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Ezekiel Chapter 1

Overview

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

Ezekiel 1:1

eze 1:1

in the thirtieth: Num 4:3; Luk 3:23

as I: Ecc 9:1, Ecc 9:2; Jer 24:5-7

captives: Heb. captivity

by the river: Eze 1:3, Eze 3:15, Eze 3:23, Eze 10:15, Eze 10:20,Eze 10:22, Eze 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 degrees 20 minutes n lat. and 40 degrees 25 minutes e long.

the heavens: Mat 3:16; Luk 3:21; Joh 1:51; Act 7:56, Act 10:11; Rev 4:1, Rev 19:11

I saw: Eze 8:3, Eze 11:24; Gen 15:1, Gen 46:2; Num 12:6; Isa 1:1; Dan 8:1, Dan 8:2; Hos 12:10; Joe 2:28; Mat 17:9; Act 9:10-12, Act 10:3; Co2 12:1

Ezekiel 1:2

eze 1:2

Eze 8:1, Eze 20:1, Eze 29:1, Eze 29:17, Eze 31:1, Eze 40:1; Kg2 24:12-15

Ezekiel 1:3

eze 1:3

word: Jer 1:2, Jer 1:4; Hos 1:1; Joe 1:1; Ti1 4:1

Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel

and the: Eze 3:14, Eze 3:22, Eze 8:1, Eze 33:22, Eze 37:1, Eze 40:1; Kg1 18:46; Kg2 3:15

Ezekiel 1:4

eze 1:4

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

a great: Eze 10:2-4; Exo 19:16-18, Exo 24:16, Exo 24:17; Deu 4:11, Deu 4:12; Ch2 5:13, Ch2 5:14, Ch2 6:1, Ch2 7:1-3; Psa 18:11-13, Psa 50:3, Psa 97:2, Psa 97:3, Psa 104:3, Psa 104:4; Isa 19:1; Nah 1:3-6; Hab 3:3-5; Heb 12:29

infolding itself: Heb. catching itself

colour: Eze 1:27, Eze 8:2, Eze 10:8, Eze 10:9; Rev 1:15

Ezekiel 1:5

eze 1:5

the likeness: Rev 4:6, Rev 6:6 *Gr.

Ezekiel 1:6

eze 1:6

And every one had four faces: These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angels, 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,Eze 1:15, Eze 10:10,Eze 10:14, Eze 10:21, Eze 10:22; Rev 4:7, Rev 4:8

every one had four wings: Eze 1:8-11; Exo 25:20; Kg1 6:24-27; Isa 6:2

Ezekiel 1:7

eze 1:7

straight feet: Heb. a straight foot

like the sole: Lev 11:3, Lev 11:47

the colour: Eze 1:13; Psa 104:4; Dan 10:6; Rev 1:15

Ezekiel 1:8

eze 1:8

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

Ezekiel 1:9

eze 1:9

joined: Eze 1:11; Ch2 3:11, Ch2 3:12; Co1 1:10

they turned: Eze 1:12, Eze 10:11, Eze 10:22; Pro 4:25-27; Luk 9:51, Luk 9:62

Ezekiel 1:10

eze 1:10

for the: Eze 10:14; Rev 4:7

the face of a man: Num 2:10; Isa 46:8; Luk 15:10; Co1 14:20

the face of a lion: Num 2:3; Jdg 14:18; Ch1 12:8; Rev 5:5

the face of an ox: Eze 10:14, Cherub, Num 2:18; Pro 14:4; Co1 9:9, Co1 9:10

the face of an eagle: Num 2:25; Deu 28:49; Job 39:27; Isa 40:31; Dan 7:4

Ezekiel 1:11

eze 1:11

and their: Eze 10:16, Eze 10:19

stretched upward: or, divided above

and two: Eze 1:23; Isa 6:2

Ezekiel 1:12

eze 1:12

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

whither: Eze 1:20,Eze 1:21; Heb 1:14

Ezekiel 1:13

eze 1:13

Eze 1:7; Gen 15:17; Psa 104:4; Dan 10:5, Dan 10:6; Mat 28:3; Rev 4:5, Rev 10:1, Rev 18:1

Ezekiel 1:14

eze 1:14

Psa 147:15; Dan 9:21; Zac 2:3, Zac 2:4, Zac 4:10; Mat 24:27, Mat 24:31; Mar 13:27

Ezekiel 1:15

eze 1:15

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

with: Eze 1:6; Rev 4:7

Ezekiel 1:16

eze 1:16

the colour: Eze 10:9; Exo 39:13; Dan 10:6

a wheel: Eze 10:10; Job 9:10; Psa 36:6, Psa 40:5; Rom 11:33; Eph 3:10

Ezekiel 1:17

eze 1:17

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

Ezekiel 1:18

eze 1:18

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

rings: or, stakes

full: Eze 10:12; Pro 15:3; Zac 4:10; Rev 4:6, Rev 4:8

Ezekiel 1:19

eze 1:19

Eze 10:16; Psa 103:20

Ezekiel 1:20

eze 1:20

the spirit: Eze 1:12; Co1 14:32

for the: Eze 10:17; Zac 6:1-8

of the living creature: or, of life

Ezekiel 1:21

eze 1:21

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

of the living creature: or, of life, Rom 8:2

Ezekiel 1:22

eze 1:22

the likeness: Eze 1:26, Eze 10:1; Exo 24:10; Job 37:22; Rev 4:3, Rev 4:6, Rev 21:11

crystal: The Hebrew kerach which generally denotes ice, doubtless here signifies crystal (κρυσταλλος, from κρυος, cold, ice, and στελλομαι, 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, nor elastic, but giving fire with steel; not fermenting by acid menstrua, 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, without a column, of twelve or sixteen planes, in two hexangular pyramids; and the third is that of imperfect 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.

Ezekiel 1:23

eze 1:23

their wings: Eze 1:12, Eze 1:24

which: Eze 1:11; Job 4:18; Psa 89:7; Luk 17:10

Ezekiel 1:24

eze 1:24

like: Eze 43:2; Rev 1:15, Rev 19:6

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

as the noise: Dan 10:6; Kg2 7:6

Ezekiel 1:25

eze 1:25

and had: Eze 1:24

Ezekiel 1:26

eze 1:26

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 judgment, than a luxuriant imagination." Eze 1:22, Eze 10:1

over: Mat 28:18; Eph 1:21, Eph 1:22; Phi 2:9, Phi 2:10; Pe1 3:22

the likeness of a: Psa 45:6; Isa 6:1; Dan 7:9, Dan 7:10,Dan 7:14; Zac 6:13; Mat 25:13; Heb 1:8, Heb 8:1; Heb 12:2; Rev 4:2, Rev 4:3, Rev 5:13, Rev 20:11

as the: Exo 24:10; Isa 54:11

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

Ezekiel 1:27

eze 1:27

as the colour: Eze 1:4, Eze 8:2

the appearance of fire: Deu 4:24; Psa 50:3, Psa 97:2; Th2 1:8; Heb 12:29; Rev 1:14-16

Ezekiel 1:28

eze 1:28

at the appearance of the bow: Gen 9:13-16; Isa 54:8-10; Rev 4:3, Rev 10:1

This: Eze 8:4, Eze 10:19, Eze 10:20, Eze 43:3; Exo 16:7, Exo 16:10, Exo 24:16, Exo 33:18-23; Num 12:6-8; Kg1 8:10,Kg1 8:11; Co1 13:12

I fell: Eze 3:23; Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Dan 8:17, Dan 10:7-9, Dan 10:16, Dan 10:17; Mat 17:5, Mat 17:6; Act 9:4; Rev 1:17, Rev 1:18


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