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From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a> In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a> In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was something like a structure of a city. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a> In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a> In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain; and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and caused me to rest on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In the visions of God He brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on the south side of which there was what seemed to be a structure of a city. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In visions, God brought me to Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On the south side of the mountain were some buildings that looked like those in a city. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a> In a vision God took me to the land of Israel and put me on a high mountain. I saw in front of me a group of buildings that looked like a city. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a> God brought me in a series of visions to the land of Israel and placed me on top of a very high mountain, where to the south there was something that looked like the outline of a city. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city. <a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a> By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a> In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> in visions of God He has brought me into the land of Israel, and causes me to rest on a very high mountain, and on it [is] as the frame of a city from the south. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in visions of God He hath brought me in unto the land of Israel, and causeth me to rest on a very high mountain, and upon it is as the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In the visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and he will set me down upon an exceeding high mountain, and upon it as the building of a city from the south.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain: upon which there was as the building of a city, bending towards the south. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In the visions of God, he brought me into the land of Israel, and he released me on an exceedingly high mountain, on which there was something like the edifice of a city, verging toward the south. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a> In a divine vision he brought me to the land of Israel, where he set me down on a very high mountain. In front of me, there was something like a city built on it. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He brought me, in visions of God, to the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he brought me into the land of Israel, in the visions of God, and set me upon a very high mountain, upon which was the plan of a city on the south. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he brought me there in a vision of God, and he brought me to the land of Israel, and he set me on a mountain that was very high, and there was upon it, on its south side, like the edifice of a city<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In the visions of God brought He me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> in a vision of God into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, and upon it there was as it were the frame of a city before me. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11926" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">The Man with a Measuring Rod</a> 1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there. 2<a href="/hebrew/4759.htm" title="4759: bə·mar·’ō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- A vision, a mirror. Feminine of mar'eh; a vision; also a mirror.">In visions</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hĕ·ḇî·’a·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">He took me</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117: way·nî·ḥê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To rest, i.e. settle down">and set me</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">a very</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘ā·lāw (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: gā·ḇō·ah (Adj-ms) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">high</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har (N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">mountain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: min·ne·ḡeḇ (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">on whose southern slope</a> <a href="/hebrew/4011.htm" title="4011: kə·miḇ·nêh- (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Structure. From banah; a building.">was a structure</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">that resembled a city.</a> 3So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10</a> And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a> The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15-17</a> The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using. <a href="/zechariah/2-1.htm">Zechariah 2:1-2</a> Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. / “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a> Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. <a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">Isaiah 40:9</a> Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a> In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1-2</a> After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” / At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. <a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Isaiah 60:1</a> Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. <a href="/matthew/4-8.htm">Matthew 4:8</a> Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. <a href="/zechariah/14-10.htm">Zechariah 14:10</a> All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Isaiah 52:7</a> How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.the visions<a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.<a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3</a> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.<a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1,7</a> In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters… a very<a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22,23</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: … <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2,3</a> And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it… <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Daniel 2:34,35</a> Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces… by.<a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">Ezekiel 48:30-35</a> And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures… <a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26</a> But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.<a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10-23</a> And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, … frame<a href="/1_chronicles/28-12.htm">1 Chronicles 28:12,19</a> And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: … on the south<a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2</a> For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.<a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13</a> For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-14.htm">Building</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Frame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-29.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-11.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-10.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-4.htm">South</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-16.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-20.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-5.htm">Building</a> <a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Frame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/daniel/1-15.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">South</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 40</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">The description of the east gate of the outer court</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">of the north gate</a> 24. <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">of the south gate</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/40-27.htm">of the south gate of the inner court</a> 32. <a href="/ezekiel/40-32.htm">of the east gate</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/40-35.htm">and of the north gate</a> 39. <a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Eight tables</a> 44. <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">The chambers</a> 48. <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">The porch of the house</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These visions are divine revelations, providing insight into God's plans and purposes. Visions in the Bible often signify a deeper spiritual reality and are used to convey messages that transcend ordinary human understanding.He took me to the land of Israel The land of Israel holds significant theological importance as the Promised Land given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is central to God's covenant with His people. This vision reaffirms God's ongoing relationship with Israel, despite their exile and current circumstances. The land symbolizes hope and future restoration.and set me on a very high mountain Mountains in biblical literature often represent places of divine revelation and encounter. Notable examples include Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Law, and the Mount of Transfiguration in the New Testament. The high mountain in Ezekiel's vision suggests a place of significant spiritual insight and revelation, possibly alluding to the future establishment of God's kingdom.on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city The structure resembling a city is often interpreted as a vision of a future temple or a restored Jerusalem. This imagery connects to the prophetic theme of restoration and renewal for Israel. The southern slope may indicate a specific geographical orientation, suggesting a real or idealized location. This vision foreshadows the eschatological hope of a new Jerusalem, as seen in Revelation, where God's presence dwells among His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God, who is the recipient of the vision described in this passage. He is known for his vivid and symbolic visions. 2. <a href="/topical/v/visions_of_god.htm">Visions of God</a> These are divine revelations given to Ezekiel, often containing symbolic imagery and messages for the people of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/l/land_of_israel.htm">Land of Israel</a> The geographical and spiritual center of the Jewish people, representing God's covenant with them. 4. <a href="/topical/v/very_high_mountain.htm">Very High Mountain</a> Symbolic of a place of divine revelation and perspective, often associated with closeness to God. 5. <a href="/topical/s/structure_resembling_a_city.htm">Structure Resembling a City</a> This is part of the vision, symbolizing the future restoration and order of God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_perspective.htm">Divine Perspective</a> God provides His people with a higher perspective through His revelations. We should seek to view our lives and circumstances from God's vantage point. <a href="/topical/h/hope_of_restoration.htm">Hope of Restoration</a> Ezekiel's vision offers hope for restoration and renewal. In times of despair, we can trust in God's promises for a future restoration. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_city.htm">Symbolism of the City</a> The city represents order, community, and God's presence. We are called to be part of God's community, living in harmony and under His guidance. <a href="/topical/i/importance_of_vision.htm">Importance of Vision</a> Spiritual vision is crucial for understanding God's plans. We should pray for clarity and insight into God's will for our lives. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_prophets.htm">Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Ezekiel play a vital role in communicating God's messages. We should value and heed the teachings of Scripture as God's word to us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 40</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_40's_details.htm">How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment? </a> <a href="/q/why_hasn't_ezekiel's_temple_been_built.htm">If Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 40 was meant as a literal blueprint, why hasn't this Temple been constructed in the centuries that followed?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel's_and_1_kings'_temples_differ.htm">What explains inconsistencies between the Temple vision in Ezekiel 40 and other biblical Temple descriptions, such as in 1 Kings 6-7?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) In the visions of God.--This expression presupposes that what follows is an ideal description rather than an account of anything that ever had or ever should have a literal existence. The same expression has been used in the same sense in regard to Ezekiel 1-3, and again Ezekiel 8-11. It always refers, not to an actual image of existing things, but to a symbolic representation of their substance.Upon a very high mountain.--Comp. <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.">Isaiah 2:2</a>; <a href="/micah/4-1.htm" title="But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it.">Micah 4:1</a>. This cannot apply literally to the hill of Moriah, surrounded by greater heights, but is frequently used to mark the spiritual importance of the Temple site. (Comp. <a href="/context/ezekiel/17-22.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on an high mountain and eminent:">Ezekiel 17:22-23</a>; also <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm" title="And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,">Revelation 21:10</a>.)By which.--The margin is more accurate, upon which. This proposition and the one just before translated upon are different in the original, but upon is the proper sense of this one, while the former has the meaning of unto. The structure which the prophet sees is upon the mountain, and is not the city, but in size and with walls, &c., "as the frame of a city;" in fact, it was the greatly enlarged Temple, as the whole following description snows.On the south.--The prophet, although transported only in vision, has in mind the usual way of entering Palestine from Chaldaea, viz., at the north. Hence he sees the Temple "on the south." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - In the visions of God; i.e. in the clairvoyant state which had been superinduced upon him by the hand of God, and in which he became conscious both of bodily sensations and mental perceptions transcending those that were possible to him in his natural condition. Upon a very high mountain (comp. <a href="/matthew/4-8.htm">Matthew 4:8</a>; <a href="/luke/4-5.htm">Luke 4:5</a>). Schroder stands alone in taking אֶל as "beside" rather than "upon," other interpreters considering that אֶל has here the force of עַל, as in <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a>, and <a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Ezekiel 31:12</a>. That this mountain, though resembling the temple hill in Jerusalem, was not that in reality, but "the mountain of the Lord's house" of Messianic times (see on Ezekiel 43:12; and comp. <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22, 23</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a>; <a href="/micah/4-6.htm">Micah 4:6</a>), may be inferred from its greater altitude than that of either Moriah or Zion, which pointed obviously to the loftier spiritual elevation of the new Jerusalem. As the frame of a city on the south. What Ezekiel beheld was not "beside" or "by" (Authorized Version), but "on" the mountain, and was not, as Havernick, Ewald, and Kliefoth suppose, the new city of Jerusalem, though this might with a fair measure of accuracy be described as lying south of Moriah on which the temple stood, but the temple itself, which, with its walls and gates, chambers and courts, rose majestically before the prophet's view, with all the magnificence, and indeed (as the particle כִי. indicates), with the external appearance of a city. That the prophet should speak of it as "on the south" receives sufficient explanation from the circumstance that he himself came from the north, and had it always before him in a southerly direction. The idea is correctly enough expressed by the ἀπέναντι of the LXX., which signifies "over against" to one coming from the north. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In visions בְּמַרְא֣וֹת (bə·mar·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4759.htm">Strong's 4759: </a> A vision, a mirror of God אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative He took הֱבִיאַ֖נִי (hĕ·ḇî·’a·nî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go me to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the land אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and set me וַיְנִיחֵ֗נִי (way·nî·ḥê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5117.htm">Strong's 5117: </a> To rest, settle down on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to a very מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily high גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ (gā·ḇō·ah) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> Elevated, powerful, arrogant mountain, הַ֤ר (har) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country on whose southern slope מִנֶּֽגֶב׃ (min·ne·ḡeḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> South country, the Negeb, south was a structure כְּמִבְנֵה־ (kə·miḇ·nêh-) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4011.htm">Strong's 4011: </a> A building that resembled a city. עִ֖יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:2 In the visions of God brought he (Ezek. 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