Ezekiel 1:4

Looked — I very diligently surveyed the things that were represented to me in the vision. Whirlwind — This denotes the indignation and judgments of God; a quick, impetuous and irresistible vengeance. North — From Babylon, which lay northward from Judea; and the prophet, tho' now in Babylon, speaks of the Jews, as if they were in Jerusalem. A fire — An orb or wheel of fire: God being his own cause, his own rule, and his own end. Brightness — Yet round about it was not smoak and darkness, but a clear light. The midst — Of the fire.