Yǐsījiēshū 8:3

3 Tā shēn chū fǎngfú yī zhǐ shǒu de yàngshì , zhuāzhù wǒde yī liǔ tóufa , líng jiù jiāng wǒ jǔ dào tiāndì zhōngjiān , zaì shén de yìxiàng zhōng , daì wǒ dào Yēlùsǎlĕng zhāo bĕi de neì yuàn ménkǒu , zaì nàli yǒu chù dòng zhǔ nù ǒuxiàng de zuò wèi , jiù shì rĕ dòng jì xié de .

Yǐsījiēshū 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:3

And he put forth the form of an hand
That is, he that appeared in the likeness of a man, and with so much glory and splendour, out of the midst of the fire and brightness which were about him, put forth the form of a hand, that looked like a man's hand; for this appearance was not real, only visionary; and this seems to design the Spirit of God sent forth by Christ, sometimes called the finger of God, ( Luke 11:20 ) ; as appears by what follows: and took me by a lock of mine head;
without hurting him, showing his power over him; and by this means raising him from his seat, as it seemed to the prophet: and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and heaven;
took him off of his seat, and out of his house, lifted him up in the air, and carried him through it, as he thought; for this was not real and local; in like manner as the spirit caught away Philip, ( Acts 8:39 ) ; but in vision, as follows: and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem;
so it was represented to him in a true vision, which was of God, and not of Satan, that he was carried from Chaldea to Jerusalem; not that he really was, for he was still in Chaldea; and here in vision was he brought again, and found himself to be when that vision was over, ( Ezekiel 11:24 Ezekiel 11:25 ) ; but things so appeared to him, as if he was actually brought to Jerusalem by the power of the Spirit of God: to the door of the inner gate:
not of Jerusalem, but the temple, or rather the court, the inner court; see ( Ezekiel 10:3 ) ; and so it should be rendered "to the door of the gate of the inner court" ^F19; and thus it is explained by Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech: that looketh toward the north;
for there were gates on every side: where [was] the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to
jealousy;
some graven image, perhaps the image of Baal; so called, because it provoked the Lord to jealousy, ( Deuteronomy 32:21 ) . Gussetius ^F20 suggests, that (lmo) , "Semel", here may be the same with Semele; who, in the opinion of the Heathens, made Juno jealous.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (tymynph rev xtp la) "ad ostium portae interioris, [sub.] atrii", Pagninus, Vatablus, Piscator.
F20 Ebr. Comment. p. 903.

Yǐsījiēshū 8:3 In-Context

1 Dì liù nián liù yuè chū wǔ rì , wǒ zuò zaì jiā zhōng . Yóudà de zhòng zhǎnglǎo zuò zaì wǒ miànqián . zaì nàli zhǔ Yēhéhuá de líng ( yuánwén zuò shǒu ) jiàng zaì wǒ shēnshang .

2 Wǒ guānkàn , jiàn yǒu xíngxiàng fǎngfú huǒ de xíngzhuàng , cóng tā yào yǐxià de xíngzhuàng yǒu huǒ , cóng tā yào yǐshàng yǒu guāng huī de xíngzhuàng , fǎngfú guāng yào de jīng jīn .

3 Tā shēn chū fǎngfú yī zhǐ shǒu de yàngshì , zhuāzhù wǒde yī liǔ tóufa , líng jiù jiāng wǒ jǔ dào tiāndì zhōngjiān , zaì shén de yìxiàng zhōng , daì wǒ dào Yēlùsǎlĕng zhāo bĕi de neì yuàn ménkǒu , zaì nàli yǒu chù dòng zhǔ nù ǒuxiàng de zuò wèi , jiù shì rĕ dòng jì xié de .

4 Shuí zhī , zaì nàli yǒu Yǐsèliè shén de róngyào , xíngzhuàng yǔ wǒ zaì píngyuán suǒ jiàn de yíyàng .

5 Shén duì wǒ shuō , Rénzǐ a , nǐ jǔmù xiàng bĕi guānkàn . wǒ jiù jǔmù xiàng bĕi guānkàn , jiàn jìtán mén de bĕibiān zaì ménkǒu yǒu zhè rĕ jì xié de ǒuxiàng .