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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-7

To inspire us with a holy awe and dread of God, and to fill us with his fear, we may observe, in this part of the vision which the prophet had, I. The glorious appearance of his majesty. Something of the invisible world is here in the visible, some faint representations of its brightness and beauty, some shadows, but such as are no more to be compared with the truth and substance than a picture with the life; yet here is enough to oblige us all to the utmost reverence in our thoughts of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:5

And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even to the outer court ,.... Or outward court. The sound of the Gospel, which is a joyful sound; a sound of love, grace, and mercy; of life, liberty, peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ; the sound of this in the swift ministry of the apostles, signified by the "cherubim's wings", went into all the earth, and throughout the whole Gentile world; by which many souls were quickened and enlightened; many churches were formed;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:5

As the voice of the Almighty God - That is, as thunder; for this was called the voice of God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:5

Verse 5 In this verse also the Prophet confirms the vision, because God always gave signs of his presence. But it seems also to have another object, since the cherubim by the sound of their wings point out a remarkable change, both unusual and incomprehensible. For he says, there was a noise which shook the place, just as if God was speaking. When therefore we hear God’s voice, the Prophet means to say, it is just as if God thundered from heaven and made the whole world tremble; for no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-7

The vision of judgment by fire. "Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim," etc. The vision recorded in this chapter is substantially a repetition of that which is described in the first chapter, as the prophet himself intimates ( Ezekiel 10:20 , Ezekiel 10:22 ). The only differences of any importance are that the prophet was not in the same place when he received this vision as when he received its counterpart, and that the symbolical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-22

The machinery of God's providence. A man must be embodied ignorance who should suppose that all the activities of God's government come within the range of his vision. Our knowledge is not the measure of existence. "There are more things in heaven and earth Than are dreamt of in our philosophy." What we know is an infinitesimal fraction of what we do not know. Hence every revelation of God's administrative rule should be welcomed with eager delight. I. GOD 'S ESSENTIAL ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:4-19

; and Ezekiel 11:22 , Ezekiel 11:23 The withdrawal of the presence of God from a guilty people. "Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over tile threshold of the house," etc. These verses, which are all essentially related to one subject, suggest the following observations. I. THAT GOD NEVER WITHDRAWS HIS GRACIOUS PRESENCE FROM A PERSON OR A NATION UNTIL THEY HAVE QUITE FORSAKEN HIM . The chosen people had despised his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:5

The voice of the Almighty. The human voice deserves to be studied and admired as a most effective and delicate and exquisitely beautiful provision for the expression of thought and feeling. It is so ethereal, so semi-spiritual, that there seems scarcely any anthropomorphism in attributing it to the Creator himself. The sounds of nature may indeed be designated the voice of God. But the characteristics of the human utterance seem most justly attributable to him who comprehends in perfection... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:5-6

And the sound of the cherubim. The use of God Almighty ( El Shaddai; comp. Exodus 6:3 ), the name of God as ruling over nature, while Jehovah expressed his covenant relationship to Israel, is, it may be noted, characteristic of the early stage of the religion of Israel ( Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 28:3 ; Genesis 43:14 ; Genesis 48:3 ). Shaddai alone appears eighty-one times in the Book of Job. Psalms 29:1-11 . explains the voice of El Shaddai (though there it is "the voice of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 10:5

The Almighty God - El Shaddai; compare the Genesis 17:1 note. read more

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