4<\/strong>. The glory of the Lord was that seen by the prophet at the Chebar (ch. 1). This glory expressed the prophet’s conception of Jehovah. And this Jehovah is here, in contrast with the deities worshipped by the people, and beholding their worship.<\/p>\n The glory of the Lord having departed from His seat between the cherubims in the holy of holies (see Eze 9:3<\/span>) rests in the threshold of the temple, to execute vengeance before it quits the house altogether Eze 10:18<\/span>. The there in the inner court, which was full of the brightness of the LordS glory Eze 10:4<\/span>, and at the gate of which Ezekiel stands.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. The vision that I saw in the plain.<\/B><\/I>] See Clarke on Eze 3:23<\/span>; see also Eze 1:3<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n The glory of God:<\/B> see Eze 1:28<\/span>; 3:23<\/span>. <\/P> Was there; <\/B>whither he carried me, and there it showed me what I saw. <\/P> According to the vision that I saw; <\/B>like that; which gave further confirmation to the prophet, and encouraged him in his work and call. <\/P> <\/p>\n 4.<\/B> The Shekinah cloud ofJehovah’s glory, notwithstanding the provocation of the idol, stillremains in the temple, like that which Ezekiel saw “in theplain” (Eze 3:22<\/span>; Eze 3:23<\/span>);not till Eze 10:4<\/span>; Eze 10:18<\/span>did it leave the temple at Jerusalem, showing the long-suffering ofGod, which ought to move the Jews to repentance.<\/P><\/p>\n And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there<\/strong>,…. In the temple, between the cherubim, where the Shechinah or the glory of the divine Majesty dwelt; for as yet he had not removed, though provoked to it, and as he afterwards did; or he was here to destroy the idols, and both city and temple, for the idolatry of the people; or this is here mentioned, to show the baseness and wickedness of the people, that they should place an idol where the Lord himself was:<\/p>\n according to the vision that I saw in the plain<\/strong>; it was the same glorious Person he saw in the temple whom he had before seen in the plain, Eze 3:22<\/span>; and that was the same he had seen in the vision by the river Chebar, Eze 1:3<\/span>.<\/p>\n Now he only says that he saw God’s glory as he had formerly beheld it near the bank of the river. This was as it were the seal of his prophecy: for the holy man ought to be so strengthened, that he should boldly restrain the furious audacity and obstinacy of the people. Hence he had to strive with hard heads, and God did not arm him in vain; and to this end again a new vision was offered. He knew that to be the glory of God. Hence he was again made more certain that the whole action was under divine direction, and that it was neither human nor fictitious, nor deceptive nor doubtful. It follows — <\/p>\n (4) The glory of the God of Israel was there.<\/strong>Not the glory of the Lord filling the temple as in the days of old, but the glory according to the vision that I saw in the plaini.e., <\/em>the same vision which had before appeared to the prophet now in his visiona vision within a visionappeared to him again in the temple. The identity of the vision is again particularly mentioned in Eze. 10:15<\/span>; Eze. 10:22<\/span>, and even without this would be plain from the description given of it in Ezekiel 10<\/span>. At the same time, various particulars are mentioned (as in Eze. 10:12<\/span>) which were omitted in Ezekiel 1<\/span>, and others are mentioned there which are omitted here, as the cloud and the firmament (Eze. 1:4<\/span>; Eze. 1:22<\/span>); and there are also some entirely new features introduced, as the six men and the man clothed in linen (Eze. 9:2<\/span>), for which there was no occasion in the former vision. The God of Israel is emphatic, the God who had loved and chosen Israel, and Whom Israel should have served, in contrast with the idol which they had placed in His temple.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> The glory of the God of Israel was there <\/strong> 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 Eze 8:2-3<\/span> (compare Eze 1:15-28<\/span>) 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. Eze 10:1<\/span> to Eze 11:23<\/span>. There is a special aptness in the name “God of Israel” (compare Eze 3:23<\/span>) as used here. They have forsaken their own God, glorious as he is, for strange deities of the most beastly character.<\/p>\n ‘And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.’<\/p>\n This was in stark contrast to the image of jealousy outside the gate. The presence of the glory of God (revealed in fire – compare Eze 8:2<\/span>) vividly contrasted the abominable activities of Israel with the purity and holiness of their Creator-God. It also contrasted the living, moving God with the static lifeless image. God had not yet deserted His Temple. That was to come. But these events explain why He did so. We too must choose between the indwelling in power of the Holy Spirit, or looking off to lesser gods, to the idols of Mammon, Sex, and bawdy Entertainment.<\/p>\n Eze 8:4<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> To shew that this was the place of his proper and peculiar residence: though images and idols were set up in the precincts of the temple, to provoke him to jealousy. See chap. Eze 5:11<\/span>. <\/p>\n Eze 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. And behold the glory of the God of Israel,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> The glorious God of Israel. Act 7:2 See Trapp on “<\/em> Act 7:2 “<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Was there,<\/strong> ] scil., <\/em> At the inner gate, where that image of jealousy stood. The Jews were great idolaters before the captivity, not so afterwards. Rom 2:22 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the vision.<\/strong> ] See Eze 3:23<\/span> . This befell for his further confirmation, ne remum abjiceret, ut aiunt:<\/em> this was now the third time, and all was but enough.<\/p>\n behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n the glory, &c. See note on Eze 1:28. <\/p>\n the God of Israel. See note on Isa 29:23, <\/p>\n plain = valley. <\/p>\n Son of man. See note on Eze 2:1. <\/p>\n Eze 1:26-28, Eze 3:22, Eze 3:23, Eze 9:3, Eze 10:1-4, Eze 11:22, Eze 11:23, Eze 43:2-4, Exo 25:22, Exo 40:34, Exo 40:35, 2Co 3:18, 2Co 4:4-6, Heb 1:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Isa 3:8 – to provoke Jer 3:2 – Lift Eze 1:28 – This Eze 43:3 – according to the appearance<\/p>\n Eze 8:4, Gods glory would certainly be inside the gate of Jerusalem since that was the capital of the nation that belonged to Him. In the plain refers to the events described in chapter 3: 22.<\/p>\n 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw {g} in the plain.<\/p>\n (g) Read Eze 3:22 .<\/p>\n The prophet also saw the glory of the Lord manifested there, as he had seen it in his initial vision of God (Eze 1:28). The glory of God sets the idolatry of the people, which Ezekiel next saw in more detail, in striking contrast.<\/p>\n And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. 4. The glory of the Lord was that seen by the prophet at the Chebar (ch. 1). This glory expressed the prophet’s conception of Jehovah. 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