Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 1:23
Every one had two, which covered ... - Or, each one had two wings covering his body on either side.
Every one had two, which covered ... - Or, each one had two wings covering his body on either side.
Verse Ezekiel 1:23. _EVERY ONE HAD TWO, WHICH COVERED ON THIS SIDE_] While they employed two of their wings to form a foundation for the _firmament_ to rest on, two other wings were let down to cover...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24) Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet _ 1. The...
EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY. Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision. Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a ca...
STRAIGHT. level....
The theophany, or, vision of God This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a fire sending out continuous fla...
The Firmament, and Throne, and Glory of God Over the heads and outstretched wings of the four living creatures there appeared a firmament like crystal (Ezekiel 1:22); and above the firmament an appea...
were _their wings straight_ "straight" is even, level, and the reference appears to be to the upper side of the wings stretched out horizontally under the firmament. It is not meant that the firmament...
THEIR WINGS STRAIGHT, &C.— _Their wings stretched out,_ &c. Houbigant....
D. The Platform 1:22-25 TRANSLATION (22) And over the heads of the living creatures was something like a platform, gleaming terribly like ice, stretched forth over their heads above. (23) And under t...
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. THEIR W...
§ 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...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS BOOK 1. HISTORY After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
TWO, WHICH COVERED ON THIS SIDE. — The excessive literalness of this translation obscures the sense, for it seems to imply that each cherub used four wings to cover his body; whereas the true meaning...
וְ תַ֨חַת֙ הָ רָקִ֔יעַ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֣ם יְשָׁרֹ֔ות...
THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD Ezekiel 1:1 IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's state of mind during...
The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and the second the voice he heard. Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapter...
It is worthy the Reader's closest attention, how often during this account the appearance of a man is spoken of. Was it, (for I only ask the question, and do not presume to decide), to lead the Prophe...
There is some obscurity in the words, but it may be easily removed if we remark the two ways of covering; for those wings which tended upwards covered the living’ creatures themselves- that is, their...
In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
AND UNDER THE FIRMAMENT [WERE] THEIR WINGS STRAIGHT, THE ONE TOWARD THE OTHER,.... A further account is here given of the wings of the living creatures, which were under the firmament: two of their wi...
And under the firmament [were] their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. Ver. 23....
_And the likeness_ The appearance or resemblance; _of the firmament_ The expanse, as the word signifies. _Upon the heads of the living creatures_ And, of course, of the wheels connected with them; _wa...
And under the firmament were their wings straight, raised aloft as they moved forward in an erect position, THE ONE TOWARD THE OTHER; EVERY ONE HAD TWO, WHICH COVERED ON THIS SIDE, when let down, AND...
The Four-Faced Wheels and the Four Creatures....
15-25 Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady....
UNDER; below at a great, which is but due, distance of angels, and creatures and servants to their God, Creator, and Lord, stood these living creatures, i.e. two of each living creature, as appeareth...
Ezekiel 1:23 firmament H7549 wings H3671 straight H3477 one H802 another H269 one H376 two H8147 covered H3680 ...
‘And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firm level surface, like the colour of awesome ice stretched out over above their heads. And under the firm level surface were the...
CONTENTS: Vision of the glory. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel 1:26). CONCLUSION: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had visions of Him, displays of...
Ezekiel 1:1. _In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth day of the month._ The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus from...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:1 Inaugural Vision. The story of Ezekiel’s call as a prophet is the most complex of all the “prophetic call stories” in the OT. It is also one of the most carefully structure...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:22 The term EXPANSE appears four times in the immediate context (vv. Ezekiel 1:22,...
2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,” a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
EXPOSITION For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see Introduction. EZEKIEL 1:1 NOW; literally, _and. _The use of...
Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel. Ezekiel said, It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1), So that would be July th...
Ezekiel 1:11; Ezekiel 1:12; Ezekiel 1:24; Job 4:18; Luke 17:10;...
Under — Below at a great distance, stood these living creatures. Straight — Stretched forth, ready for motion. One — Each of the four had two other wings with which they covered their bodies....
Is this a manifestation of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence? PROBLEM: Ezekiel speaks here of “living creatures” whose faces were in “the likeness of a man” which moved “like a flash of lightnin...