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Ezekiel 10:16

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When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 16

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. 16

כְּרוּב (kᵉrûwb, H3742) — a cherub or imaginary figure יָלַךְ (yâlak, H3212) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân, H212) — a wheel אֵצֶל (ʼêtsel, H681) — a side; (as a preposition) near נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, H5375) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative כָּנָף (kânâph, H3671) — an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or… רוּם (rûwm, H7311) — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) הֵם (hêm, H1992) — they (only used when emphatic) סָבַב (çâbab, H5437) — to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

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