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.
17aWhen1thecherubim stood still, thewheels stood still, and when2one was lifted up, theother lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18 Then athe glory of the Lordbdeparted from the threshold of the1 temple and stood over the cherubim.
19 And athe cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the beast gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20aThis is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel bby the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.
21aEach one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
wheels—(See on Ezekiel 1:15-16). The things which, from Ezekiel 10:8 to the end of the chapter, are repeated from the first chapter are expressed more decidedly, now that he gets a nearer view: the words "as it were," and "as if," so often occurring in the first chapter, are therefore mostly omitted. The "wheels" express the manifold changes and revolutions in the world; also that in the chariot of His providence God transports the Church from one place to another and everywhere can preserve it; a truth calculated to alarm the people in Jerusalem and to console the exiles [POLANUS].
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