X. This chapter is chiefly occupied with a fresh description of the vision of Ezekiel 1, but includes two new points: the giving up of the city to fire (Ezekiel 10:2), and the abandonment of the Temple (Ezekiel 10:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IT WERE A SAPPHIRE STONE. — Comp. Ezekiel 1:26. No mention is here made of a being upon the throne, but it is implied by the “he spake” of the following verse. The word _cherubim_ corresponds throughout this chapter to the _living creatures_ of Ezekiel 1.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE MAN CLOTHED WITH LINEN. — Hitherto, in Ezekiel 9, he has been employed only in a work of mercy and protection. It is not without significance that now the same person is made the agent of judgment. As God’s love is turned to wrath by man’s impenitence, and as His blessings given to man beco... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF THE LORD WENT UP FROM THE CHERUB. — As in Ezekiel 10:2, the singular, _cherub,_ instead of the usual plural. Here it is thought to designate, not the four living creatures of the vision, but the cherubim overshadowing the mercy-seat, and to indicate that the manifestation of the Divine... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUND OF THE CHERUBIMS’ WINGS. — This sound indicates that the cherubim were already in motion, for when they stood they “let down their wings” (Ezekiel 1:24). They were now just on the eve of going away, and the movement was a great one, so that the sound was “heard even to the outer court” Thr... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTED UP FROM THE EARTH. — In Ezekiel 10:3 the cherubim stood by “the right side of the house,” and in Ezekiel 10:18 “the glory of the Lord” left the threshold, and resumed its place above the waiting cherubim; now the whole mount up from the earth, and go “to the east gate of the Lord’s house” —... [ Continue Reading ]