Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
rings—that is, felloes or circumferences of the wheels.
eyes—The multiplicity of eyes here in the wheels, and Ezekiel 10:12, in the cherubim themselves, symbolizes the plenitude of intelligent life, the eye being the window through which "the spirit of the living creatures" in the wheels (Ezekiel 1:20) looks forth (compare Zechariah 4:10). As the wheels signify the providence of God, so the eyes imply that He sees all the circumstances of each case, and does nothing by blind impulse.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 1:18:
Ezekiel 1:15
Ezekiel 10:12
Ezekiel 23:24
Daniel 7:8
Ephesians 1:18
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