Ezekiel 43:6

Eze 43:6 And I heard [him] speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.

Ver. 6. And I heard him speaking unto me.] The man Christ Jesus, standing by. Here, then, is a meeting and the mystery of the blessed Trinity; yea, here is a double mystery to be taken notice of, viz., those two wonderful unions of three persons in one God, and of Christ’s two natures in one person.

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.

Eze 43:6. I heard him speaking unto me, &c. — The prophet now receives instructions more immediately from the glory of the Lord, as Moses did when God had taken possession of the tabernacle, Lev 1:1. When God’s glory shines in the church, we must from thence expect to receive divine oracles. And the man stood by me — We could not bear to hear the voice of God, any more than to see the face of God, if Jesus Christ did not stand by us as a Mediator. Or, if this was a created angel, it is observable, that when God began to speak to the prophet, he stood by, and gave way, having no more to say. Nay, he stood by the prophet as a learner with him; for to the principalities and powers, to the angels themselves, who desire to look into these things, is made known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, Eph 3:10.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

the man--who had been measuring the buildings (Eze 40:3).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(6) I heard him speaking.—Although the pronoun is not expressed in the original, there can be no question that God Himself spoke directly to the prophet, as in Eze_44:2; Eze_44:5; Eze_44:9, &c. “The man” is without the article in the Hebrew, which leaves it uncertain whether the same being is meant who had hitherto guided the prophet; but as measurements were also made by this guide (Eze_47:3-5), he was probably the same.

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

6. heard him speaking] One speaking.

and the man] Possibly: and a man. No doubt the same man is meant as before. The prophet was transported into the inner court by the spirit, not led as in other instances by the man, who, however, reappears at his side. The man is merely the divine voice and word personified and interposed between the Lord and the prophet, hence though Ezekiel appears to hear one speaking from the house, the voice immediately takes the shape of a man beside him.

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.

And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house,.... The holy place, the prophet being in the inward court: this is Jehovah the Father, the God of Israel, whose glory entered into it; who utters his voice out of Zion; who speaks in his church by his word, and the ministers of it; and which is to be heard and regarded, not as the word of man, but as the word of God:

and the man stood by me: whom he saw at first with a measuring line in his hand, Eze 40:3, and with whom he had been all along, and had seen him measure the house, and all belonging to it: he stood by him as the Mediator between God and him; as the medium of communion with him; as the advocate with the Father: he stood by him to interpret what was said to him; to guide him further into the knowledge of divine things; to assist him, protect and defend him, to continue him in fellowship with God, and to preserve him in grace to glory. Here is an appearance of the three Persons in the Godhead; the Father speaking to the prophet out of the house; the Son in human form standing by him; and the Spirit of the Lord, who had took him up from the ground, and had brought him into the inner court.

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

The man - A “man.” Probably an angel different from “the man” who had hitherto accompanied the seer. That angel guided, measured, and explained; this is present only to guide.

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

I heard, distinctly, intelligibly, so that I am sure it was no delusion.

Him; the Lord, who was in that glory.

Speaking; what was spoken appears in the next two verses.

Out of the house; God speaks to his out of his temple.

The man; Christ, Mediator.

Stood by, to encourage, inform, and strengthen him.

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

6-9. The prophet is here addressed by one speaking from within, while “the man” or “a man” — probably the man with the measuring reed (Eze_40:3) — stood by his side. This voice from the divine glory was that of Jehovah, who addressed the prophet by his well-known title (see note Eze_2:1) and declared, This is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever, etc. (Compare Isa_60:13; Psa_99:5; Psa_132:7.) This abiding presence of Jehovah is due to the holiness of his people, who will “no more defile my sacred name with their idolatry and with the corpses of their kings,” etc. Expositors here differ as to whether “kings” refers to the idols which had such dominion over them, or to the bodies of the Hebrew kings or princes which were buried not far from the temple (1Ki_2:10; 1Ki_11:43). But as Ezekiel in no other place indicated that the bones of the kings ought to be removed from their long resting place at the restoration, and as he is constantly using figures of speech fitted to arouse attention and comparison, the former seems to be the better view. The images which they had brought into their places of worship had already been broken down (Eze_6:4-6; Eze_6:13; Eze_8:10; Eze_8:18) and the princes and rulers of Israel had been slain and their carcasses left where they had fallen (Eze_8:16; Eze_9:6-7). Their idolatry and every vestige of such idolatry would now be removed.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And I heard him (better, one) speaking unto me out of the house; and the (literally, a) man stood by me. Two questions arise Who was the speaker? and, Who the man? As to the speaker, the natural reply is that the One who addressed Ezekiel from the interior of the "house" was Jehovah himself, whose "glory" had just entered in to take possession of the house, and this view is adopted by most interpreters, though Hengstenberg and Schroder regard the man who stood beside the prophet as the one who addressed him. As to the man, it cannot, as Kliefoth maintains, be decided solely by the absence of the article before "man" that this was a different person from the guide who had hitherto conducted the prophet and measured the Building. The article may have Been emitted because the important point to be recorded was not the circumstance that the "one" who stood beside him was his quondam guide, but the fact that this "one" was a man. That he was also Ezekiel"s old conductor is at least a natural suggestion when one finds him afterwards appearing as a measurer with a line in his hand. (Eze_47:3)

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

The man - Christ. Stood - To encourage, and strengthen him.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

the corpses of their kings

The idols that the people's kings worshiped are spoken of as if they are corpses because the idols are not alive. AT: "the lifeless idols that their kings worshiped" (See: Metaphor)

They profaned

"The Israelites profaned"

disgusting actions

"the disgusting things they did." God was angry because the people were worshiping idols and false gods. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 5:9.

consumed them with my anger

The phrase "consumed" here means "completely destroyed." AT: "completely destroyed them because I was angry" (See: Idiom)

translationWords

Son of Man

throne

life

people of God

eternity

profane

holy

name

king

faithless

threshold

anger

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

speaking to me [Heb. מִדַּבֵּר,] speaking to Himself with me. It is respectful to say concerning Heaven מִדַּבֵּר, equivalent to מִתְדַּבֵּר; i.e., He spoke between Himself and His glory, and the voice came to me.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.