Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 43:10

10 Thou son of man , shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities , and let them measure the pattern .

Ezekiel, who is call'd thus above 80 times in this Book.

He could not lay a model before their eye, but he could, and this is requir'd, describe it to them in all the parts.

Temple, which he had seen, and exactly measured.

To the Rulers, Prophets and Priests especially, not excluding others.

When they shall blush to see what Glory their iniquities had ruin'd: How great losers they were by their sins, or else thus interpret the meaning of these things, and let the Iewes know what a Church God will erect among the Gentiles, that so the Iewes may be asham'd of their iniquities, which provoked God to cast them off, and to destroy their Church and State.

As thou declarest let them write down, delineate all, and then compute the whole, that they may fully comprehend it.

Marginal references: Or, sum, or, number.