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A VOICE FROM THE FIRMAMENT - Compare Ezekiel 3:12; in the midst of the
tumult, are heard articulate sounds declaring the glory of God....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24)
Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet
_ 1. The...
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EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY.
Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision.
Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his
ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a c...
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The theophany, or, vision of God
This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud
coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a
fire sending out continuous fla...
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D. The Platform 1:22-25
TRANSLATION
(22) And over the heads of the living creatures was something like a
platform, gleaming terribly like ice, stretched forth over their heads
above. (23) And under...
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And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,
when they stood, and had let down their wings.
THERE WAS A VOICE FROM THE FIRMAMENT ... WHEN THEY STOOD, AND HAD LET
DOWN THEIR...
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§ 1. EZEKIEL'S CALL AND CONSECRATION AS A PROPHET (EZEKIEL 1-3)
Date, June-July, 592 b.c.
Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by
means of a vision of God's glory (Ezekie...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
1. HISTORY
After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
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A VOICE FROM THE FIRMAMENT. — Rather, _from above the firmament,_
not as proceeding from the firmament itself. This is a new feature in
the vision: the voice is quite different from the sounds mention...
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וַ יְהִי ־קֹ֕ול מֵ עַ֕ל לָ † רָקִ֖יעַ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל ־רֹאשָׁ֑ם בְּ עָמְדָ֖ם
תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה...
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THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD
Ezekiel 1:1
IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations
advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's
state of mind during...
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The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and
falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and
the second the voice he heard.
Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapter...
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It is worthy the Reader's closest attention, how often during this
account the appearance of a man is spoken of. Was it, (for I only ask
the question, and do not presume to decide), to lead the Prophe...
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_LISTENING TO GOD IN THE SILENCE_
‘They let down their wings. And there was a voice from the
firmament.’
Ezekiel 1:24
I. EVEN THE RUSTLE OF THE WINGS OF THE CHERUBIM MUST BE SILENT WHEN
GOD SPEAKS...
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Is a former lecture we said, that the Prophet, while magnifying the
glory of God, spoke of the firmament, because human minds cannot
penetrate to so great a height, unless by degrees. On this account,...
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In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's
passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that
the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
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AND THERE WAS A VOICE FROM THE FIRMAMENT THAT [WAS] OVER THEIR
HEADS,.... Which was the voice of Christ upon the throne, above the
firmament, over the heads of the living creatures; which directed the...
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And there was a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads,
when they stood, [and] had let down their wings.
Ver. 25. _And there was a voice from the firmament,_] _i.e., _ From
above the fi...
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_And the likeness_ The appearance or resemblance; _of the firmament_
The expanse, as the word signifies. _Upon the heads of the living
creatures_ And, of course, of the wheels connected with them; _wa...
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The Four-Faced Wheels and the Four Creatures....
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15-25 Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes.
Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but
the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady....
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AND; or, _for_; so the Latin. Two senses may be of these words in this
verse. Either,
1. These living creatures thus let down their wings and ceased from
acting, because they were commanded so to do...
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Ezekiel 1:25 voice H6963 firmament H7549 heads H7218 stood H5975
(H8800) down H7503 (H8762) wings H3671
and had - Ezekiel 1:24...
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‘And there was a voice above the levelled out plate that was over
their heads. When they stood they let down their wings. And above the
levelled out plate that was over their heads, was the likeness o...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the glory.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel
1:26).
CONCLUSION: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had
visions of Him, displays of...
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Ezekiel 1:1. _In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth
day of the month._ The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great
and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus from...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:1 Inaugural Vision. The story of
Ezekiel’s call as a prophet is the most complex of all the
“prophetic call stories” in the OT. It is also one of the most
carefully structure...
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2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE
LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,”
a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
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EXPOSITION
For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter
relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see
Introduction.
EZEKIEL 1:1
NOW; literally, _and. _The use of...
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Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the
north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness
round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
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Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel.
Ezekiel said,
It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1),
So that would be July th...
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Ezekiel 1:24...
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Is this a manifestation of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence?
PROBLEM: Ezekiel speaks here of “living creatures” whose faces
were in “the likeness of a man” which moved “like a flash of
lightnin...