Ezekiel 10:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 10:8-22

We have here a further account of the vision of God's glory which Ezekiel saw, here intended to introduce that direful omen of the departure of that glory from them, which would open the door for ruin to break in. I. Ezekiel sees the glory of God shining in the sanctuary, as he had seen it by the river of Chebar, and gives an account of it, that those who had by their wickedness provoked God to depart from them might know what they had lost and might lament after the Lord, groaning out their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:9

And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim ,.... The churches by the ministers: of these "wheels", and why the churches are so called, and of their number "four", and their situation "by" the cherubim; see Gill on Ezekiel 1:15 ; one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub : a minister to a church; every church has its own pastor, elder, or overseer, by it, and over it: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone ; a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:9

The color of a beryl stone - תרשיש אבן eben Tarshish , "the stone of Tarshish." The Vulgate translates it chrysolith; Symmachus, the jacinct; the Septuagint, the carbuncle. In the parallel place, Ezekiel 1:16 , it is תרשיש כעין keeyn Tarshish , "like the eye of Tarshish;" i.e., the color of tarshish, or the stone so called, which the Vulgate translates visio maris , "like the sea," i.e., azure. The beryl is a gem of a green color, passing from one side into blue, on the other... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:9

Verse 9 Here the Prophet, as in the first chapter, says that wheels were added to each living creature. I have previously explained what the wheels mean. I will now only allude to them; concerning the living creatures I shall by and bye treat more fully. But the wheels are images of all the changes which are discerned in the world. No more suitable figure can be chosen; for nothing is stationary in the world, but revolutions, as we commonly call them, are continually happening. Since,... 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 10:8-9

The description of the theophany that follows, though essentially identical with that in Ezekiel 1:1-28 is not a literal transcript of it. The prophet struggles, as before, to relate what he has actually seen in the visions of God. The fact is stated as explaining the mention of the "hand" in Ezekiel 1:7 . That, as in Ezekiel 1:8 , was one of their members (see notes on Ezekiel 1:15-17 ). All that had seemed most startling and awful to him on the banks of Chebar is now seen again—the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 10:8-13

Ezekiel 10:8-13. There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand See Ezekiel 1:8. The following verses to the 12th are the same, in substance, with Ezekiel 1:16-18, where see the notes. To the place where the head looked they followed, Ezekiel 10:11. Each wheel consisted of four semicircles in correspondence to the heads of each animal. It was cried unto them, O wheel Or, move round, as some render the word. They were put in mind of continually attending upon their duty; for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-22

God’s glory departs from the temple (10:1-22)In the present series of visions the fiery chariot-throne of God was in the court of the temple (see 8:3-4). The glory of God (that is, the symbolic form of God over the throne) had risen from the throne and come to rest on the threshold of the temple. From there God had directed his agents in the execution of the citizens of Jerusalem (see 9:3). From this same position on the temple threshold, God now gave further commands to the man who had... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 10:9

beryl stone stone of Tarshish, read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 10:8-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 10:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:4-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 10:8-9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 10:8-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 10:9

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