Chebar

How Nave’s arranged it

• A river of MesopotamiaEzekiel 1:1Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 3:15Ezekiel 3:23Ezekiel 10:15Ezekiel 10:22Ezekiel 43:3

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Ezekiel 1:1

   In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 1:12 voices

   “We nowhere read that succeeding writers adopted this date as a standard. Besides, there is no doubt that the usual method among the Jews was to begin to reckon from a Jubilee. For this was a point of starting for the future.

   “The Prophet Ezekiel was led captive with Joachin king of Judah to Babylon, and he prophesied there to those who were captives with him, to those repenting that they had willingly handed over the prophecy of Jeremiah to enemies, and yet saw the city Jerusalem to stand, which he had predicted would fall. And in his thirtieth year of age, and in the fifth year of the captivity, he began to speak to his fellow captives. And at the same time, though later, this one in Chaldea and Jeremiah in Judea prophesied.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 1:1→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Ezekiel 1:3

   the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 1:32 voices

   “(Verse 3) The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel, son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar. And to Daniel and Ezekiel, who were in Babylon by the rivers, the mysteries of things to come are revealed upon the waters, indeed in the purest waters, so that the power of baptism may be shown. Otherwise, even the apostle Paul, when he was baptized by Ananias in the Lord, having his eyes covered with scales, was freed from blindness (Acts 9).

   “The word - What was visions, ver. 1, is here the word, both as signifying and declaring the mind of God, what he would do, and as continuing his commands to Ezekiel and to the people. Ezekiel - He speaks of himself in a third person. Priest - He was of the priests originally; he was a prophet by an extraordinary call.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 1:3→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. Ezekiel 3:15

   I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 3:152 voices

   “(Verse 15) For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me. And I came to the exile at the heap of new fruits, to those who lived by the river Chebar. And I sat where they sat, and I stayed there for seven days mourning among them. LXX: And the hand of the Lord became strong upon me, and I entered into captivity exalted. And I went around the inhabitants of the river Chebar who were there, and I sat there for seven days dwelling among them.

   “Tel-abib - , on the river Chebar was the chief seat of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia. The name “Tel-abib” (“mount of ears of corn”) was probably given on account of its fertility. I sat where they sat - Rather, “And I saw them sitting there and I sat there.” Astonished - Rather, silent, with fixed and determined silence (compare Ezr 9:3-4). “To be silent” was characteristic of mourners Lam 3:28; “to sit” their proper attitude Isa 3:26; Lam 1:1; “seven days” the set time of mourning Job 2:13.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 3:15→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. Ezekiel 3:23

   So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 3:232 voices

   “A fresh revelation of the glory of the Lord, to impress upon Ezekiel another characteristic of his mission. Now he is to learn that there is “a time to be silent” as well as “a time to speak,” and that both are appointed by God. This represents forcibly the authoritative character and divine origin of the utterances of the Hebrew prophets.

   “We are not now to expect such visions, but we must own that we have a favour done us no way inferior if we so by faith behold the glory of the Lord as to be changed into the same image, by the Spirit of the Lord; and this honour have all his saints.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 3:23→

   Verse page →Original language →

5. Ezekiel 10:15

   Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 10:152 voices

   “The repeated declaration of the identity of the vision with that at the Chebar is to arouse attention to it (Eze 10:22; 3:23). the living creature--used collectively, as in Eze 10:17, 20;

   “(Vers. 15 seqq.) It is a creature that I saw beside the river Chobar. And when the Cherubim walked, the wheels also went beside them. And when the Cherubim lifted their wings to be lifted up from the ground, the wheels did not resist, but were also beside them. When they stood, they stood, and when they were lifted up, they were lifted up. For the spirit of life was in them. All things live to God and feel their Creator. For God is not the God of the dead but of the living (Matthew 22:32).

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 10:15→

   Verse page →Original language →

6. Ezekiel 10:22

   Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

   Verse page →Original language →

7. Ezekiel 43:3

   The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 43:31 voice

   “And it - This glory of the God of Israel. To destroy - To declare, that their sins would ruin their city, chap. ix, 3, 4. I fell - Overwhelmed, and as it were swallowed up.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 43:3→

   Verse page →Original language →