Ezekiel 8:4
2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- KJV
- And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
- WEB
- Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- ASV
- And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- DARBY
- And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the valley.
- BLB
- And behold, there [was] the glory of the God of Israel, according to the vision that I had seen in the plain.
- ÅB
- Og der så jeg Israels Guds herlighet, slik som i det syn jeg hadde sett i dalen.
- OTB
- Og der var Herrens herlighet, som synet jeg hadde sett på sletten.
- B1930
- Og der så jeg Israels Guds herlighet, likesom i det syn jeg hadde sett i dalen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 3:22–23
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:26–28
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:1–4
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Read in contextExodus 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Read in contextEzekiel 11:22–23
Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:2–4
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
Read in contextExodus 40:34–35
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
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