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Ezekiel 10:7-17

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7 And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8 The cherubim appeared to have 1the form of a human hand under their wings.
9 2And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and 3the appearance of the wheels was 4like sparkling 5beryl.
10 And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.
11 6When they went, they went in any of their four directions[a]7without turning as they went, 8but in whatever direction the front wheel[b] faced, the others followed without turning as they went.
12 9And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings,[c] and the wheels were full of eyes all around--the wheels that the four of them had.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing 10"the whirling wheels."
14 11And every one had four faces: 12the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was 13a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 14And the cherubim mounted up. These were 15the living creatures that I saw by 16the Chebar canal.
16 17And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And 18when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them.
17 19When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures[d] was in them.
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Ezekiel 10:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 10

In this chapter is a vision, very much like that in the first chapter, with some difference, and with a different view, the design of it being to represent the wrath of God against Jerusalem, and his departure from the city and temple. A throne much like that in Eze 1:26 is described, Eze 10:1; orders are given from it to scatter coals over the city, Eze 10:2; the situation of the cherubim when these orders were given, Eze 10:3; the removal of the glory of the Lord from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the consequences of it; the house filled with smoke; the court with the brightness of the Lord's glory; and the sound of the cherubim's wings heard to the outer court, as the voice of God, Eze 10:4,5; the orders of taking and scattering fire over the city executed, and the manner in which they were, Eze 10:6,7; a description of the cherubim and the wheels, much like that in the first chapter, Eze 10:8-17; the departure of the glory of God from the threshold to the east gate of the Lord's house, with the motion of the cherubim and wheels along with him, Eze 10:18,19; and the chapter is concluded with observing, that the cherubim are the same with the living creatures seen in the vision of the first chapter, and had the same form, likeness, and motion, Eze 10:20-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Hebrew to their four sides
  • [b]. Hebrew the head
  • [c]. Or their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings
  • [d]. Or spirit of life
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