3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
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And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is, 1. The date of this vision. It was in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel’s captivity (Ezek. 40:1), which some compute to be the thirty-third year of the first captivity, and is here said to be the fourteenth year after the city was smitten . See how seasonably the clearest and fullest prospects of their deliverance were given, when they were in the depth of their distress, and an assurance…
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