1 The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.
4 His vision of four cherubims;
15 of the four wheels;
26 and of the glory of God.

in the thirtieth. Nu 4:3 Lu 3:23

as I. Ec 9:1,2 Jer 24:5-7

captives. Heb. captivity. by the river. 3 3:15,23 10:15,20,22 43:3

Chebar. Chebar, called now Khabour, is a river of Mesopotamia, which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now Karkisia, about 35? 20' N. lat. and 40? 25' E. long.

the heavens. Mt 3:16 Lu 3:21 Joh 1:51 Ac 7:56 10:11 Re 4:1 19:11

I saw. 8:3 11:24 Ge 15:1 46:2 Nu 12:6 Isa 1:1 Da 8:1,2 Ho 12:10 Joe 2:28 Mt 17:9 Ac 9:10-12 10:3 2Co 12:1

2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

Eze 8:1 20:1 29:1,17 31:1 40:1 2Ki 24:12-15

3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

word Jer 1:2,4 Ho 1:1 Joe 1:1 1Ti 4:1 Ezekiel [heb] jehezhel
and the Eze 3:14,22 8:1 33:22 37:1 40:1 1Ki 18:46 2Ki 3:15

4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

a whirlwind Isa 21:1 Jer 1:13,14 4:6 6:1 23:19 25:9,32 Hab 1:8,9

a great Eze 10:2-4 Ex 19:16-18 24:16,17 De 4:11,12 2Ch 5:13,14 6:1 7:1-3 Ps 18:11-13 50:3 97:2,3 104:3,4 Isa 19:1 Na 1:3-6 Hab 3:3-5 Heb 12:29

infolding itself [heb] catching itself
colour Eze 1:27 8:2 10:8,9 Re 1:15

5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

the likeness Re 4:6 6:6

6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

And every one had four faces. These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angel, the attendants on `the King of Glory,' and the ministers of his providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and rational creatures. Eze 1:10,15 10:10,14,21,22 Re 4:7,8

every one had four wings Eze 1:8-11 Ex 25:20 1Ki 6:24-27 Isa 6:2

7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

straight feet [HEB] a straight foot, like the sole Le 11:3,47

the colour Eze 1:13 Ps 104:4 Da 10:6 Re 1:15

8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

Eze 8:3 10:2,7,8,18,21 Isa 6:6

9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

joined Eze 1:11 2Ch 3:11,12 1Co 1:10

they turned Eze 1:12 10:11,22 Pr 4:25-27 Lu 9:51,62

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had 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.

for the Eze 10:14 Re 4:7

the face of a man Nu 2:10 Isa 46:8 Lu 15:10 1Co 14:20

the face of a lion Nu 2:3 Jud 14:18 1Ch 12:8 Re 5:5

the face of an ox Eze 10:14

Cherub Nu 2:18 Pr 14:4 1Co 9:9,10

the face of an eagle Nu 2:25 De 28:49 Job 39:27 Isa 40:31 Da 7:4

11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

and their Eze 10:16,19

stretched upward. or, divided above
and two Eze 1:23 Isa 6:2

12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

they went every Eze 1:9,17 10:22

whither Eze 1:20,21 Heb 1:14

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Eze 1:7 Ge 15:17 Ps 104:4 Da 10:5,6 Mt 28:3 Re 4:5 10:1 18:1

14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Ps 147:15 Da 9:21 Zec 2:3,4 4:10 Mt 24:27,31 Mr 13:27

15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

one Eze 1:19-21 10:9,13-17 Da 7:9

with Eze 1:6 Re 4:7

16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a 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.

the colour Eze 10:9 Ex 39:13 Da 10:6

a wheel Eze 10:10 Job 9:10 Ps 36:6 40:5 Ro 11:33 Eph 3:10

17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

and Eze 1:9,12 10:1-11:25 Isa 55:11

18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

they were so Job 37:22-24 Ps 77:16-19 97:2-5 Isa 55:9

rings. or, stakes
full Eze 10:12 Pr 15:3 Zec 4:10 Re 4:6,8

19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

Eze 10:16 Ps 103:20

20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

the spirit Eze 1:12 1Co 14:32

for the Eze 10:17 Zec 6:1-8

of the living creature. or, of life

21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

When those went Eze 1:19,20 10:17

of the living creature. or, of life Ro 8:2

22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

the likeness Eze 1:26 10:1 Ex 24:10 Job 37:22 Re 4:3,6 21:11

crystal
The Hebrew {kerach}, which generally denotes {ice}, doubtless here signifies crystal, [], from [], cold, ice, and [], to concrete,) as it is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate. It is a very large class of silicious minerals, hard, pellucid, naturally colourless, of regularly angular figures, and of simple plates; not flexible, not elastic, but giving fire with steel; not fermenting by acid menstura, but calcinable in a strong fire. There are three orders of pure crystal: the first is perfect columnar crystals, with double pyramids, of eighteen planes, in an hexangular pyramid at each end; the second is that of perfect crystals, with single pyramids, of ten or twelve planes, in an hexangular or pentangular column. [Terrible crystal] seems to denote that which was well cut and polished, vividly refracting the rays of light.

23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

their wings Eze 1:12,24

which Eze 1:11 Job 4:18 Ps 89:7 Lu 17:10

24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their 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 let down their wings.

like Eze 43:2 Re 1:15 19:6

as the voice Eze 10:5 Job 37:2,4,5 Ps 18:13 29:3-9 68:33

as the noise Da 10:6 2Ki 7:6

25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

and had Eze 1:24

26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

And above. Abp. Newcome judiciously observes, `We need not allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely. Many of them augment the splendour of the scene, while others, no doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out rather by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imagination.' Eze 1:22 10:1

over Mt 28:18 Eph 1:21,22 Php 2:9,10 1Pe 3:22

the likeness of a Ps 45:6 Isa 6:1 Da 7:9,10,14 Zec 6:13 Mt 25:13 Heb 1:8 8:1 12:2 Re 4:2,3 5:13 20:11

as the Ex 24:10 Isa 54:11

the appearance of a man Ge 32:24-30 Jos 5:13-15 6:1,2 Isa 9:6,7 Jer 23:5,6 Da 10:18 Re 1:13 Re 3:21 14:13

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about 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 round about.

as the colour Eze 1:4 8:2

the appearance of fire De 4:24 Ps 50:3 97:2 2Th 1:8 Heb 12:29 Re 1:14-16

28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

at the appearance of the bow Ge 9:13-16 Isa 54:8-10 Re 4:3 10:1

This Eze 8:4 10:19,20 43:3 Ex 16:7,10 24:16 33:18-23 Nu 12:6-8 1Ki 8:10,11 1Co 13:12

I fell Eze 3:23 Ge 17:3 Le 9:24 Da 8:17 10:7-9,16,17 Mt 17:5,6 Ac 9:4 Re 1:17,18