Return of the Lord’s Glory

43 He led me to the gate,(A) the one that faces east, 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) 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) The glory of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.(J) 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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Footnotes

  1. 43:3 Some Hb mss, Theod, Vg; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr read I

The Lord’s Glory Returns

43 After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway. Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory. This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came[a] to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground. And the glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gateway.

Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 43:3 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads I came.