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Ezekiel 10:22

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

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 22

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. 22

דְּמוּת (dᵉmûwth, H1823) — resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and… הֵם (hêm, H1992) — they (only used when emphatic) רָאָה (râʼâh, H7200) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied,… נָהָר (nâhâr, H5104) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively,… כְּבָר (Kᵉbâr, H3529) — Kebar, a river of Mesopotamia מַרְאֶה (marʼeh, H4758) — a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape… יָלַךְ (yâlak, H3212) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) אִישׁ (ʼîysh, H376) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term… עֵבֶר (ʻêber, H5676) — properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on…

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Ezekiel 10:11rank 3

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.

Ezekiel 1:10rank 3

The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 1:12rank 2

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

Hosea 14:9rank 2

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

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