Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 1:12 - 1:12

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 1:12 - 1:12


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They went every one straightforward: see Eze_1:9. Which way soever they went, each living creature had one face looking straight forwards, and their other faces looking toward other coasts of the world; if the fore right were to the south, the other faces looked one to the east, one to the west, and the other to the north. Thus with rectitude, constancy, wisdom, and universal care Providence rules and guides affairs of the world, and especially of the church, to the glory of God.



Whither the spirit was to go; the wind moved, say some; but if there were a gale of wind, which blowing gently on these living creatures stirred them in the sight of the prophet, it was emblematical, and represented to his view the power and influence of the Spirit of God, which moved and acted these admirable creatures. The will, command, and breathing of the Spirit of God both gave and guided their motions to ends he himself designed. Going is attributed here to the Spirit of God by allusion, and not properly, for who is ever in every place cannot properly be said to go from or to any place.



They went; the living creatures readily observed the impressions of the Spirit of God, and obeyed.



They turned not when they went: see Eze_1:9. They looked not back as unwilling, they turned not out of the way as froward, they gave not over till they had completed their course.