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Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
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Glory Amidst Idolatry
Commentators emphasize the shocking contrast in this scene. The glorious presence of the God of Israel appears in the temple, right where the people had set up an idol. Scholars like Gill and Ellicott note that this juxtaposition highlights the extreme audacity and wickedness of Israel's sin, as they defiled the very place where God's presence dwelt.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The glory of the Lord, having departed from His seat between the cherubim in the Holy of Holies (), rests in the threshold of the temple to execute…
19th Century
Anglican
The glory of the God of Israel was there. Not the glory of the Lord filling the temple as in days of old, but the glory <…
16th Century
Protestant
Now he only says that he saw God’s glory as he had previously beheld it near the bank of the river. This was, so to speak, the seal of his prophecy…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there In the temple, between the cherubim, where the Shechinah or …
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…
