Ezekiel 8:4
in Ezekiel 8And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
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ASV
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
KJV
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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This verse in Ezekiel 8
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 4) And he brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God, near the inner gate that faces north, where the idol of jealousy was set up to provoke jealousy. And behold, there the glory of the God of Israel was, as the vision that I had seen in the field. LXX: And he brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God to the entrance of the gate that faces north, where the statue of the possessor was.
This site's exposition
the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven
on Ezekiel 8:3-4
A hand takes the prophet “by the hair of my head,” while he sits in Babylon. At the north gate of the inner court sits “the idol that provokes jealousy,” and there too is “the glory of the God of Israel.” The idol and the glory face each other.
This site's exposition
the glory of the God of Israel
The glory of the God of Israel is still in the temple, near the idol at the north gate. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that it stays until Ezekiel 10:18, a sign of God's patience. It is the same glory Ezekiel had seen in the plain.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Note, The more glorious we see God to be the more odious we shall see sin to be, especially idolatry, which turns his truth in to a lie, his glory into shame. It was also to aggravate their approaching misery, when this glory of the Lord should remove from them ( ch. xi.
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And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there,....
(1.) The very setting up of this image in the house of the Lord was enough to provoke him to jealousy; for it is in the matters of his worship that we are particularly told, I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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, 18 did it leave the temple at Jerusalem, showing the long-suffering of God, which ought to move the Jews to repentance.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The vision that I saw in the plain - see the note on Eze 3:23 (note); see also Eze 1:3 (note).
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִ֨נֵּה־ | vehineh- | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | [was] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| כְּב֖וֹד | kevod | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כַּמַּרְאֶ֕ה | kamareh | like the appearance | H4758 → | 103 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִ֖יתִי | raiti | I had seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בַּבִּקְעָֽה׃ | babikah | on the plain | H1237 → | 20 times |
וְהִ֨נֵּה־and there!
vehineh-H2009 →843 times
שָׁ֔ם[was] there
shamH8033 →834 times
כְּב֖וֹד[the] glory of
kevodH3519 →200 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כַּמַּרְאֶ֕הlike the appearance
kamarehH4758 →103 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָאִ֖יתִיI had seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
בַּבִּקְעָֽה׃on the plain
babikahH1237 →20 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
2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
- Ephesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
Through
Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
it leads to
- Colossians 1:15–17
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- John 14:9–10
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…
- Colossians 1:15–17
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.