What does Ezekiel 48:35 Mean?

Study Notes

and the name
Heb. Jehovah-shammah. See Exodus 17:15 ; Judges 6:24 .

Verse Meaning

The circumference of the city proper would be18 ,000 cubits, less than six miles. And its name from the day of its establishment would be "The LORD is there" (Heb. Yahweh shammah). The new name would indicate a new character, as always in Scripture, namely, that the Lord would forever reside among His people (cf. Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 37:23; Ezekiel 37:27; Genesis 17:8; Isaiah 7:14; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 32:38; Zechariah 8:8). He would never again depart from them or send them out of His land. He would forever dwell among them, and they would forever enjoy the unbroken fellowship with God that He intended since the creation of the world. The Book of Ezekiel ends with a description of a New Jerusalem like Isaiah 65-66 and the Book of Revelation , though the New Jerusalem of Ezekiel is millennial and the New Jerusalem at the end of Revelation is eternal. [source][source]

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Twenty-two years and48 chapters earlier Ezekiel began his book with a vision of a storm picturing the destruction of Old Jerusalem and, later (chs10-11), God"s departure from it. He ended it with another vision of the establishment of New Jerusalem and God"s permanent residence in it. The glory of the Lord is the unifying feature that ties the book together and runs through it from beginning to end. [source][source]

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"Ezekiel begins and ends with God. Between the great vision of God in ch1and these closing words, "The LORD is there," is the unsparing record of man"s failure and sin, judged by God. But His judgment works to His glory, and the book ends with the one thing that makes heaven what it Isaiah , the Presence of the LORD." ^[1] [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 48

¹  The portions of the twelve tribes;
⁸  of the sanctuary;
¹⁵  of the city and suburbs;
²¹  and of the prince
²³  The portions of the twelve tribes
³⁰  The dimensions and gates of the city