Ezekiel 1:9

9 With their wings they joined one to another; they did not return when they went; they went each one straight in the direction they were facing.

Ezekiel 1:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings [were] joined one to another
"A woman to her sister" ^F14, in the Hebrew; denoting the concord, harmony, and agreement of Gospel ministers, and their affection to one another; they preach the same Gospel; administer the same ordinances; do the same work of the Lord; have the same zeal for the glory of God; the same love for Christ, and affection for the souls of men; are of the same mind and judgment, and help each other in the service of the Lord; and especially so it will be in the latter day glory, when the watchmen shall see eye to eye, ( Isaiah 52:8 ) ; they turned not when they went; they went everyone straight forward;
they go not into the path of error and immorality; they do not become apostates from the truth; they are not of them that draw back unto perdition; they go on in the course of their ministry straightforward; let what will be in their way, nothing diverts them from it; notwithstanding all difficulties and discouragements in themselves; reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions from men; and the temptations of Satan; (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:7).

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (htwxa la hva) "foemina adsororem suam", Montanus, Polanus; "vira, [sive] mulier ad sociam suam", so some in Vatablus.

Ezekiel 1:9 In-Context

7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like the colour of highly burnished brass.

8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and their faces and their wings on all four sides.

9 With their wings they joined one to another; they did not return when they went; they went each one straight in the direction they were facing.

10 And the likeness of their faces was human faces; and lion faces, on the right side; and they four had ox faces on the left side; likewise they four had eagle faces.

11 Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.