Ezekial

READ Ezekiel 4

COMMENTARY:

: 3        Moreover take you unto you an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. (226 “sign” [’owth] means … Read More

READ Ezekiel 3

COMMENTARY:

: 3        And HE said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this roll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. (4966 “sweetness” [mathowq] means pleasant thing, the properly of something tasting as if … Read More

READ Ezekiel 2

COMMENTARY:

: 2        And the Spirit entered into me when HE spoke to me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard HIM that spoke to me. (935 “entered” [bow] means come in, to come upon, to come or go into whether literally or figuratively, gather in, or lead in.)

DEVOTION: Here we … Read More

READ Ezekiel 1

COMMENTARY:

: 3        The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. (1697 “word” [dabar] means speech, speaking, utterance, or saying.)

DEVOTION:   This Hebrew word is used many … Read More

Distribution of the land: Dan                                        verse 1 

Now these are the names of the tribes

From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon

as one goes to Hamath – Hazarenan

the border of Damascus northward

to the coast of Hamath

For these are his sides east and west – a portion for Dan 

Distribution of the … Read More

Angel continues to show Ezekiel future happenings           verse 1- 2 

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house

and – BEHOLD waters issued out from under

                        the threshold of the house eastward

                           for the forefront of the house stood toward the east

and the waters came down from under from the

                          right side of the house  –

DEVOTION: The people of Israel were to come to the Temple on Saturday or the Sabbath to worship the LORD. This was to be a weekly event for them. They were to come and then go home in the evening. They were to bring sacrifices with them for the LORD. Also other places in the Bible inform us that they … Read More

Housing area for the priests                                          verse 1- 4 

Moreover – when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance

you shall offer an oblation unto the LORD

an holy portion of the land

            the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds

                        and the breadth shall be ten thousand

This shall be holy in all the … Read More

       East Gate closed till the coming of the Prince               verse 1- 3 

Then he brought me back the way of the gate

of the outward sanctuary

which looks toward the east 

AND it was shut

Then said the LORD

to me

This gate shall be shut – it shall not be opened

and no man shall enter in by it… Read More

Vision of the glory of the LORD                                   verse 1- 4 

Afterward he brought me to the gate

even the gate that looks toward the east

AND – BEHOLD – the glory of the God of Israel

came from the way of the east

and HIS voice was like a noise of many waters

            and the earth shined with HIS glory… Read More