John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5
And the Lord said unto me, son of man ,.... This is still the voice of the Lord speaking out of the house to the prophet, Ezekiel 43:6 , mark well ; or, "set thine heart" F6 שים לבך "pone cor tuum", V. L. Vatablus, Paguinus, Montanus; "pone ad cor tuum", Starckius. ; be attentive to what is about to be said, as being of great concern and importance: and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee ; heart, eyes, and ears, are all to be... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-9
This is much to the same purport with what we had in the beginning of Ezek. 43:1-31 As the prophet must look again upon what he had before seen, so he must be told again what he had before heard. Here, as before, he sees the house filled with the glory of the Lord, which strikes an awe upon him, so that he falls prostrate at the sight, the humblest posture of adoration and the expression of a holy awe: I fell upon my face, Ezek. 44:4. Note, The more we see of the glory of God the more low we... read more