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Ezequiel 1:28
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28 Ingon sa panagway sa balangaw nga anaa sa panganod sa adlaw nga may ulan, mao man ang panagway sa kasidlak nga naglibut. Kini mao ang panagway sa may-ong sa himaya ni Jehova. Ug sa diha nga nakita ko kini, ako miyaub, ug nadungog ko ang usa ka tingog sa usa nga nagsulti.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
at the appearance of the bow: Genesis 9:13-16, Isaiah 54:8-10, Revelation 4:3, Revelation 10:1
This: Ezekiel 8:4, Ezekiel 10:19, Ezekiel 10:20, Ezekiel 43:3, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 24:16, Exodus 33:18-23, Numbers 12:6-8, 1 Kings 8:10, 1 Kings 8:11, 1 Corinthians 13:12
I fell: Ezekiel 3:23, Genesis 17:3, Leviticus 9:24, Daniel 8:17, Daniel 10:7-9, Daniel 10:16, Daniel 10:17, Matthew 17:5, Matthew 17:6, Acts 9:4, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 1:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:17 - fell Exodus 24:10 - saw Numbers 24:4 - falling Judges 13:20 - fell on Ezekiel 2:1 - stand Ezekiel 10:4 - the glory Ezekiel 43:2 - the glory Ezekiel 44:4 - and I fell Amos 9:1 - I saw Matthew 26:39 - and fell Revelation 4:2 - a throne
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,.... The rainbow, which is no other than the reflection of the rays of the sun in a thin watery cloud on a rainy day:
so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about it; so Christ is represented as clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow about his head,
Revelation 10:1; which is a token of the covenant of grace, in which Christ is concerned; it is round about him; he is the head mediator, surety, and messenger of it; all the blessings and promises of it are in him; and he is that itself, which is only a reverberation him, the sun of righteousness; and it is also about the throne on which he sits, which is upheld by mercy and truth; and it is ever in his view and he is always mindful of it: this part of the vision agrees with Revelation 4:3;
this [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of God: of the divine Shechinah; the Word of God that was made flesh and dwelt among us; whose glory is as the only begotten of the Father; and who is the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person:
and when I saw [it], I fell upon my face; through fear and reverence of the glorious Person that appeared to him; see Revelation 1:17;
and I heard a voice of one that spake: what is delivered in the following chapter; which contains Ezekiel's commission from Christ, who is the person that spake unto him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The rainbow is not simply a token of glory and splendor. The âcloudâ and the âday of rainâ point to its original message of forgiveness and mercy, and this is especially suited to Ezekielâs commission, which was first to denounce judgment, and then promise restoration.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 1:28. As the appearance of the bow — Over the canopy on which this glorious personage sat there was a fine rainbow, which, from the description here, had all its colours vivid, distinct, and in perfection-red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. In all this description we must understand every metal, every colour, and every natural appearance, to be in their utmost perfection of shape, colour, and splendour. "And this," as above described, "was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord." Splendid and glorious as it was, it was only the "appearance of the likeness," a faint representation of the real thing.
I have endeavoured to explain these appearances as correctly as possible; to show their forms, positions, colours, c. But who can explain their meaning? We have conjectures in abundance and can it be of any use to mankind to increase the number of those conjectures? I think not. I doubt whether the whole does not point out the state of the Jews, who were about to be subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, and carried into captivity. And I am inclined to think that the "living creatures, wheels, fires, whirlwinds," c., which are introduced here, point out, emblematically, the various means, sword, fire, pestilence, famine, &c., which were employed in tneir destruction and that God appears in all this to show that Nebuchadnezzar is only his instrument to inflict all these calamities. What is in the following chapter appears to me to confirm this supposition. But we have the rainbow, the token of God's covenant, to show that though there should be a destruction of the city, temple, c., and sore tribulation among the people, yet there should not be a total ruin after a long captivity they should be restored. The rainbow is an illustrious token of mercy and love.