1 And I looked, and there in the afirmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2aThen He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with bcoals of fire from among the cherubim, and cscatter them over the city.” And he went in as I watched.
3 Now the cherubim were standing on the1 south side of the temple when the man went in, and the acloud filled the inner court.
4aThen the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, andpaused over the threshold of the1 temple; and bthe house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s cglory.
5 And the asound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like bthe voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
6 Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels.
7 And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took someofit and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out.
8aThe cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
9aAnd when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared tohave the color of a bberyl stone.
10Asfor their appearance, all four looked alike—as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
11aWhen they went, they went toward anyof their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went.
12 And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, wereafull of eyes all around.
13 As for the wheels, they were called in my1 hearing, “Wheel.”
14aEach one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This wasathe living creature I saw by the River Chebar.
16aWhen the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.
the man—the Messenger of mercy becoming the Messenger of judgment (see on Ezekiel 9:2). Human agents of destruction shall fulfil the will of "the Man," who is Lord of men.
wheels—Hebrew, galgal, implying quick revolution; so the impetuous onset of the foe (compare Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 26:10); whereas "ophan," in Ezekiel 1:15-16 implies mere revolution.
coals of fire—the wrath of God about to burn the city, as His sword had previously slain its guilty inhabitants. This "fire," how different from the fire on the altar never going out (Leviticus 6:12-13), whereby, in type, peace was made with God! Compare Isaiah 33:12, Isaiah 33:14. It is therefore not taken from the altar of reconciliation, but from between the wheels of the cherubim, representing the providence of God, whereby, and not by chance, judgment is to fall.
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