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.
Parallel translations
- WEB You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
- BSB As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
- NKJV “Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
- NASB “As for you, son of man, inform the house of Israel of the temple, so that they will be ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the plan.
- NLT “Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan,
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Quick answer
Ezekiel is to describe the temple to Israel so they will be ashamed of their sins. The vision of God's holy house is meant to lead the people to repentance.
Overview
God commands the prophet to show the temple's design to the people, that the contrast between God's holiness and their iniquity might bring them to shame and repentance. The vision is not merely architectural but pastoral and convicting. Seeing God's holiness rightly leads to repentance, the same conviction the gospel produces as it reveals both God's holiness and his grace in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 40:4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
- Ezek 16:61Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
- Ezek 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 43:11And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
- Exod 25:40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
- Rom 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- 1 Chr 28:19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- 1 Chr 28:11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
- Ezek 23:31–32Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
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