Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
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Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
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And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
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And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 8:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 3:22-23 Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.” Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 1:26-28 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above. I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Exodus 25:22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
- Exodus 40:34-35 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle. Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
- Ezekiel 9:3 The glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
- Ezekiel 10:1-4 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” He went in as I watched. Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.
- Ezekiel 11:22-23 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above. Yahweh’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
- Ezekiel 43:2-4 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory. It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake, seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Hebrews 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Now he only says that he saw God’s glory…
Now he only says that he saw God’s glory as he had formerly beheld it near the bank of the river. This was as it were the seal of his prophecy: for the holy man ought to be so strengthened, that he should boldly restrain the furious audacity and obstinacy of the people. Hence he had to strive with hard heads, and God did not arm him in vain; and to this end again a new vision was offered. He knew that to be the glory of God. Hence he was again made more certain that the whole action was under divine direction, and that it was neither human nor fictitious, nor deceptive nor doubtful. It follows —
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read Ezek. 3:22.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God…
Eze 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ver. 4. And behold the glory of the God of Israel,] i.e., The glorious God of Israel. {Act 7:2} {See Trapp on "Act 7:2"}
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Was there,] scil., At the inner gate, where that image of jealousy stood. The Jews were great idolaters before the captivity, not so afterwards. {Rom 2:22}
According to the vision.] See Eze 3:23. This befell for his further confirmation, ne remum abjiceret, ut aiunt: this was now the third time, and all was but enough.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The glory of God: see Eze 1:28; 3:23.
The glory of God: see Eze 1:28; 3:23.
Was there; whither he carried me, and there it showed me what I saw.
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According to the vision that I saw; like that; which gave further confirmation to the prophet, and encouraged him in his work and call.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel…
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there,.... In the temple, between the cherubim, where the Shechinah or the glory of the divine Majesty dwelt; for as yet he had not removed, though provoked to it, and as he afterwards did; or he was here to destroy the idols, and both city and temple, for the idolatry of the people; or this is here mentioned, to show the baseness and wickedness of the people, that they should place an idol where the Lord himself was:
according to the vision that I saw in the plain; it was the same glorious Person he saw in the temple whom he had before seen in the plain, Eze 3:22; and that was the same he had seen in the vision by the river Chebar, Eze 1:3.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. The vision that I saw in the…
Verse 4. The vision that I saw in the plain.] See Clarke on Eze 3:23; see also Eze 1:3.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The glory of the Lord having departed from His…
The glory of the Lord having departed from His seat between the cherubims in the holy of holies (see Eze 9:3) rests in the threshold of the temple, to execute vengeance before it quits the house altogether Eze 10:18. The “there” in the inner court, which was “full of the brightness of the Lord’S glory” Eze 10:4, and at the gate of which Ezekiel stands.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The Shekinah cloud of Jehovah's glory, notwithstanding the provocation…
The Shekinah cloud of Jehovah's glory, notwithstanding the provocation of the idol, still remains in the temple, like that which Ezekiel saw "in the plain" (Eze 3:22-23); not till Eze 10:4, Eze 10:18 did it leave the temple at Jerusalem, showing the long-suffering of God, which ought to move the Jews to repentance.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. The glory of the God of Israel was…
4. The glory of the God of Israel was there — See notes chaps. i and 10. Jehovah in his omnipotent and omniscient splendor was present and saw all these insults to his majesty. Whether this “glory of Jehovah” had accompanied the prophet from Babylon and entered the temple with him is not distinctly stated, but Eze_8:2-3 (compare Eze_1:15-28) would suggest this. Although heretofore on various occasions Jehovah’s glory has left his temple for short periods, he still abides there until the final farewell, in chap. Eze_10:1 to Eze_11:23. There is a special aptness in the name “God of Israel” (compare Eze_3:23) as used here. They have forsaken their own God, glorious as he is, for strange deities of the most beastly character.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. The glory of the Lord was that seen…
4. The glory of the Lord was that seen by the prophet at the Chebar (ch. 1). This glory expressed the prophet’s conception of Jehovah. And this Jehovah is here, in contrast with the deities worshipped by the people, and beholding their worship.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) The glory of the God of Israel was…
(4) The glory of the God of Israel was there.—Not the glory of the Lord filling the temple as in the days of old, but the glory “according to the vision that I saw in the plain”—i.e., the same vision which had before appeared to the prophet now in his vision—a vision within a vision—appeared to him again in the temple. The identity of the vision is again particularly mentioned in Eze_10:15; Eze_10:22, and even without this would be plain from the description given of it in Ezekiel 10. At the same time, various particulars are mentioned (as in Eze_10:12) which were omitted in Ezekiel 1, and others are mentioned there which are omitted here, as the cloud and the firmament (Eze_1:4; Eze_1:22); and there are also some entirely new features introduced, as the “six men” and “the man clothed in linen” (Eze_9:2), for which there was no occasion in the former vision. “The God of Israel” is emphatic, the God who had loved and chosen Israel, and Whom Israel should have served, in contrast with the idol which they had placed in His temple.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 4, 5. And, behold, etc. In appalling contrast…
Vers. 4, 5. And, behold, etc. In appalling contrast with that "image of jealousy," Ezekiel saw what he had not seen, as he first became conscious that he was in the court of the temple the vision of the Divine glory, such as he had seen it on the banks of Chebar. (Eze_1:4-28) He was to look first on this picture and then on that, and the guilt of Judah was measured by that contrast.
HOMILIES BY J.R. THOMSON Vers. 4, 5. The glory of God and the image of jealousy.
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In prophetic vision Ezekiel was transported from the place of exile to his country"s metropolis, and to the temple which was the very centre of his people"s religious observances. It may not be certain whether what in this vision he discerned actually took place, or whether the vision was representative and symbolical of what was occurring elsewhere in Judah and even in Jerusalem. But what an extraordinary juxtaposition and contrast is that described in these verses! One observer in one spot is brought face to face both with the splendour of the Divine manifestation and with the horror of idolatrous rites!
I THE GLORY OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL. The prophet beheld an appearance of splendour, such as he had previously beheld in the plain, and had described in an earlier passage of iris prophecies.
1. This appearance was emblematical of the Divine attributes; alike of God"s power to punish and to save, and of his moral excellences, justice and truth, mercy and love.
2. This appearance was peculiarly suitable to the place where it wasdiscerned: the temple of Jehovah was his dwelling place, and the scene of his peculiar presence, who giveth not his glory to another.
3. This appearance was a reminder that for the Jewish people there wasone, and only one, proper Object of adoration and worship.
II THE IDOLATROUS IMAGE.
1. This was doubtless a figure of one of the false gods worshipped by oneof the nations in the neighbourhood of Palestine, by whom Judah had been corrupted and seduced. Which of the several idols was at that time worshipped by the Jews we are not told; and, indeed, this does not signify.
2. Whatever this imaginary deity may have been, it is certain that theattributes assigned to it were opposed to those belonging to Jehovah. Cruelty and impurity were certainly qualities attributed to this false god.
3. Thus moral degradation was involved in the worship of this image; degradation all the more signal because the Jews forsook a God of righteousness and clemency, and fashioned or accepted an imaginary deity embodying their own worst faults and vices.
III THE INDIGNATION WITH WHICH JEHOVAH REGARDED JUDAH"S PREFERENCE. The image was an "image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy." The reasons why the idol should be so designated, why such should be the way in which it was regarded, are obvious enough.
1. Jehovah had enjoined upon the posterity of Abraham abstinence fromthe idolatries from which the great forefather of the chosen people had been delivered. Monotheism was the very stamp and seal of their election.
2. The very first and second commandments of the first table of the moralLaw prohibited idolatry.
3. The history of Israel had been one long rebuke of idolatry, and one longwarning against falling into this seductive snare.
4. The ordinances and institutions of the nation were expressly designed toact as a check and dissuasive against the sin of the surrounding and heathen nations.
APPLICATION. Apostasy from the service of the one living and true God is rendered inexcusable, and is worthy of severe condemnation, when, as in the case of Judah, and in our case, light is clear, privileges are many, and opportunities and inducements abound to be faithful and diligent in the practice of pure religion. T.
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