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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:11

Thus were their faces: and, etc.; better, with Revised Version, and their faces and their wings were separate above; i.e. were stretched upward, touching the neighbouring wings at the tip, and so "joined," while the other two covered the bodies and were never stretched (comp. Isaiah 6:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 1:12

Whither the spirit was to go, etc . The description passes on to the originating force of the movement of the mysterious forms. The Hebrew noun may mean "breath," "wind," or "spirit," the meanings often overlapping one another. Here the higher meaning is probably the true one. The "Spirit" (as in Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 6:3 ; Psalms 104:30 ; Psalms 139:7 ; Isaiah 40:7 , Isaiah 40:13 ; and in Ezekiel himself, passim ) is the Divine Source of life in all its forms, especially in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:11

Thus ... - Rather, And their faces and their wings were separated above. All four formed a whole, yet the upper parts of each, the heads and the wings (though touching), rose distinct from one another. Two wings of each, as in the case of Isaiah’s Seraphim, were folded down over the body: and two were in their flight Ezekiel 1:9 “stretched upward” parted) so as to meet, each a wing of the neighboring living creature, just as the wings of the cherubim touched one another over the mercy-seat of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:12

The “chariot,” though composed of distinct parts, was to be considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one conscious life pervading the whole, and guiding the motions of the whole in perfect harmony. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 1:11-12

Ezekiel 1:11-12. Their wings were stretched upward That is, two wings of each, namely, in a posture of flying, to show that they were always actively employed in executing God’s commands. Some unite this clause with the preceding, and render the whole, Their faces and their wings were stretched upward, namely, denoting a posture of attention, as if they were hearkening to the voice of God’s words, as angels are represented Psalms 103:20. Two wings of every one were joined one to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-28

1:1-3:27 THE CALL OF EZEKIELA vision of God’s glory (1:1-28)Ezekiel lived in a Jewish settlement that bordered the Chebar River. He had been in Babylon five years and was now thirty years of age, the age at which he normally would have begun his priestly service in the temple in Jerusalem (cf. Numbers 4:2-3). But he had no chance now of returning to Jerusalem. Instead God called him to be a prophet, who would take his message to his people in Babylon (1:1-3).The call came as Ezekiel was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 1:12

spirit . Hebrew. ruach . App-9 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 1:11

Ezekiel 1:11. And their wings were stretched upward— And the wings of every one were parted above (in the act of flying): two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 1:12

Ezekiel 1:12. Whither the spirit was to go, they went— Whither the wind or tempest bore them, they were borne: that great whirlwind spoken of in the fourth verse, which bore this magnificent chariot of the Lord. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:11

11. The tips of the two outstretched wings reached to one another, while the other two, in token of humble awe, formed a veil for the lower parts of the body. stretched upward—rather, "were parted from above" (compare Margin; see on :-). The joining together of their wings above implies that, though the movements of Providence on earth may seem conflicting and confused, yet if one lift up his eyes to heaven, he will see that they admirably conspire towards the one end at last. read more