Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lifted up mine eyes--from the ground on which they had been fixed in his mourning.
certain man--literally, "one man." An angel of the highest order; for in Daniel 8:16 he commands Gabriel to make Daniel to understand the vision, and in Daniel 12:6 one of the two angels inquires of him how long it would be till the end predicted.
linen--the raiment of priests, being the symbol of sanctity, as more pure than wool (Exodus 28:42); also of prophets (Jeremiah 13:1); and of angels (Revelation 15:6).
girded with . . . gold--that is, with a girdle interwoven with gold (Revelation 1:13).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 5:14
Jeremiah 10:9
Ezekiel 1:27
Ezekiel 9:2
Daniel 2:22
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