Ezekiel 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

The glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house. Distinct from the departure of the glory of the Lord to the threshold from the cherub over the mercy-seat of the temple (Ezekiel 9:3). Here the cherub from which the glory of the Lord departs is the cherub seen by Ezekiel in his first vision, and which stood "on the right side of the house" (Ezekiel 10:3).

The house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory. The court outside was full of the Lord's brightness; while it was only the cloud that filled the house inside, the scene of idolatries, and therefore of God's displeasure. God's throne was on the threshold. The temple, once filled with brightness, is now darkened inside with cloud.

Ezekiel 10:4

4 Then the glory of the LORD went upb 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.