Verse Ezekiel 1:4. _A WHIRLWIND CAME OUT OF THE NORTH_] Nebuchadnezzar, whose land, Babylonia, lay north of Judea. _Chaldea_ is thus frequently denominated by Jeremiah. _A GREAT CLOUD, AND A FIRE IN...
OUT OF THE NORTH - From this quarter the Assyrian conquerors came upon the holy land. The vision, though seen in Chaldaea, had reference to Jerusalem, and the seer is to contemplate judgment as it is...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24) Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet _ 1. The...
EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY. Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision. Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a ca...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. WHIRLWIND. Hebrew. _ruach =_ spirit, but it came to be rendered "storm or whirlwind". Note the three symbols of Jehovah's glory, Storm, Cloud, and Fire....
God appears in cloud and storm: clouds and darkness are round about him, Exodus 9:24; 1 Kings 19:11; Job 38:1; Psalms 50:3. _out of the north_ In...
The theophany, or, vision of God This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a fire sending out continuous fla...
AND I LOOKED, &C.— God's anger and judgments are frequently compared to a _whirlwind;_ and this whirlwind is represented as coming out of the _north,_ to denote Nebuchadnezzar, who was to come from th...
II. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE VISION 1:4-28 The call-vision of a prophet is of immense importance in understanding the prophet himself. The vision granted to Ezekiel was more symbolic than that of Isaiah o...
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of th...
1:4 itself, (f-21) Or 'mingled,' as Exodus 9:24 . brass, (g-39) An unknown substance; some think a mixture of gold and silver. so in ver. 27; and ch. 8.2; see Revelation 1:15 ....
§ 1. EZEKIEL'S CALL AND CONSECRATION AS A PROPHET (EZEKIEL 1-3) Date, June-July, 592 b.c. Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by means of a vision of God's glory (Ezekiel...
AMBER] RM 'electrum,' an alloy of gold and silver....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS BOOK 1. HISTORY After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
A WHIRLWIND CAME OUT OF THE NORTH. — The _north_ is seen as the quarter from which the vision proceeded, not because the Babylonians conceived that there was the seat of Divine power (Isaiah 14:13), b...
וָ אֵ֡רֶא וְ הִנֵּה֩ ר֨וּחַ סְעָרָ֜ה בָּאָ֣ה
THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD Ezekiel 1:1 IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's state of mind during...
A VISION OF GOD'S MAJESTY Ezekiel 1:1-21 A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four living creatures became...
The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and the second the voice he heard. Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapter...
And I looked, and, behold, a (e) whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the...
North, denoting the invasion of Judea by the Chaldeans, Isaias xiv. 31. (Sanctius) --- The Jews thought the following vision inexplicable, and deliberated about rejecting the book, when Ananias offere...
I desire to speak with all possible diffidence, and with an holy awe upon my mind, when I say, that I conceive, the close of this fifth verse, throws a light upon the whole of this vision. Those four...
We must first consider the intention of this Vision. I have no doubt but that God wished first to invest his servant with authority, and then to inspire the people with terror. When therefore a formid...
In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
AND I LOOKED,.... Being under the influence of the Spirit and power of God: AND, BEHOLD, A WHIRLWIND CAME OUT OF THE NORTH; which some understand of Nebuchadnezzar and his army coming from Babylon, w...
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of t...
Eze. 1:4. "And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, and a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of am...
_I looked_ I very diligently surveyed the things which were represented to me in the vision, _and behold a whirlwind_ Denoting the indignation and judgments of God; a quick, impetuous, and irresistibl...
THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES...
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, an emblem of God's mighty judgments, A GREAT CLOUD, AND A FIRE INFOLDING ITSELF, literally, "taking itself within itself," which does not...
INFOLDING ITSELF: _ Heb._ catching itself...
1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit...
I LOOKED; I did very diligently survey the things that were represented to me in the vision. _Behold_: this calls us to consider what he had seen and represented to us. A WHIRLWIND; a mighty, stormy,...
Ezekiel 1:4 looked H7200 (H8799) whirlwind H7307 H5591 coming H935 (H8802) north H6828 great H1419 cloud...
THE JUGGERNAUT OF GOD (EZEKIEL 1:4). ‘And I looked, and behold a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire enfolding itself (or ‘flashing continually'), and a brightness round abo...
CONTENTS: Vision of the glory. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel 1:26). CONCLUSION: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had visions of Him, displays of...
Ezekiel 1:1. _In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth day of the month._ The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus from...
_A whirlwind came out of the north._ DIVINE REVELATIONS IN SEASONS OF TRIAL AND PERPLEXITY The history of the Jews was a succession of startling paradoxes. Their worst disasters ushered in their prou...
CHILDREN OF THE NORTH WIND A stormy wind came out of the north. Ezekiel 1:4. I have been thinking lately that different people are rather like different winds. Some are North-wind people, some South...
2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,” a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
EXPOSITION For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see Introduction. EZEKIEL 1:1 NOW; literally, _and. _The use of...
Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel. Ezekiel said, It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1), So that would be July th...
2 Chronicles 5:13; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 2 Chronicles 6:1; 2 Chronicles 7:1;...
Looked — I very diligently surveyed the things that were represented to me in the vision. Whirlwind — This denotes the indignation and judgments of God; a quick, impetuous and irresistible vengeance....