Ezekiel 8:1 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The elders of Judah - The prophet’s fellow-exiles are no longer unwilling to hear him (Ezekiel 2:1–10). They sat as mourners. Th…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The elders of Judah sat before me.—It is plain from this that Ezekiel, as a priest, and now already known as a prophet, w…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

There is no doubt that a prophetic vision is narrated here, because the Prophet was not carried to Jerusalem, nor had he changed his place, nor wer…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in
the fifth [day] of the month

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The glorious personage Ezekiel witnessed in a vision seemed to take hold of him, and he was transported in spirit to Jerusalem. There, in the inner…

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