Eze 10:1
10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above
     the head of the {a} cherubim there appeared over them as it
     were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of
     a throne.

     (a) Which in Eze 1:5 he called the four beasts.

Eze 10:2
10:2 And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in
     between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thy
     hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and
     scatter [them] over {b} the city. And he entered in my
     sight.

     (b) This signified that the city would be burnt.

Eze 10:4
10:4 Then the glory of the LORD {c} went up from the cherub,
     [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house
     was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the
     brightness of the LORD'S glory.

     (c) Meaning that the glory of God would depart from the
         temple.

Eze 10:5
10:5 And the {d} sound of the cherubim's wings was heard [even]
     to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when
     he speaketh.

     (d) Read Eze 1:24.

Eze 10:9
10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim,
     one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another
     cherub: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the
     colour of a {e} beryl stone.

     (e) Read Eze 1:16.

Eze 10:11
10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they
      turned not as they went, but to the place where the head
      looked they followed it; they {f} turned not as they went.

      (f) Until they had executed God's judgments.

Eze 10:17
10:17 When they stood, [these] stood; and when they were lifted
      up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]: for the {g}
      spirit of the living being [was] in them.

      (g) There was one consent between the cherubims and the
          wheels.

Eze 10:18
10:18 {h} Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the
      threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

      (h) Read Eze 9:3.

Eze 10:20
10:20 This [is] the {i} living being that I saw under the God of
      Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they [were]
      the cherubim.

      (i) That is, the whole body of the four beasts or
          cherubims.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.