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
8 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 upon me
on Ezekiel 8:1-2
A second dated vision opens, fourteen months after Ezekiel 1:1, with “the elders of Judah” sitting before the prophet. He sees fire “From His waist down” and “as bright as the gleam of amber” from the waist up. This is the glory seen by the Kebar in Ezekiel 1:27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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 elders - The chief of those that were now in captivity. They were come either to spend the sabbath in religious exercises, or to inquire what would become of their brethren in Jerusalem. The hand - The spirit of prophecy.
The prophet took particular notice of one whom he knew, who stood in the midst of these idolaters, as chief among them, being perhaps president of the great council at this time or most forward in this wickedness. No wonder the people were corrupt when the elders were so. The sins of leaders are leading sins.
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].
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month - This, according to Abp. Usher, was the sixth year of Ezekiel’s captivity. The sixth day of the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year, which answers to August A.M. 3410. This chapter and the three following contain but one vision, of which I judge it necessary, with Calmet, to give a general idea, that the attention of the reader may not be too much divided. The prophet, in the visions of God, is carried to Jerusalem, to the northern gate of the temple, which leads by the north side to the court of the priests. There he sees the glory of the Lord in the same manner as he did by the river Chebar. At one side he sees the image of jealousy. Going thence to the court of the people, he sees through an opening in the wall seventy elders of the people, who were worshipping all sorts of beasts and reptiles, which were painted on the wall. Being brought thence to the gate of the door of the house, he saw women weeping for Tammuz or Adonis. As he returned to the court of the priests, between the porch and the altar, he saw twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary and their faces towards the east, worshipping the rising sun. This is the substance of the vision contained in the eighth chapter. About the same time he saw six men come from the higher gate with swords in their hands; and among them, one with an ink-horn. Then the Divine Presence left the cherubim, and took post at the entrance of the temple, and gave orders to the man with the ink-horn to put a mark on the foreheads of those who sighed and prayed because of the abominations of the land; and then commanded the men with the swords to go forward, and slay every person who had not this mark. The prophet, being left alone among the dead, fell on his face, and made intercession for the people. […]
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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.