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The Removal of Jehovah from his Temple
v. 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 color of a beryl stone, as in the first vision, chapter 1.
v. 10. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel, at right angles, as in the case of a gyroscope.
v. 11. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, for their structure made it unnecessary for them to change their direction, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. Cf.Ezekiel 1:17-19.
v. 12. And their whole body, literally, "all their flesh," and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, serving as a sort of conveyance to the cherubim, were full of eyes, round about, even the wheels that they four had.
v. 13. As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, in a mighty command by the mouth of the Lord, O wheel! this call preparing for the further commands which were given.
v. 14. And every one had four faces, as in 1:10, the prophet here naming the face of each which was turned in his direction; the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man and the third the face of a lion and the fourth the face of an eagle. Cf Rev_4:7.
v. 15. And the cherubim were lifted up, to be removed from the place which they then occupied. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
v. 16. And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wing to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them, so that the movement of the two was absolutely harmonious.
v. 17. When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also; for the spirit of the living creature was in them, the expression here used collectively, as in many instances.
v. 18. Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, from the entrance to the holy Place, and stood over the cherubim, on the throne which it had occupied at the beginning of the vision.
v. 19. And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight, the Lord thus removing His gracious presence from his People; when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one, that is, the vision with the throne, stood at the door of the East Gate of the Lord's house, that is, the eastern entrance of the outer court; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
v. 20. This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim, and their leaving completed the abandonment of tile Temple as a whole.
v. 21. Every one had four faces apiece and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. Cf.Ezekiel 1:6.
v. 22. And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward, always under the direction of the Spirit of the Lord, whose power moved them.