KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 43:4
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
WEB World English Bible
The glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
ASV American Standard Version
And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face is eastward.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 43
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, [even] the gate that looketh toward the east:
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
3 And [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 upon my face.
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.
5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
6 And I heard [him] speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 10:18-19Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.Ezekiel 44:2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.Ezekiel 43:2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
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