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. This eighth chapter begins a new stage of Ezekiel's prophecies, and continues to the end of th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. A LIKENESS - understand, 'of a man,' - i:e., of Messiah, the Angel of the Covenant, in the pe... [ Continue Reading ]
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the doo... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL WAS THERE. The Shechinah cloud of Yahweh's glory, notwithstanding the provocation of the idol, still remains in the temple, like that which Ezekiel saw ... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. BEHOLD, NORTHWARD AT THE GATE OF THE ALTAR THIS IMAGE OF JEALOUSY - the princip... [ Continue Reading ]
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. SEEST THOU WHAT THEY DO? EVEN THE GREAT ABOMINATIO... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. HE BROUGHT ME TO THE DOOR OF THE COURT - i:e., of the inner court (); the court of the priests and Levites, into which now others were admitted, in violation of the law (Grotius). BEHOLD, A HOLE IN THE WA... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. SON OF MAN, DIG NOW IN THE WALL - for it had been blocked up during Josiah's reformation. Or, rather, the vision is not of an actual scene, but an ideal pictorial representation of the Egypti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO ME, GO IN, AND BEHOLD THE WICKED ABOMINATIONS THAT THEY DO HERE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. BEHOLD, EVERY FORM OF CREEPING THINGS, AND ABOMINABLE BEASTS - worshipped in Egypt; still found pourtrayed on their chamber walls... [ Continue Reading ]
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. SEVENTY MEN - the 70 members composing the Sanhedrim, or great council of the nat... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. HAST THOU SEEN WHAT THE ANCIENTS OF ... ISRAEL DO IN THE DARK, EVERY MAN IN T... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SAID ALSO UNTO ME, TURN THEE YET AGAIN, AND THOU SHALT SEE GREATER ABOMINATIONS THAT THEY DO._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. THEN HE BROUGHT ME TO THE DOOR OF THE GATE OF THE LORD'S HOUSE ... TOWARD THE NORTH. From the secret abominations of the chambers of imagery, the prophet's... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. TURN THEE YET AGAIN, AND THOU SHALT SEE GREATER ABOMINATIONS. The next are "greater abominations," not in respect to the idolatry, but in respect to the place and pers... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. AND HAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. THOUGH THEY CRY IN MINE EARS WITH A LOUD VOICE, YET WILL I NOT HEAR - (, "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; the... [ Continue Reading ]