Ezekiel 43:10

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. SHOW THE HOUSE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY MAY BE ASHAMED OF THEIR INIQUITIES. WHEN THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHEME IS SHOWN TO MEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, IT MAKES THEM "ASHAMED OF THEIR INIQUITIES." Ezekiel 43:11 _ _ AND IF THEY BE ASHAMED OF ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE, SHEW THEM THE FORM OF THE HOUSE, AND THE FASHION THEREOF, AND THE GOINGS OUT THEREOF, AND THE COMINGS IN THEREOF, AND ALL THE FORMS THEREOF, AND ALL THE ORDINANCES THEREOF, AND ALL THE FORMS THEREOF, AND ALL THE LAWS THEREOF: AND WRITE IT IN THEIR SIGHT, THAT THEY MAY KEEP THE WHOLE FORM THEREOF, AND ALL THE ORDINANCES THEREOF, AND DO THEM. No JFB commentary on this verse....

Verse Ezekiel 43:10. _SHOW THE HOUSE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL_] Show them this holy house where the holy God dwells, that they may be _ashamed of_ _their iniquities_. Their name, their profession, their temple, their religious services, all bound them to a holy life; all within them, all without them, should have been _holiness unto the_ _Lord_. But alas! they have been bound by no ties, and they have sinned against all their obligations; nevertheless, _let them_ _measure the pattern_, let them see the rule by which they should have walked, and let them measure themselves by this standard, and walk accordingly....

Deviation from the exact rules of the Mosaic ordinances was connected with the transgression of the people. So the restoration, according to the pattern of the Law, was symbolic of their return to obedience....

EXPOSITION The consecration of the new temple by the entrance into it of the glory of the God of Israel (Ezekiel 43:1), and a description of the altar with its dedication to the solemn ritual for which it was in future to be employed (Ezekiel 43:13), form the contents of the present chapter, and complete the prophet's picture of the future sanctuary of Israel. EZEKIEL 43:1 The consecration of the temple by the entrance into it of the glory of the God of Israel. EZEKIEL 43:1 AFTERWARD, etc. Having completed the survey of the temple precincts

THOU SON OF MAN, SHOW THE HOUSE,.... That is, the house the prophet had seen measured, its gates, courts, and all belonging to it; which he was at first bid to observe, that he might show it to others; the house that the glory of the Lord was now come into, and had filled; and which is no other than the Gospel church in its perfection and glory in the latter day. This the prophet, who is addressed under his usual character in this book, is bid to show "to the house of Israel"; either to the captives in Babylon, among whom he was, and to whom he often speaks in this book, being sent with a message to them: and this he is ordered to show them, both to comfort them in their present state, with a view of what would be hereafter; and to humble them, and bring them to a sense of their sins, and shame for them, which had brought them into the condition they were, and so greatly short of this ha...

II. THE TEMPLE WORSHIP (43-44) CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The return of the glory of the Lord and filling the house (Ezekiel 43:1) _ 2. The address to the nation (Ezekiel 43:10) 3. The dimensions of the altar (Ezekiel 43:13) 4. The offerings to be bought (Ezekiel 43:18)...

Ezekiel is then instructed to show his plan of the Temple to the people. The very sight of it is expected to inspire them with shame for their past; while, to preserve them from error in the days to come, further instructions are promised for the conduct of the service. Supreme sanctity is to attach to the entire summit of the Temple hill, no part of it being abandoned to any secular use whatever....

THOU. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and, Vulgate, read "Thou therefore". This is yet future, and involves the fulfilment of Ezekiel 37, for Ezekiel and for the whole nation. SKEW THE HOUSE... LET THEM MEASURE. This will he the evidence, to the new nation, that all this prophecy, and Ezekiel's part in it, is of Jehovah. INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _avah_. App-44. PATTERN: or, plan, or arrangement. GOINGS OUT. the exits. COMINGS IN the entrances. FORMS. models, or visible forms. The word is found only in this verse. Hebrew text written "form"; but margin "for LAWS. Hebrew text written "law"; but margin laws". Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "laws" both in text and margin....

The glory of Jehovah enters the house by the E. gate. The sound of his chariot was as the sound of many waters, and his glory lightened the earth (Ezekiel 43:1). The prophet hears one speaking to him from the house and saying that the defilements to which the house had been exposed through idolatries and the burial of kings near it shall henceforth cease (Ezekiel 43:6). The prophet is commanded to make known the fashion and ordinances of the house to the people (Ezekiel 43:10)....

SHEW THE HOUSE, &C.— _Relate these things concerning the temple to the house,_ &c. See the next verse. Houbigant....