Ezekiel 1:3
the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel, a priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, next to the river Chebar. And the hand of the Lord was over him there.
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In Context
2On the fifth of the month, the same is the fifth year of the transmigration of king Joachin,
Cross References
2 Kings 3:15But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
Jeremiah 1:2The word of the Lord, which came to him in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,
Jeremiah 29:15For you have said: ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.’
Ezekiel 3:14Then the Spirit lifted me and took me away. And I went forth in bitterness, with the indignation of my spirit. For the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Ezekiel 3:22And the hand of the Lord was over me. And he said to me: “Rise up, and go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
Ezekiel 8:1And it happened that, in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:2-4
Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the things that should be hereafter, we seemed to have the same call that St. John had ( Rev. iv. 1 ), Come up hither; but, when we enter upon the prophecy of this book, it is as if the voice said, Come up higher; as we go forward in time (for Ezekiel prophesied in the captivity, as Jeremiah prophesied just before it), so we soar upward in discoveries yet more sublime of the divine glory. These waters of the sanctuary still grow deeper; so… Read the whole commentary →