Ezekiel 43:1-6

The Glory Returns to the Temple

43:1 Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east. 43:2 I saw ¹  the glory of the God of Israel ²  coming from the east; ³  the sound was like that of rushing water; ⁴  and the earth radiated ⁵  his glory. 43:3 It was like the vision I saw when he ⁶  came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down. 43:4 The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east. 43:5 Then a wind ⁷  lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched ⁸  the glory of the Lord filling the temple. ⁹ 

43:6 I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

[43:2]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[43:2]  ² sn This same title appears in 8:4; 9:3; 10:19; and 11:22.

[43:2]  ³ sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).

[43:2]  ⁴ sn See Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6.

[43:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “shone from.”

[43:3]  ⁶ tc Heb “I.” The reading is due to the confusion of yod (י, indicating a first person pronoun) and vav (ו, indicating a third person pronoun). A few medieval Hebrew mss, Theodotion’s Greek version, and the Latin Vulgate support a third person pronoun here.

[43:5]  ⁷ tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[43:5]  ⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[43:5]  ⁹ sn In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.