Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came to pass in the (a) thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of (b) Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of (c) God. The Argument - After Jehoiachin by the counsel of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had yi... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:3

The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the (d) hand of the LORD was there upon him. (d) That is, the spirit of prophecy, as in (Ezekiel 3:22; Ezekiel 37:1).... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and, behold, a (e) whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire. (e) By this diversity of words he signifies the fearful judgment of God and the... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:5

Also from the midst of it [came] the likeness of (f) four living beings. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. (f) Which were the four Cherubims that represented the glory of God, as in (Ezekiel 11:22).... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:9

Their wings [were] (g) joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. (g) The wing of the one touched the wing of the other.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:10

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had (h) the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. (h) Every cherubim had four faces, the face of a man, and of a lion on the right side, a... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:14

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 things.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:16

The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like the colour of a (k) beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. (k) The Hebrew word is tarshish meaning that the colour was like the Cilician Sea, or a precious s... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:24

And when they went, I heard the noise of their (l) wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they (m) let down their wings. (l) Which declared the swiftness and the fearfulness of God's judgments. (m) Which s... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:27

And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire (n) around within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness on all sides. (n) By which was signified a terrible judg... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 1:28

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness around. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell (o) upon my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking. (o) Considering the majesty... [ Continue Reading ]

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