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    Ezekiel · 22 verses

    Ezekiel 10

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    The wheels beside the cherubim are covered with eyes—an arrangement that makes even their turning seem watched.

    Fire in the wheelworkvv. 1–8

    Above the cherubim appears the likeness of a sapphire throne. The LORD sends the man clothed in linen beneath them to gather burning coals and scatter them over the city. He goes into the wheelwork, while the cherubim stand at the south side of the temple and the inner court fills with cloud. One cherub then places fire into the man’s hands: a remarkably brisk exchange in the middle of a vision, as though heaven has briefly acquired a delivery service. Meanwhile the glory rises to the temple threshold, and the wings sound as far as the outer court.

    The whirling wheels departvv. 9–22

    The vision pauses to inspect the machinery: four matching wheels, each a wheel within a wheel, moving in any direction without turning. Eyes cover the cherubim, their hands, wings and backs, and the wheels as well; the wheels are called “the whirling wheels.” Each cherub bears four faces—cherub, man, lion and eagle—and four wings. When the living creatures rise, the wheels rise with them, because the spirit of the living creatures is in the wheels. The glory moves from the temple threshold to above them, and the whole company stops at the east gate, with the glory of the God of Israel overhead. Ezekiel recognises these as the living creatures seen by the River Kebar, now known to him as cherubim.

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    1. Ezek 10:1And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

    2. Ezek 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

    3. Ezek 10:3Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.

    4. Ezek 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

    5. Ezek 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

    6. Ezek 10:6When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

    7. Ezek 10:7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.

    8. Ezek 10:8(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

    9. Ezek 10:9Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

    10. Ezek 10:10As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.

    11. Ezek 10:11When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

    12. Ezek 10:12Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.

    13. Ezek 10:13I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

    14. Ezek 10:14Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

    15. Ezek 10:15Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

    16. Ezek 10:16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

    17. Ezek 10:17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

    18. Ezek 10:18Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

    19. Ezek 10:19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

    20. Ezek 10:20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

    21. Ezek 10:21Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

    22. Ezek 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

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    • 4Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
    • 5Ezekiel 1:24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
    • 2Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
    • 9Revelation 21:20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
    • 9Ezekiel 1:15–17When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
    • 9Daniel 10:6His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
    • 12Ezekiel 1:18Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
    • 14Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
    • 15Ezekiel 1:5and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,
    • 20Ezekiel 1:1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
    • 1Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
    • 2Ezekiel 10:16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
    • 4Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
    • 4Ezekiel 9:3Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
    • 6Ezekiel 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
    • 8Ezekiel 1:8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

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