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In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south.
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Verse 2. Mountain; Moria, in spirit. On the eastern side, the road to the city was level. Walls were added after the captivity, on the other sides. Jos. Bel. vi. 6.—City, the temple was so large.—South, to one coming from the north, though the temple lay on that side of the town. Psalms 47:2. Calmet.—Septuagint read mongod, “over-against,” instead of mongob, “south,” which has perplexed many. Houbig.—Ezechiel was placed on Sion, which was not very high, but here it denotes the Church. Jerusalem was in ruins. Worthington.
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