Ezekiel 43:1-5
Christian Standard Bible
Return of the Lord’s Glory
43 He led me to the gate,(A) the one that faces east, 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel(B) coming from the east.(C) His voice sounded like the roar of a huge torrent,(D) and the earth shone with his glory.(E) 3 The vision I saw(F) was like the one I had seen when he[a] came to destroy the city,(G) and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal.(H) I fell facedown.(I) 4 The glory of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.(J) 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up(K) and brought me to the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.(L)
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- 43:3 Some Hb mss, Theod, Vg; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr read I
Ezekiel 43:1-5
New English Translation
The Glory Returns to the Temple
43 Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east. 2 I saw[a] the glory of the God of Israel[b] coming from the east;[c] the sound was like that of rushing water,[d] and the earth radiated[e] his glory. 3 It was like the vision I saw when he[f] came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down. 4 The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east. 5 Then a wind[g] lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched[h] the glory of the Lord filling the temple.[i]
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- Ezekiel 43:2 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
- Ezekiel 43:2 sn This same title appears in 8:4; 9:3; 10:19; 11:22.
- Ezekiel 43:2 sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).
- Ezekiel 43:2 sn See Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6.
- Ezekiel 43:2 tn Heb “shone from.”
- Ezekiel 43:3 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.
- Ezekiel 43:5 tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.
- Ezekiel 43:5 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
- Ezekiel 43:5 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.
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