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Verse Ezekiel 1:14. _THE LIVING CREATURES RAN AND RETURNED_] They had
a circular movement; they were in rapid motion, but did not increase
their distance from the spectator. So I think this should be...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The four living creatures
These are described as having in general the human form; they were
erect and had apparently two feet (Ezekiel 1:5_; Ezekiel 1:7_); they
had four faces, one looking each way:...
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Jerome testifies that this verse was not found in LXX. The verse both
in regard to terminology and construction is untranslateable. The word
rendered "ran" has no existence, and that translated "flash...
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B. The Cherubim 1:5-14
TRANSLATION
(5) And from its midst the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance: they possessed the likeness of a man. (6) And
each of them had four fac...
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a
flash of lightning.
THE LIVING CREATURES RAN AND RETURNED. Incessant restless motion
indicates the plenitude of life in these cherub...
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§ 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...
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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...
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A FLASH OF LIGHTNING. — Not only was the appearance of the cherubim
thus glittering, but also their speed as they “ran and returned”
was that of the lightning.
The vision up to this point, so far as w...
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וְ הַ חַיֹּ֖ות רָצֹ֣וא וָ שֹׁ֑וב כְּ
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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...
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A VISION OF GOD'S MAJESTY
Ezekiel 1:1-21
A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant
blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four
living creatures became...
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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...
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And the living beings ran and (i) returned as the appearance of a
flash of lightning.
(i) That is, when they had executed God's will: for before they
returned not till God had changed the state of th...
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_Flashes. Hebrew Bazak. (Haydock) --- Theodotion retains the original.
His version seems to have been inserted in the Septuagint, (Calmet)
who omitted this verse, as seeming to contradict ver. 9., and...
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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...
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Here the Prophet explains more clearly what would otherwise be
obscure. He says that _the living creatures ran, and returned like
lightning: _by which words he doubtless signifies their amazing
swiftn...
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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...
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AND THE LIVING CREATURES RAN,.... Did their work with great readiness
and swiftness; so, especially in the latter day, ministers of the
Gospel shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased,...
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
Ver. 14. _And the living creatures ran and returned._] As soon as
ever their work was done, they came back to him...
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_As for the likeness of the living creatures_ Their colour, or aspect;
_their appearance was like burning coals_ They were inflamed by the
Spirit of God with a holy zeal for his glory, and with indign...
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And the living creatures ran and returned, always straight before
them, AS THE APPEARANCE OF A FLASH OF LIGHTNING, with the suddenness
of an electric flash. The Lord, if he so chooses, is able to reve...
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THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES...
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1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty
to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of
God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit...
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THE LIVING CREATURES; angels, ministers of the Divine pleasure, as
above, EZEKIEL 1:5. RAN; were speedy in their motions; this signified
by this expression figuratively applied to angels. RETURNED; ye...
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Ezekiel 1:14 creatures H2416 ran H7519 (H8800) forth H7725 (H8800)
appearance H4758 lightning H965...
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‘As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was
like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. It went up
and down among the living creatures, and the fire was bright,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 9:21; Mark 13:27; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:31; Psalms 147:15
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Ran — They ran into the lower world, to do what was to be done
there: and when they had done, returned as a flash of lightning, to
the upper world, to the vision of God. Thus we should be in the
affai...
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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...