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Ezek. 40:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

In the visionsu of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very highv mountain, νby which was as the frame of a city on the south.

Ezek. 8:3• ³And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. (Ezek. 8:3)

Rev. 21:10• ¹⁰And he carried me away in {i}the{/i} Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God. (Rev. 21:10)

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the visions.There can be little doubt, that the grand outlines of the description of the temple, in the following extraordinary vision, were taken from that of Solomon's, with all the additions made to it in after ages; and we may suppose that Zerubbabel and the other Jews had respect to it, as far as circumstances would permit, in rebuilding the temple after the captivity.

There are, however, many circumstances which conclusively shew, that something infinitely superior to either the first or second temple was intended; and that the external description must be considered as a figure and emblem of spiritual blessings.

Probably the more immediate accomplishment of the prophecy will be subsequent to the conversion and restoration of the Jews, the destruction of Gog and Magog, and the pouring out of the Spirit, mentioned at the close of the last chapter; but whether there will be any external forms analogous to these cannot be determined, though in some respects it seems improbable.

Ezek. 1:1• ¹{i}Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was{/i} among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Ezek. 1:1)

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Dan. 7:1,7• ¹{i}In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream; he told the sum of the matters.:{/i}
⁷After this I saw in the night-visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; {i}and{/i} it had ten horns. (Dan. 7:1,7)

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Acts 2:17• ¹⁷And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams; (Acts 2:17)

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Acts 16:9• ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul by night. There was a certain man of Macedon standing and beseeching him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. (Acts 16:9)

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2 Cor. 12:1‑7• ¹I must needs boast; though it be not profitable, yet I will come unto visions and revelations of [the] Lord.
²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not: God knoweth), such an one caught up to the third heaven.
³And I know such a man (whether in the body or without the body, I know not: God knoweth),
⁴how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which [it is] not lawful for a man to utter.
⁵On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on mine own behalf I will not boast save in [my] weaknesses.
⁶For if I should desire to boast, I shall not be foolish, for I shall speak truth; but I forbear, lest any should account as to me above that which he seeth me or heareth of me.
⁷And that I should not be uplifted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be uplifted overmuch. (2 Cor. 12:1‑7)

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Ezek. 17:22‑23• ²²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. (Ezek. 17:22‑23)

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Isa. 2:2‑3• ²And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
³And many peoples will go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:2‑3)

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Dan. 2:34‑35• ³⁴{i}Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.{/i}
³⁵{i}Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.{/i} (Dan. 2:34‑35)

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Mic. 4:1• ¹But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. (Mic. 4:1)

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Ezek. 48:30‑35• ³⁰And these [are] the goings forth of the city: on the north side four thousand and five hundred measures;
³¹and the gates of the city [shall be] according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward, one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
³²And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
³³And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
³⁴At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [with] their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
³⁵[It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]; and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], Jehovah [is] there. (Ezek. 48:30‑35)

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Gal. 4:26• ²⁶But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother, (Gal. 4:26)

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Rev. 21:10‑23• ¹⁰And he carried me away in {i}the{/i} Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God.
¹¹Its light {i}was{/i} like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal;
¹²it had a wall great and high; it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of {i}the{/i} sons of Israel:
¹³on {i}the{/i} east three gates, and on {i}the{/i} north three gates, and on {i}the{/i} south three gates, and on {i}the{/i} west three gates.
¹⁴And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
¹⁵And he that talked with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
¹⁶And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it {i}is{/i} as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
¹⁷And he measured the wall of it, an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four cubits, a man's measure which is of {i}the{/i} angel.
¹⁸And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold like pure glass.
¹⁹The foundations of the wall of the city {i}were{/i} adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
²⁰the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
²¹And the twelve gates {i}were{/i} twelve pearls; each one of the gates severally was of one pearl: and the street of the city pure gold as transparent glass.
²²And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
²³And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:10‑23)

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1 Chron. 28:12,19• ¹²and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of Jehovah, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things;
¹⁹All this (said David) Jehovah made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. (1 Chron. 28:12,19)

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Isa. 48:2• ²For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts [is] his name. (Isa. 48:2)

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Isa. 14:13• ¹³And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north; (Isa. 14:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain; and uponb it was as the building of a city, on the south.

JND Translation Notes

Or "by."

W. Kelly Translation

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, and upon it was as it were a city on the south.