2And, 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.
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And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
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.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. …
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)After Ezekiel has patiently surveyed the temple of God, the greatest glory of this earth, he is admitted to a higher form, and honoured with a sight of the glories of the upper world; it is said to him, Come up hither . He has seen the temple, and sees it to be very spacious and splendid; but, till the glory of God comes into it, it is but like the dead bodies he had seen in vision (Ezek. 37:1-28)…
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