Ezekiel 1:3
in very deed came the word of Yahweh unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar,—yea the hand of Yahweh, came on him there.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2On the fifth of the month, that was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
Cross References
2 Kings 3:15But, now, bring me one that can touch the strings. For it used to be, when the player touched the strings, then would, the hand of Yahweh, be upon him.
Jeremiah 1:2unto whom came the word of Yahweh, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,—in the thirteenth year of his reign;
Jeremiah 29:15Because ye have said,—Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.
Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away,—and I went bitterly, in the rage of my spirit, but the hand of Yahweh upon me was strong.
Ezekiel 3:22Then came upon me there the hand of Yahweh,—and he said unto me, Arise go forth into the valley, and there, will I speak with thee.
Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass, in the sixth year in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I being seated in my house, and the elders of Judah being seated before me, then fell upon me there the hand of My Lord Yahweh.
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 →