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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 1:28

Ezekiel 1:28. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud The Hebrew future, יהיה , is here frequentative, and should be rendered, Is wont to be in the cloud, in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness The meaning is, In the brightness, or light, that was about what I saw, was the appearance of the rainbow. The rainbow, as we learn from Genesis 9:12, &c., was appointed as a sign or symbol of God’s covenant of mercy with men: therefore an appearance of a rainbow... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-28

1:1-3:27 THE CALL OF EZEKIELA vision of God’s glory (1:1-28)Ezekiel lived in a Jewish settlement that bordered the Chebar River. He had been in Babylon five years and was now thirty years of age, the age at which he normally would have begun his priestly service in the temple in Jerusalem (cf. Numbers 4:2-3). But he had no chance now of returning to Jerusalem. Instead God called him to be a prophet, who would take his message to his people in Babylon (1:1-3).The call came as Ezekiel was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 1:28

the bow . in the cloud. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 9:16 ). App-92 . The only allusion to it in O.T. after Genesis. In N.T. compare Revelation 4:3 ; Revelation 10:1 . the glory , &c. Compare Ezekiel 3:12 , Ezekiel 3:23 ; Ezekiel 8:4 ; Ezekiel 9:3 ; Ezekiel 10:4 , Ezekiel 10:18 , Ezekiel 10:19 ; Ezekiel 10:22 , Eze 10:23 ; Ezekiel 43:2 , Ezekiel 43:4 , Ezekiel 43:5 ; Ezekiel 44:4 . I fell upon my face . Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 14:5 ; Numbers 16:4 , Numbers 16:25 , Numbers... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:26

"And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness of the appearance of a man upon it above. And I saw as it were glorying metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. As the appearance of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 1:26

Ezekiel 1:26. And upon the likeness of the throne— After having particularly described the chariot and throne of the Almighty, the prophet proceeds to speak of him who sat upon the throne, who was undoubtedly no other than the Son of God, as he was represented in the holy of holies, prefiguring his gracious incarnation. The rainbow, a grand symbol of the covenant of grace, both here and in Rev 4:3 is described as about the throne. And it plainly appears from the subsequent chapters, that this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 1:28

Ezekiel 1:28. This was the appearance— Houbigant observes upon this vision in general; First, That it seems most probably to adumbrate the state of the Jews, who were soon to be subdued by Nebuchadrezzar and carried into captivity; and that book mentioned in the next chapter, Eze 1:9 wherein Lamentations were written, discovers this to have been the subject of the vision. Secondly, That the vision was such as to be easily intelligible by the Jews of those times who read it with attention.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:26

26. The Godhead appears in the likeness of enthroned humanity, as in :-. Besides the "paved work of a sapphire stone, as it were the body of heaven in clearness," there, we have here the "throne," and God "as a man," with the "appearance of fire round about." This last was a prelude of the incarnation of Messiah, but in His character as Saviour and as Judge (Revelation 19:11-16). The azure sapphire answers to the color of the sky. As others are called "sons of God," but He "the Son of God," so... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:27

27. colour of amber—"the glitter of chasmal" [FAIRBAIRN]. See on Ezekiel 1:4; rather, "polished brass" [HENDERSON]. Messiah is described here as in Daniel 10:5; Daniel 10:6; Revelation 1:14; Revelation 1:15. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:28

28. the bow . . . in . . . rain—the symbol of the sure covenant of mercy to God's children remembered amidst judgments on the wicked; as in the flood in Noah's days ( :-). "Like hanging out from the throne of the Eternal a fing of peace, assuring all that the purpose of Heaven was to preserve rather than to destroy. Even if the divine work should require a deluge of wrath, still the faithfulness of God would only shine forth the more brightly at last to the children of promise, in consequence... read more

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