Ezekiel 44 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 44:2

Then 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 44:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 44:2 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
WEBThe LORD said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut.
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto me, ‘This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.
DARBYAnd Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter in by it: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; and it shall be shut.
BBEAnd the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.
WebsterThen said the LORD to 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.

What does Ezekiel 44:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Eze 44:1-31. Ordinances for the Prince and the Priests.

2. shut ... not be opened--(Job 12:14; Is 22:22; Re 3:7). "Shut" to the people (Ex 19:21, 22), but open to "the prince" (Eze 44:3), he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. As a mark of respect to an Eastern monarch, the gate by which he enters is thenceforth shut to all other persons (compare Ex 19:24).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 This gate shall be shut - It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions, nor at all on the week days: but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons. See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan. This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to prove the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to prove this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any man. Mary was a virgin when she brought forth Jesus.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 44:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלַ֜י'e.Laito meH413
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הַשַּׁ֣עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
הַזֶּה֩ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
סָג֨וּרsa.GurshutH5462
יִהְיֶ֜הyih.Yehit will beH1961
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִפָּתֵ֗חַyi.pa.Te.achit will be openedH6605
וְאִישׁ֙ve.'Ishand anyoneH376
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָ֣בֹאYa.vo'he will goH935
ב֔וֹvoin it
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵֽי\־'e.lo.hei-[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בָּ֣אba'he has goneH935
ב֑וֹvoin it
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
סָגֽוּר\׃sa.GurshutH5462

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 44:2

  • Exodus 24:10

    And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

  • Ezekiel 43:2-4

    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. 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. And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

  • Isaiah 6:1-5

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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43:2-4; Ex 24:10; Isa 6:1-5

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Context

  • Ezekiel 44:1

    Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

  • Ezekiel 44:2

    Then 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 44:3

    It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

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Ezekiel 44:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjome Jehová: Esta puerta ha de estar cerrada: no se abrirá, ni entrará por ella hombre, porque Jehová Dios de Israel entró por ella; estará por tanto cerrada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel me dit: Cette porte sera fermée; elle ne sera pas ouverte, et personne n’entrera par elle; car l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, est entré par elle; et elle sera fermée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Dieses Tor soll verschlossen sein; es soll nicht geöffnet werden, und niemand soll durch dasselbe eingehen; weil Jehova, der Gott Israels, durch dasselbe eingezogen ist, so soll es verschlossen sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit Dominus ad me: Porta hæc clausa erit: non aperietur, et vir non transibit per eam, quoniam Dominus Deus Israël ingressus est per eam: eritque clausa