Ezekiel 1:3 NIV

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

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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

Verse 3 He does not repeat the copula which was placed at the beginning of the first verse, and we may perhaps wonder why the book should begin with a copula: for when he says, “and it came to pass,” it seems to denote something going before it, and it seems out of place when nothing precedes it. But probably an oblique antithesis or comparison is intended between those prophecies which had flourished for a long period at Jerusalem, which was their peculiar and genuine scat, and that which was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

Introduction respecting the person and mission of the prophet. I. HIS PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS . A real, though sometimes undiscoverable, fitness between the instrument and the task, is an invariable law in the procedure of God. 1 . Mark the significance of his name, "God becomes strength." Most probably the name had originated with God, who had, either secretly or openly, influenced his father Buzi in selecting it. A name, when God-given, is a revelation of what is unique and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

The Divine summons to the prophetic mission. "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year," etc. Our text authorizes the following observations. The Divine summons to the prophetic mission - I. WAS ADDRESSED TO EZEKIEL AT A TIME WHICH HE VERY MINUTELY RECORDS . "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity." This statement made with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-28

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

The word of the Lord came expressly, etc.; literally, coming, there come the word of the Lord; the iteration having (as commonly in this combination in Hebrew) the force of emphasis. The phrase stands, as elsewhere, for the conscious inspiration which made men feel that Jehovah had indeed spoken unto them, and that they had a message from him to deliver. To give parallel passages would be to copy several pages from a concordance, but it may not be without interest to note its first ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

The Lord's word and the Lord's hand. The prophet felt and knew that God was drawing near to him. This experience he could only express in language drawn from human relations. Spiritual realities were by him expressed in terms derived from the acts of bodily life. The "word" and the "hand" here spoken of are metaphorical, but they are strictly true; i.e. the just idea is, as far as may be by language and emblem, thus conveyed to our mind. If God reveal himself to man, it must be by means... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

Came expressly - The phrase marks that it was in truth a heaven-sent vision.The hand of the Lord - A phrase in all prophecy implying a “constraining” power, because the spirit “constrains” the prophet independently of his own will. read more

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:3

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