Bible Commentary

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 2. give wicked counsel ] lit. who counsel evil counsel. The evil counsel probably refers to the revolutionary enterprizes of these men against the authority of Babylon, which the prophet severely condemns (ch. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 11:2”

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 1 12. The men … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 11:1”

And the likeness of their faces [was] the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. See Eze 10:14, and Eze 1:10. These two verses are a full repeated attestation of the prophets that God had appeared to him, foreshowed fiery judgments coming … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:22”

Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings. Eze 10:21 The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. Wing and hand In two places in Ezekiel we are told there were hands under the wings: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:21”

This [is] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they [were] the cherubims. 20. were the cherubims ] Were cherubim. The remark that he knew that the living creatures were cherubim is of very great difficulty. It would scarcely be in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:20”

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also [were] beside them, and [every one] stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel [was] over them above. 19. every … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:19”

Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 18. The glory of the Lord returns from the threshold of the house to the cherubim, and these mount up and remove outside the precincts of the temple altogether, and stand within the city at the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:18”

When they stood, [these] stood; and when they were lifted up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in them. 17. lift up themselves ] Were lifted up with them. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Eze 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:17”

And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 16, 17. Cf. ch. Eze 1:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges are a repetition of the general description of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:16”

And the cherubims were lifted up. This [is] the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 15. were lifted up ] The prophet identifies the manifestation with that seen at the Chebar when he perceives its movement. The verse is resumed in Eze 10:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 10:15”