were to be at a more respectful distance. (Haydock)

Gill: Eze 43:7 - -- And he said unto me, son of man,.... A kind, usual, and singular appellation, given to this prophet: these are the words either of the man that stood ...

And he said unto me, son of man,.... A kind, usual, and singular appellation, given to this prophet: these are the words either of the man that stood by him, so the Arabic version; or of Jehovah, speaking out of the house to him:

the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet: that is, this house, the church of God, is the place where the throne of the Lord is set; where he rules and reigns; where he sets his feet, and is his resting place; even his, whose throne is the heaven, and the earth his footstool; here Christ, as King of saints, dwells, and here he walks and shows the glory of his majesty:

where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; not Carnal, but spiritual Israel; such as are Israelites indeed, or which the church will be full in the latter day, both Jews and Gentiles; and in the midst of these will Jehovah dwell, and grant his gracious presence, and never more depart from them: this shows that this house or building can not be understood of the second temple; since the Lord did not dwell in that for ever, but has left that house desolate hundreds of years ago: some Jewish writers p have owned that it belongs to the times of the Messiah:

and my name shall the house of Israel no more defile, or "profane"; or cause to be blasphemed by immoralities, or false doctrines, or superstition and will worship; denoting the holiness of life, purity of doctrine and worship, in the churches of Christ in the latter day; see Isa 4:3,

neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom: that is, idolatry, which is spiritual fornication; such as the kings of Israel, and their subjects, were often guilty of, before their captivity in Babylon, though not after; nor will they ever return to it in the latter day, when converted; for they will never espouse the idolatries of Rome; and those kings and people that bear the name of Christians, and yet commit fornication with the whore of Babylon, shall do so no more after these times, Rev 17:2,

nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places; or, and "their high places" q; that is, by both; by the carcasses of their kings being buried in or near the house of God; so the Targum adds, at their death r; or by human carcasses being sacrificed to Molech or Milcom, which signifies their king: or else the idols themselves are so called, because lifeless and abominable; see Jer 16:18, and the worship of which the kings of Israel encouraged by precept and practice, order and example, and therefore called theirs; and also by their high places, which they made for idolatrous worship, and which were made where the carcasses of their kings were laid, as Ben Melech observes; and all which were done, especially in the reigns of Manasseh and Ammon: but now nothing of this kind shall be hereafter, or any thing now similar to it, in the antichristian state.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 43:7 Heb “by their corpses in their death.” But the term normally translated “corpses” is better understood here as a reference to ...

Geneva Bible: Eze 43:7 And he said to 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 Israe...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 43:1-27 - --1 The returning of the glory of God into the temple.7 The sin of Israel hindered God's presence.10 The prophet exhorts them to repentance, and observa...

MHCC: Eze 43:1-27 - --After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, th...

Matthew Henry: Eze 43:7-12 - -- God does here, in effect, renew his covenant with his people Israel, upon his retaking possession of the house, and Ezekiel negotiates the matter, a...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 43:1-12 - -- Entrance of the Glory of the Lord into the New Temple Eze 43:1. And he led me to the gate, the gate which looked toward the east: Eze 43:2. And b...

Constable: Eze 33:1--48:35 - --IV. Future blessings for Israel chs. 33--48 "This last major division of the book focuses on the restoration of ...

Constable: Eze 40:1--48:35 - --C. Ezekiel's vision of the return of God's glory chs. 40-48 The Book of Ezekiel begins with a vision of ...

Constable: Eze 43:1-12 - --3. The return of God's glory to the temple 43:1-12 Having described the temple, God next reveale...

Constable: Eze 43:6-12 - --The significance of the vision 43:6-12 43:6 The prophet heard someone speaking to him from the temple, and there was a man, probably Ezekiel's guide, ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Outline) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 43 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 43:1, The returning of the glory of God into the temple; Eze 43:7, The sin of Israel hindered God’s presence; Eze 43:10, The prophe...

Poole: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 43 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 43 The glory of God returneth into the temple, Eze 43:1-6 . God promiseth to dwell there, if the people will put away their sins, Eze 43:7-...

MHCC: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 43 (Chapter Introduction) 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 erec...

Constable: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Outline) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 43 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 43 The temple or house of God being measured, the worship of God in it is pointed out and observed in this and the followin...

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