Ezekiel 1:3-4 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

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 1:3

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

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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:4

Verse 4 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 formidable form of God is here described, it. ought first to be referred to reverence for the teaching conveyed; for, as we have remarked before, and shall further observe as we proceed, the Prophet’s duty lay among a hard-hearted and rebellious people; their arrogance required to be subdued, for... 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

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 1:3

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

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3

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