_Then I looked_, &c. Most of this chapter has been explained in the notes on chap. 1. _In the firmament_, &c. See Ezekiel 1:26. The repetition of the vision here signified that the heavy and terrible judgments of God were drawing nearer and nearer. _He_ That sat on the throne; _spake unto the man cl... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub_ In token of his departure from the temple. The words may be better rendered, _For the glory of the Lord had gone up_, &c. For the prophet repeats here what he had related before, Ezekiel 9:3. _And the house was filled with the cloud_ The account h... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, where see the notes. _To the place where the head looked they followed, Ezekiel 10:11_. Each wheel consisted of four semicircles in correspondenc... [ Continue Reading ]
_And every one had four faces_ See notes on Ezekiel 1:6. _The first had the face of a cherub_ That is, of an ox, as appears by comparing this verse with Ezekiel 1:10. The word _cherub_, indeed, originally signifies an ox. The several faces are here represented in a different order from the descripti... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the cherubims were lifted up_ To attend upon the divine glory wherever it went, and particularly at its removal from the temple. _This is the living creature_, &c. Here it is spoken of as only one living creature, though before it is called _the living creatures;_ because it was, as it were, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold,_ &c. The cloud of glory, emblematical of the divine presence, now makes a further remove from the temple: it now quite left the house itself, and settled upon the cherubim, which stood in the court adjoining to it, Ezekiel 10:3. _And the c... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the living creature_, &c. See Ezekiel 1:22. _And I knew that they were the cherubims_ Either by special assurance as a prophet, or from reading and hearing about those that were represented in the holy of holies.... [ Continue Reading ]