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Ezekiel 10:11

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When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 11

The prophet had observed to us (Eze 8:4) that when he was in vision at Jerusalem he saw the same appearance of the glory of God there that he had seen by the river Chebar; now, in this chapter, he gives us some account of the appearance there, as far as was requisite for the clearing up of two further indications of the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, which God here gave the prophet: - I. The scattering of the coals of fire upon the city, which were taken from between the cherubim (Eze 10:1-7). II. The removal of the glory of God from the temple, and its being upon the wing to be gone (Eze 10:8-22). When God goes out from a people all judgments break in upon them.

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Strong's Concordancev. 11

יָלַךְ (yâlak, H3212) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, H702) — four רֶבַע (rebaʻ, H7253) — a fourth (part or side) סָבַב (çâbab, H5437) — to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, H4725) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific);… רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, H7218) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of… פָּנָה (pânâh, H6437) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc. אַחַר (ʼachar, H310) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various…

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Ezekiel 1:17rank 4

As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

Ezekiel 10:22rank 3

Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

Ezekiel 1:20rank 2

Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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