Ezekiel 8:1
in Ezekiel 8In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
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ASV
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
KJV
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
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This verse in Ezekiel 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseChapter 8, Verse 1. And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me. In the fifth year of the exile of Jehoiachin, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, we read about a previous vision to the prophet. But now, in the sixth year of the same king, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, a new vision is mentioned.
This site's exposition
the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me
on Ezekiel 8:1-2
A second dated vision opens the way the first did, fourteen months on from chapter 1, the elders of Judah sitting before the prophet in his own house when the hand of the Lord God fell there upon him. What he sees repeats the fire and brightness of the throne vision, a likeness as the appearance of fire from the loins down and brightness like amber from the loins up, the same glory that appeared at Chebar now appearing again before it moves. Keil reads the repeated imagery as the text's own signal that this is one continuous vision cycle rather than an unrelated new appearance.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month,.... This was the sixth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin; the sixth month was the month Elul, which answers to part of August, and part of September. The Septuagint and Arabic versions wrongly render it, the fifth month.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The elders of Judah - The prophet’s fellow-exiles are no longer unwilling to hear him Eze 2:1-10. They sat as mourners. The message here is not as in Eze 6:2, but distinctly to Judah, that portion of the people whose exile Ezekiel shared.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Lord God fell . . . upon me--God's mighty operation fell, like a thunderbolt, upon me (in Eze 1:3, it is less forcible, "was upon him"); whatever, therefore, he is to utter is not his own, for he has put off the mere man, while the power of God reigns in him [CALVIN].
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗ית | hashishit | <the> sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| בַּשִּׁשִּׁי֙ | bashishi | in the sixth [month] | H8345 → | 28 times |
| בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה | bachamishah | on [day] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| אֲנִי֙ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יוֹשֵׁ֣ב | yoshev | [was] sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּבֵיתִ֔י | beveiti | in house my | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְזִקְנֵ֥י | veziknei | and [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים | yoshevim | [were] sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| לְפָנָ֑י | lefanai | <to> before me | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וַתִּפֹּ֤ל | vatipol | and it fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עָלַי֙ | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יַ֖ד | yad | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֣הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗ית<the> sixth
hashishitH8345 →28 times
בַּשִּׁשִּׁי֙in the sixth [month]
bashishiH8345 →28 times
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣הon [day] five
bachamishahH2568 →343 times
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
אֲנִי֙I
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב[was] sitting
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּבֵיתִ֔יin house my
beveitiH1004 →2046 times
וְזִקְנֵ֥יand [the] elders of
vezikneiH2205 →178 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים[were] sitting
yoshevimH3427 →1079 times
לְפָנָ֑י<to> before me
lefanaiH6440 →2123 times
וַתִּפֹּ֤לand it fell
vatipolH5307 →435 times
עָלַי֙on me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יַ֖ד[the] hand of
yadH3027 →1618 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
it leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 13:22
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Psalms 78:36–37
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- James 1:22–24
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Isaiah 29:13
Through
Ezekiel 14:1Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:1
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
- 2 Kings 6:32
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this…
- Ezekiel 20:1
Through
Ezekiel 14:4Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 14:7
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the…
- Ezekiel 14:7
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.