Ezekiel 8 · Verse 4

Ezekiel 8:4

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel 8:4, King James Version

Ezekiel 8:4 in other translations

BSBAnd there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
WEBBehold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
ASVAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
YLTand lo, there the honour of the God of Israel, as the appearance that I saw in the valley.
DARBYAnd behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the valley.
BBEAnd I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.
WebsterAnd behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

What does Ezekiel 8:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The Shekinah cloud of Jehovah's glory, notwithstanding the provocation of the idol, still remains in the temple, like that which Ezekiel saw "in the plain" (Eze 3:22, 23); not till Eze 10:4, 18 did it leave the temple at Jerusalem, showing the long-suffering of God, which ought to move the Jews to repentance.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The vision that I saw in the plain - see the note on Eze 3:23 (note); see also Eze 1:3 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 8:1-6

The idolatries committed by the Jewish rulers. (Ezek 8:1-6) The superstitions to which the Jews were then devoted, the Egyptian. (Ezek 8:7-12) The Phoenician. (Ezek 8:13,14) The Persian. (Ezek 8:15,16) The heinousness of their sin. (Ezek 8:17,18) Verses 1-6 The glorious personage Ezekiel beheld in vision, seemed to take hold upon him, and he was conveyed in spirit to Jerusalem. There, in the inner court of the…

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Ezekiel 8:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִ֨נֵּה\־ve.Hi.neh-and there!H2009
שָׁ֔םSham[was] thereH8033
כְּב֖וֹדke.Vod[the] glory ofH3519
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כַּמַּרְאֶ֕הka.mar.'Ehlike the appearanceH4758
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
בַּבִּקְעָֽה\׃ba.bik.'Ahon the plainH1237

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Cross references for Ezekiel 8:4

  • Ezekiel 3:22-23

    And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

  • Ezekiel 1:26-28

    And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • Ezekiel 10:1-4

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  • Exodus 25:22

    And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 11:22-23

    Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  • Ezekiel 43:2-4

    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. And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

  • Exodus 40:34-35

    Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Ezekiel 9:3

    And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

  • Hebrews 1:3

    Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:26-28; 3:22,23; 9:3; 10:1-4; 11:22,23; 43:2-4; Ex 25:22; 40:34,35
2Co 3:18; 4:4-6; Heb 1:3

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Context

  • Ezekiel 8:3

    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.

  • Ezekiel 8:4

    And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

  • Ezekiel 8:5

    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.

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Ezekiel 8:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y he aquí que allí estaba la gloria del Dios de Israel, como la visión que yo había visto en el campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et voici, là était la gloire du Dieu d’Israël, selon la vision que j’avais vue dans la vallée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und siehe, daselbst war die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels, gleich dem Gesicht, welches ich im Tale gesehen hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ecce ibi gloria Dei Israël, secundum visionem quam videram in campo.