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upon E Z EK I E L. 351
Ibid. The hand of the LOR *D was upon Chapter
me.'] See Chap. i. 3. XL.
Ver. 2. In the Vifions of God brought he me iy"V"\J
into the Land of IfraeL] Sec the Note on Chap. ^ er * 2 ;
viii. 3.
Ibid. And fet me upon a very high Mountain.^
The Expreilion points out Mount Moriah, whereon
the Temple was built, which is here called
a very high Mountain ; becaufe it represents the
Seat of the Chriftian Church, foretold by the
Prophets that it mould be ejlablijhed upon the
top of the Mountains : Scelfa. ii. 1. Micah. iv. 1.
Compared with Revel, xxi. 10.
Ibid. By which was a Frame of a City on the
Souths Mount Moriah lay Southward of the
Hill of Sion, or the City of 'David, tho' both
of them lay Northward in refpect of the lower
Part of the City, which from the times of Solomon
was molt commonly call'd by the Name
of Jerufalem: See Tfal. xlviii. 2. Ifa. xiv. 13.
and Dr. Lightfoot's Geographical 'Defcription of
Jerufalem, Ch. xxii. So the words defcribe the
Situation of the Temple on the South Side of
Mount Sion ; which with all its Courts, Buildings,
and Walls encompafilng the Courts, and
the whole Area, or holy Mountain, fee Chap,
xlii. 20. refembled a City for bignefs. So Ta-
citus lib. 5. Hift. defcribes the Temple as built
like a Citadel for Strength and Largenefs.
Or we may fuppole that the Prophet being
brought by the Spirit from Chaldea into the
Land of Ifrael, which lay Southward of Babylon,
fee Chap. i. 4. might fee piaced juft before
his Eyes a Reprefentation of the City and Temple*