エゼキエル書 1:2-5 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

The circumstances of the vision which Ezekiel saw, and in which he received his commission and instructions, are here very particularly set down, that the narrative may appear to be authentic and not romantic. It may be of use to keep an account when and where God has been pleased to manifest himself to our souls in a peculiar manner, that the return of the day, and our return to the place of the altar (Gen. 13:4), may revive the pleasing grateful remembrance of God's favour to us. ?Remember,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:4-14

The visions of God which Ezekiel here saw were very glorious, and had more particulars than those which other prophets saw. It is the scope and intention of these vision, 1. To possess the prophet's mind with very great, and high, and honourable thoughts of that God by whom he was commissioned and for whom he was employed. It is the likeness of the glory of the Lord that he sees (Ezek. 1:28), and hence he may infer that it is his honour to serve him, for he is one whom angels serve. He may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:2

In the fifth day of the month ,.... The month Tammuz, as before: (which was the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity ); the same with Jeconiah and Coniah, as he is sometimes called; he was taken by the king of Babylon, when he had reigned but three months, and his captivity held seven and thirty years, 2 Kings 24:8 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

The word of the Lord came expressly ,.... Or, "in being was" F4 היה היה "essendo fuit", Pagninus, Montanus. Heb.; "existendo exstitit", Polanus. ; which phrase denotes the reality, certainty, substantiality and evidence of the word of the Lord to him: unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi ; which Buzi, some say, was Jeremiah. Kimchi observes, that, in the Jerusalem Targum, the Prophet Ezekiel is called the son of Jeremiah the prophet: and Jeremiah was called Buzi because... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:4

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, which lay north of Judea: see Jeremiah 1:14 ; but it seems to me to be, with what follows, only an apparatus to the following vision: and is designed to awaken the mind of the prophet, and to fix his attention to what should proceed from hence, and be seen by him; just as the Lord speared... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:5

Also out of the midst thereof ,.... The fire; or out of the whole that was seen; the whirlwind, cloud, fire, and the brightness about it: came the likeness of four living creatures ; not really four living creatures; they appeared like to such they were in the form of such; by which we are to understand, not the four monarchies; nor the four Gospels; nor the angels; but ministers of the Gospel; the true key for the opening of this vision is that which John saw, Revelation 4:6 ; the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:2

Jehoiachin's captivity - Called also Jeconiah and Coniah; see 2 Kings 24:12 . He was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar; see 2 Kings 24:14 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

The hand of the Lord - I was filled with his power, and with the influence of the prophetic spirit. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 infolding itself - A mass of fire concentrated in a vast cloud, that the flames might be more distinctly observable, the fire never escaping from the cloud, but issuing, and then returning in upon itself. It was in a state of powerful agitation; but always involving itself, or returning back to the center whence it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:5

Also out on the midst thereof came - four living creatures - As the amber-coloured body was the center of the fire, and this fire was in the center of the cloud; so out of this amber-coloured igneous center came the living creatures just mentioned. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:4-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:5

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