Ezekiel 8:4

4. The glory of the God of Israel was there See notes chaps. i and 10. Jehovah in his omnipotent and omniscient splendor was present and saw all these insults to his majesty. Whether this “glory of Jehovah” had accompanied the prophet from Babylon and entered the temple with him is not distinctly stated, but Ezekiel 8:2-3 (compare Ezekiel 1:15-28) would suggest this. Although heretofore on various occasions Jehovah’s glory has left his temple for short periods, he still abides there until the final farewell, in chap. Ezekiel 10:1 to Ezekiel 11:23. There is a special aptness in the name “God of Israel” (compare Ezekiel 3:23) as used here. They have forsaken their own God, glorious as he is, for strange deities of the most beastly character.