Ezekiel 43:5

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

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הַפְּנִימִ֑י

pᵉnîymîy

H6442

“the · inner”

Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 32× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 1 Kings 6:27

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6440

TWOT: 1782d

inner

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
11: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַפְּנִימִ֑י inner H6442 occurs in 29 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
5 nouns
1 adjective
1 preposition
1 particle

Verb forms

וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַתְּבִיאֵ֕נִי Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
מָלֵ֥א Qal · Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 24 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 19 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 43:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Corinthians 12:2–4 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don't know, or whether out of the body, I don't know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.
1 Kings 8:10–11 It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
Ezekiel 8:3 He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
Ezekiel 11:24 The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Ezekiel 3:12–14 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh from his place.
Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
Ezekiel 44:4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
Acts 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.
1 Kings 18:12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.
2 Chronicles 5:14 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Song of Solomon 1:4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
Isaiah 6:3 One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
Ezekiel 10:4 The glory of Yahweh mounted 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 Yahweh's glory.
Ezekiel 40:2 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.
Haggai 2:7–9 and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Hosts.

2 Kings 2:16 They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, You shall not send.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Ezekiel 43:5 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי ר֔וּחַ וַתְּבִיאֵ֕נִי אֶל הֶֽחָצֵ֖ר הַפְּנִימִ֑י וְהִנֵּ֛ה מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה הַבָּֽיִת

The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 43:5 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀναλαμβάνω ἐγώ πνεῦμα καί εἰςἄγω ἐγώ εἰς ὁ αὐλή ὁ ἐσώτερος καί ἰδού πλήρης δόξα κύριος ὁ οἶκος

And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the house of the Lord was full of glory.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וּנְטַלְתַּנִי רוּחָא וְאַעֲלַתְנִי לְדַרְתָּא גַוַיְתָא וְהָא אִתְמְלֵי יְקָרָא דַייָ בֵּיתָא:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 43:5 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Eze 43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

Ver. 5. So the spirit took me up.] Who was fallen upon my face. The lowly shall be lifted up.

And brought me into the inner court.] As being a priest. So is every true believer. {1Pe 2:9 Rev 1:6}

Filled the house.] God’s presence is the full glory of each good soul. See Hag 2:7.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

43:5-7a The Spirit then carried Ezekiel into the inner courtyard so that he could hear the Lord declare that the restored Temple was the palace in which his throne and his footstool were located, and that he would live . . . forever among the people of Israel. The identification of the Temple as God’s dwelling and the seat of his sovereignty was not new (see, e.g., 1 Sam 4:4). The Temple would now be God’s throne forever; never again would the sins of his people drive him away from his sanctuary.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5. The spirit took me up] And, to follow this thought for a moment, how many men has this heavenly Spirit taken up; filled them with his own influence, and sent them to every country, and nation, and tongue, and people, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God, and to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ! What spiritual temples have been raised, beautified, and filled with the glory of God! And this light is shining and burning more and more unto the perfect day, when the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of God!

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(5) Brought me into the inner court.—Having seen the Divine glory enter by the eastern gate, the prophet, himself a priest, is brought into the court of the priests, and there sees the glory of the Lord fill the house as of old.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

5. The prophet, who hitherto was at the E. gate outside (Eze_43:1), is brought by the spirit into the inner court, from which he perceived the house to be filled with the glory of the Lord.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

So the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court,.... The prophet was fallen down on his face, upon the sight of the glory of the Lord, and there he lay, until a wind came, as the word signifies; or the Holy Spirit, which is compared to the wind, for its invisible and irresistible power, came and took him up: humble souls are regarded by the Lord; he raises them up, and exalts them, and brings them into nearer and more intimate communion with God; and gives them clearer views still of the glories of Christ's person, grace, and love: and it is the Spirit of God only that does this, and that to priests only, such an one as Ezekiel was; for none but priests went into the inner court:

and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house; the body of it; both the holy and the most holy place, with all its courts and apartments; so the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle when that was set up in the temple of Solomon, when it was built; and the glory of the Lord will fill the church of God, yea, the whole earth, in the latter day, Isa 6:3, of this Christ's personal appearance in the second temple, which gave it a greater glory than the former, was an emblem and pledge, Hag 2:7, here, it may be observed, no mention is made of a cloud, as at the setting up of the tabernacle, and dedication of the temple; denoting the clear light of the Gospel in those times, and how the glory of the Lord will be seen with open face by all the saints.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The glory of the Lord filled the house - Compare the marginal reference; Exo 40:34-35.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The spirit: see Eze 2:2.

Brought me; carried me, at least supported and moved.

The inner court; the court next to the house of the Lord, this was the innermost court.

Filled, either with splendour and brightness, or with a cloud, such as formerly was, Lev 16:2; 1Ki 8:10,11, the token of his presence.

The house; the temple.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Filled with glory.

I THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE TEMPLE. Ezekiel saw the temple filled with the glory of God. This was only a vision; but it was predicted concerning the rebuilt temple that the glory of the latter house should exceed that of the former. (Hag_2:9) Yet, while young men rejoiced at the sight of the new structure, old men wept as they remembered the greater splendor of Solomon"s temple, which Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed. (Ezr_3:12, Ezr_3:13) Nevertheless, it was promised that, though in materials and architecture Zerubbabel"s temple might be inferior to Solomon"s; there was this unique privilege reserved for the new building the Lord himself should suddenly appear in it. (Mal_3:1) This promise was fulfilled in the advent of Christ. (Luk_2:27)

II THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE CHURCH. The spiritual brotherhood of Christians, the Church of Christ, has taken the place of the temple of the Jewish economy. (1Co_3:16; Eph_2:21) Now God has manifested his glory in the Church, for it is seen in the display of Christian graces, so that she is like a city set on a hill that cannot be hid. But the brightness or the dimness of this glory will be just proportionate to the Christ-likeness or the worldliness of the Church. The more of the Spirit of Christ there is in this great temple, the more of the glory of God will there be there. Her glory has been looked for in size, numbers, wealth, power, influence, intellect; in her sons of genius and her works of worldly importance. But these things do not reveal God"s glory. Christ is the Glory of the Church in you, the hope of glory". (Col_1:27)

III THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE WORLD. Ezekiel saw the broad earth ablaze with the radiance of the heavenly glory (ver. 2). But this glory was concentrated in the temple. God has a brightness for all men, but the best light for those who seek his near presence. The world now reveals the glory of God in creation and in providence. When the world is brought to the feet of Jesus Christ it will enjoy the richer, fuller glory of God in Christ. Even now, in so far as a Christ-spirit is spread through society, a new light dawns over the old weary world. The day is coming when the earth shall be full of his glory. That will be the day of the earth"s perfect redemption and man"s perfect blessedness.

IV THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE SOUL. God"s glory comes into the Church and the world by first entering individual souls. To the darkest and saddest this joy and tight will appear, when the barred door is opened to the Guest who stands knocking and graciously waiting for admission. There is no glory equal to that which his in-coming will bring. We may think much of riches, popularity, intellect, and power. But the greatest glory of a human life is the glory of goodness. The highest ambition should be to live a good and useful life. Christ"s aureole surrounds such a life.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 11 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pᵉnîymîy (“inner”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “inner” (pᵉnîymîy) shape what this verse is saying?
How does 1 Kings 6:27, which shares the word «inner», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
«וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 11 Hebrew ↔ 19 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
11 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.