King James Version
Ezekiel 8:4 in the King James Version says “And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.”
Ezekiel 8:4 · KJV
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And behold the glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“of the God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“was there according to the vision”
H4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks),
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that I saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“in the plain”
H1237properly, a split, i.e., a wide level valley between mountains
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