Ezekiel 1:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 1:7-10

Ezekiel 1:7-10. And their feet were straight feet Emblematical probably of simplicity and uprightness, or of the steadiness of their obedience. And the sole of their feet like the sole of a calf’s foot To signify their firmness and constancy in performing the divine will. Or, as some think, the soles of their feet, being divided, like those of calves and other clean animals, might be emblematical of their perfect purity and holiness. And they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass ... 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 1:10

faces. See App-41 . man. Hebrew ' adam , App-14 . stretched upward = divided or spread out from above. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 1:10

Ezekiel 1:10. They four—and they four— Milton had a right notion of this hieroglyphic, when he says of the cherubic shapes, "Four faces each had wondrous;" and afterwards calls them "The fourfold-visaged four." Par. Lost. vi. 753. 845. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 1:10

10. they . . . had the face of a man—namely, in front. The human face was the primary and prominent one and the fundamental part of the composite whole. On its right was the lion's face; on the left, the ox's (called "cherub," Ezekiel 10:14); at the back from above was the eagle's. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 1:4-14

The living beings 1:4-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 1:4-28

2. The vision proper 1:4-28Ezekiel saw three things in this vision: living beings (Ezekiel 1:4-14), wheels in motion (Ezekiel 1:15-21), and a great expanse (Ezekiel 1:22-28). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 1:10-11

The forward face on each creature looked like a man, another like a lion, another like a bull, and the fourth like an eagle (cf. Revelation 4:7). These were traditionally the four most impressive animals, man being the chief over all, the lion chief of the wild animals, the ox chief of the domesticated animals, and the eagle chief of the birds. [Note: Stuart, p. 32.] Their faces may represent the intelligence, majesty (or strength), strength (or ferocity), and speed (or freedom) of these... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:1-27

§ 1. Ezekiel’s Call and Consecration as a Prophet (Ezekiel 1-3)Date, June-July, 592 b.c.Ezekiel’s call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by means of a vision of God’s glory (Ezekiel 1), and of a divine commission, or rather series of commissions, conveyed partly in speech and partly in symbol (Ezekiel 2, 3). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 1:1-28

The Vision of God’s GloryThis vision, unlike the inaugural visions of Isaiah and Jeremiah, came to Ezekiel not only at the beginning of his prophetic ministry, but also several times during the course of it. It was early repeated in connexion with his call and commission (Ezekiel 3:23), and it appeared on two other occasions (Ezekiel 8-11, Ezekiel 43:1-5). In Ezekiel 10 in particular the account in Ezekiel 1 is closely reproduced, with some additional details.In a state of trance, or ecstasy,... read more

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