Ezekiel 10:3-22 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

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 10:3

Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house ,.... According to the Targum, it was the south side of the house; and so Jarchi interprets it opposite to the north, where the gross idolatries were committed, Ezekiel 8:3 ; standing at the greatest distance from them, and bearing their testimony against them: when the man went in ; they stood as it were in a levee, through which the man passed, waiting upon him; paying a respect to him; assenting to what he did; and approving of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:4

Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub ,.... Or, "cherubim"; those that were upon the mercy seat, between which the Shechinah or glorious majesty of God dwelt, in the most holy place: this is a token and intimation of the Lord's leaving of the temple; and a little before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, to which this vision chiefly, if not together, refers, a voice was heard in the temple, "let us go hence F2 Josephus de Bello Judaeorum, l. 6. c. 5, sect. 3. :'... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:6

And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen ,.... After the orders were given by him that was upon the throne to the man thus described: saying, take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim ; as in Ezekiel 10:2 ; then he went in ; immediately, into the place where the wheels and cherubim were; even under the firmament of heaven, and the throne that was in it: and stood beside the wheels , or "wheel"; to see what it was, as Kimchi... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:7

And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim ,.... One of the four living creatures, or cherubim, put out his hand from among the rest: unto the fire that was between the cherubim ; so fire is said to go up and down among them, Ezekiel 1:13 ; to which the reference is here: and took thereof , and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen : denoting, as before observed, that it was for the ill usage of the ministers of God's word that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:8

And there appeared in the cherubim ,.... The Septuagint version is, "I saw the cherubim"; and so the Syriac version, "I saw in the cherubim"; what follows: the form of a man's hand under their wings ; one of them put forth his hand, which was seen by the prophet, as declared in Ezekiel 10:7 ; but this was only the "form" of one; which is observed to show that it is not to be taken literally, but as seen in the vision of prophecy; and being under their wings denotes secrecy and privacy:... 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

John Gill

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

And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness ,.... They were exactly like one another; they were all composed of the same matter, had all the colour of a beryl stone, were all in the same form of a wheel; and in matter, form, and shape, entirely tallied and agreed one with another, as true Gospel churches do: See Gill on Ezekiel 1:16 ; as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel : not included in one another, but were formed in a cross or transverse way; See Gill on ... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:4

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 10:8

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

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

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