Ezekiel 11:1

Moreover, the spirit lifted me up,.... From the inner court of the temple, where the prophet was, according to the last account of him, Eze 8:16; it was the same Spirit that took him by the lock of…

The gate - The gate of the templecourt. The gate was the place of judgment. Five and twenty men - Not the same men as in Eze 8:16. There they were representatives of the “priests,” here of the…

At the door of the gate five and twenty men - The same persons, no doubt, who appear, Eze 8:16, worshipping the sun.

Jaazaniah the son of Azur - In Eze 8:16, we find a Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. If…

We have here,

I. The great security of the prince's of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgements of God that were upon them, The prophet was brought, in vision, to the gate of the temple where these…

The men that plot evil

1. The gate referred to is the outer eastern gate; the position taken up by the cherubim and glory was outside the temple precincts wholly. Jaazaniah and Pelatiah are named…