Ezekiel 43 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 43:2

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.
Ezekiel 43:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:2 in other translations

BSBand I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
WEBBehold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
ASVAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
YLTAnd lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice is as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour.
DARBYAnd behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; and his voice was like the voice of many waters; and the earth was lit up with his glory.
BBEAnd there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 43:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Eze 43:1-27. Jehovah's Return to the Temple.

Everything was now ready for His reception. As the Shekinah glory was the peculiar distinction of the old temple, so it was to be in the new in a degree as much more transcendent as the proportions of the new exceeded those of the old. The fact that the Shekinah glory was not in the second temple proves that it cannot be that temple which is meant in the prophecy. 2. the way of the east--the way whereby the glory had departed (Eze 11:22, 23), and rested on Mount Olivet (compare Zec 14:4). his voice ... like ... many waters--So English Version rightly, as in Eze 1:24, "voice of the Almighty"; Re 1:15; 14:2, prove this. Not as Fairbairn translates, "its noise." earth his glory--(Re 18:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 The glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east - This was the chariot of cherubim, wheels, etc., which he saw at the river Chebar. And this glory, coming from the east, is going to enter into the eastern gate of the temple, and thence to shine out upon the whole earth. Is there not a mystery here? All knowledge, all religion, and all arts and sciences, have traveled, according to the course of the sun, From East To West! From that quarter the Divine glory at first came; and thence the rays of Divine light continue to diffuse themselves over the face of the earth. From thence came the Bible, and through that the new covenant. From thence came the prophets, the apostles, and the first missionaries, that brought the knowledge of God to Europe, to the isles of the sea, and to the west first, and afterwards to these northern regions.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 43:2 in the original Hebrew

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וְהִנֵּ֗הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
כְּבוֹד֙ke.Vod[the] glory ofH3519
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בָּ֖אba'[was] comingH935
מִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhfrom [the] direction ofH1870
הַקָּדִ֑יםha.ka.Dimthe eastH6921
וְקוֹל֗וֹve.ko.Loand sound itsH6963
כְּקוֹל֙ke.kOl[was] like [the] sound ofH6963
מַ֣יִםMa.yimwatersH4325
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
וְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the earthH776
הֵאִ֥ירָהhe.'I.rahit gave lightH215
מִכְּבֹדֽוֹ\׃mi.ke.vo.Dofrom glory hisH3519

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 43:2

  • Revelation 18:1

    And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

  • Isaiah 6:3

    And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

  • Ezekiel 11:23

    And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  • Ezekiel 10:18-19

    Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Revelation 1:15

    And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

  • Revelation 14:2

    And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

  • Ezekiel 1:28

    As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • Ezekiel 10:4

    Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

  • Ezekiel 3:23

    Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

  • Ezekiel 1:24

    And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  • Revelation 19:6

    And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the glory.
1:28; 3:23; 9:3; 10:18,19; Isa 6:3; Joh 12:41
came.
11:23
and his voice.
1:24; Re 1:15; 14:2; 19:1,6
the earth.
10:4; Isa 60:1-3; Hab 2:14; 3:3; Re 18:1; 21:23

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Context

  • Ezekiel 43:1

    Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

  • Ezekiel 43:2

    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.

  • Ezekiel 43:3

    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.

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Ezekiel 43:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y he aquí la gloria del Dios de Israel, que venía de hacia el oriente; y su sonido era como el sonido de muchas aguas, y la tierra resplandecía á causa de su gloria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et voici, la gloire du Dieu d’Israël venait du côté de l’orient; et sa voix était comme une voix de grandes eaux, et la terre était illuminée par sa gloire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und siehe, die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels kam von Osten her; und ihr Rauschen war wie das Rauschen großer Wasser, und die Erde leuchtete von seiner Herrlichkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ecce gloria Dei Israël ingrediebatur per viam orientalem: et vox erat ei quasi vox aquarum multarum, et terra splendebat a majestate ejus.