Ezekiel 43:4
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New International Version (©2011)
The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.

English Standard Version (©2001)
As the glory of the LORD entered the temple by the gate facing east,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The glory of the LORD entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.

International Standard Version (©2012)
while the glory of the LORD entered the Temple through the east-facing gate.

NET Bible (©2006)
The glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD's glory came into the temple through the east gate.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east.

American King James Version
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

American Standard Version
And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the majesty of the Lord went into the temple by the way of the gate that looked to the east.

Darby Bible Translation
And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east.

English Revised Version
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face is eastward.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any atoning sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are sanctified, Heb 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 4, 5. - The prophet next narrates that he saw the glory of the Lord entering into and taking possession of the "house," as formerly it had entered into and taken possession of the tabernacle and the temple (Exodus 40:34, 35; 1 Kings 8:10, 11), and that of this he was further assured by experiencing immediately thereafter - not a push from the wind, as Luther and Kliefoth translate, but an impulse from the Spirit (not "a spirit," Ewald, though the Hebrew word wants the article), which raised him from the ground upon which he had fallen (ver. 3), took him up (see on Ezekiel 2:2; 3:12), and brought him into the inner court, exactly in front of the "house," where, having looked into the interior, he saw that the glory of the Lord filled the house, the language being that used in connection with the tabernacle and the temple.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

43:4 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.

Ezekiel 43:4 Parallel Commentaries
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The Lord's Glory Returns to the Temple
…3And 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 on my face. 4And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. …

Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Ezekiel 1:28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Ezekiel 10:19 While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Ezekiel 11:23 The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.
Ezekiel 43:1 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
Ezekiel 43:2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.
Ezekiel 44:4 Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling the temple of the LORD, and I fell facedown.