Ezekiel 10

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1I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of sapphire above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim.

2The Lord said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

4Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the Lord.

5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

6When the Lord commanded the man in linen, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out.

8(Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like the hands of a man.)

9I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like chrysolite.

10As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel.

11As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went.

12Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels.

13I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

14Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River.

16When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side.

17When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

18Then the glory of the Lord departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

19While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.

21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like the hands of a man.

22Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one went straight ahead.

Commentary

CHAPTER 10Eze 10:1-22. Vision of Coals of Fire Scattered over the City: Repetition of the Vision of the Cherubim.1. The throne of Jehovah appearing in the midst of the judgments implies that whatever intermediate agencies be employed, He controls them, and that the whole flows as a necessary consequence from His essential holiness (Eze 1:22, 26).cherubim—in Eze 1:5, called "living creatures." The repetition of the vision implies that the judgments are approaching nearer and nearer. These two visions of Deity were granted in the beginning of Ezekiel's career, to qualify him for witnessing to God's glory amidst his God-forgetting people and to stamp truth on his announcements; also to signify the removal of God's manifestation from the visible temple (Eze 10:18) for a long period (Eze 43:2). The feature (Eze 10:12) mentioned as to the cherubim that they were "full of eyes," though omitted in the former vision, is not a difference, but a more specific detail observed by Ezekiel now on closer inspection. Also, here, there is no rainbow (the symbol of mercy after the flood of wrath) as in the former; for here judgment is the prominent thought, though the marking of the remnant in Eze 9:4, 6 shows that there was mercy in the background. The cherubim, perhaps, represent redeemed humanity combining in and with itself the highest forms of subordinate creaturely life (compare Ro 8:20). Therefore they are associated with the twenty-four elders and are distinguished from the angels (Re 5:1-14). They stand on the mercy seat of the ark, and on that ground become the habitation of God from which His glory is to shine upon the world. The different forms symbolize the different phases of the Church. So the quadriform Gospel, in which the incarnate Saviour has lodged the revelation of Himself in a fourfold aspect, and from which His glory shines on the Christian world, answers to the emblematic throne from which He shone on the Jewish Church.

10:1-7 The fire being taken from between the wheels, under the cherubim, ch. 1:13, seems to have signified the wrath of God to be executed upon Jerusalem. It intimated that the fire of Divine wrath, which kindles judgment upon a people, is just and holy; and in the great day, the earth, and all the works that are therein, will be burnt up.

2. he—Jehovah; He who sat on the "throne."the man—the Messenger of mercy becoming the Messenger of judgment (see on [1024]Eze 9:2). Human agents of destruction shall fulfil the will of "the Man," who is Lord of men.wheels—Hebrew, galgal, implying quick revolution; so the impetuous onset of the foe (compare Eze 23:24; 26:10); whereas "ophan," in Eze 1:15, 16 implies mere revolution.coals of fire—the wrath of God about to burn the city, as His sword had previously slain its guilty inhabitants. This "fire," how different from the fire on the altar never going out (Le 6:12, 13), whereby, in type, peace was made with God! Compare Isa 33:12, 14. It is therefore not taken from the altar of reconciliation, but from between the wheels of the cherubim, representing the providence of God, whereby, and not by chance, judgment is to fall.

10:3 The right side - The north - side, the side towards Babylon, from whence the fire came which consumed the city. The man - Christ, the Lord of angels, who now attend his coming and commands. The cloud - As the sign of God's presence. The inner court - The court of the priests, who were chief in the apostacy.

3. right … of … house—The scene of the locality whence judgment emanates is the temple, to mark God's vindication of His holiness injured there. The cherubim here are not those in the holy of holies, for the latter had not "wheels.

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AMHEVG እኔም አየሁ፥ እነሆም፥ በኪሩቤል ራስ ላይ ባለው ጠፈር በላያቸው እንደ ሰንፔር ድንጋይ ያለ እንደ ዙፋን የሚመስል መልክ ተገለጠ። አማርኛ BCV ሽዑ ጠመትኩ፤ እንሆ ድማ፥ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ርእሲ ኪሩቤል ዘለውዎ ጠፈር፥ ከም እምኒ ሰንፔር ኮይኑ፥ ትርኢት ዙፋን ዝመስል ኣብ ልዕሊኣቶም ተርኣየ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Kana booddees kunoo, bantii akka waciitii isa mataa Kiruubel gara irraa jiru irratti fakkeenya teessoo dhagaa Safiiros … Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወነጸርኩ ወርኢኩ መልዕልተ ሰማይ ዘዲበ ርእሶሙ ወኪሩብ ከመ አምሳለ ሰንፔር ወዲቤሁ ከመ መንበር። giz GAZGAZ Kana booddees kunoo, bantii akka waciitii isa mataa Kiruubel gara irraa jiru irratti fakkeenya teessoo dhagaa Safiiros … Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ሽዑ ጠመትኩ፤ እንሆ ድማ፥ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ርእሲ ኪሩቤል ዘለውዎ ጠፈር፥ ከም እምኒ ሰንፔር ኮይኑ፥ ትርኢት ዙፋን ዝመስል ኣብ ልዕሊኣቶም ተርኣየ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV እኔም አየሁ፤ እነሆ ከኪሩቤል ራስ በላይ ካለው ጠፈር ከፍ ብሎ፣ የሰንፔር ዙፋን የሚመስል ነገር ነበረ። አማርኛ SWAHSUV Ndipo nikaangalia, na tazama, katika anga lililokuwa juu ya vichwa vya makerubi, kulionekana juu yao kana kwamba ni yak… Kiswahili