The Temple Area Restored

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city^(A)—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me^(B) and he took me there. ² In visions^(C) of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain,^(D) on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. ³ He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;^(E) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod^(F) in his hand. ⁴ The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,^(G) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell^(H) the people of Israel everything you see.^(I)”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

⁵ I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,^[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured^(J) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

The New Temple

⁴⁸ He brought me to the portico of the temple^(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits^[a] and its projecting walls were^[b] three cubits^[c] wide on either side. ⁴⁹ The portico^(B) was twenty cubits^[d] wide, and twelve^[e] cubits^[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,^[g] and there were pillars^(C) on each side of the jambs.

41 Then the man brought me to the main hall^(D) and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits^[h] on each side.^{[i] 2} The entrance was ten cubits^[j] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits^[k] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.^[l](E)

³ Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits^[m] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits^[n] wide. ⁴ And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall.^(F) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.^(G)”

God’s Glory Returns to the Temple

43 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,^{(A) 2} and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters,^(B) and the land was radiant with his glory.^{(C) 3} The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he^[a] came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. ⁴ The glory^(D) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.^{(E) 5} Then the Spirit^(F) lifted me up^(G) and brought me into the inner court, and the glory^(H) of the Lord filled the temple.^(I)

⁶ While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. ⁷ He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne^(J) and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile^(K) my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings^[b] for their kings at their death.^{[c](L) 8} When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. ⁹ Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.^(M)