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15 Then the
cherubim
rose up. They are the
living
beings that I
saw by the
river
Chebar. |
Young's
Literal: And the
cherubs are lifted up, it is the living creature that I saw by the river
Chebar.
Amplified:
And the cherubim mounted upward. This is the [same] living creature [the
four regarded as one] that I saw by the river Chebar [in Babylonia]. |
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THEN THE CHERUBIM ROSE UP:
(18,19;
8:6;
11:22;
Hosea 9:12)
THEY ARE THE LIVING BEINGS THAT I SAW BY THE RIVER CHEBAR. (20;
1:5,13,14;
43:3) |
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16 Now when the
cherubim
moved, the
wheels would
go
beside them; also
when the
cherubim
lifted up their
wings to
rise from the
ground, the
wheels would not
turn from
beside them.
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Young's
Literal: And in the
going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting
up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even
they, from being beside them.
Amplified:
And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the
cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did
not turn from beside them. |
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NOW WHEN THE CHERUBIM MOVED, THE WHEELS
WOULD GO BESIDE THEM; ALSO WHEN THE CHERUBIM LIFTED UP THEIR WINGS TO RISE
FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN FROM BESIDE THEM. (1:19-21) |
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17 When the cherubim
stood
still, the wheels
would
stand
still; and when they
rose up, the wheels
would
rise with them, for
the
spirit of the
living
beings was in
them. |
Young's
Literal: In their
standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for
the living spirit is in them.
Amplified:
When those stood still, these stood still; and when those mounted up, these
[the wheels] mounted up also, for the spirit of life was in these
[wheels].(5)
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WHEN THE CHERUBIM STOOD STILL, THE WHEELS
WOULD STAND STILL; AND WHEN THEY ROSE UP, THE WHEELS WOULD RISE WITH THEM,
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING BEINGS WAS IN THEM. (1:12,20,21)
(Ge2:7; Ro8:2;
Rev11:11) |
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18 Then the
glory of the
LORD
departed from the
threshold of the
temple and
stood
over the
cherubim.
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Young's
Literal: And go forth
doth the honour of Jehovah from off the threshold of the house, and standeth
over the cherubs,
Amplified:
Then the glory of the Lord [the Shekinah, cloud] went forth from above the
threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. |
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THEN THE GLORY OF THE LORD (the
Shekinah)
DEPARTED FROM THE THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE AND STOOD OVER THE CHERUBIM: (4;
7:20-22;
Ps78:60,61;
Je6:8;
7:12-14;
Ho9:12;
Mt23:37-39)
(3,4;
Ge3:24;
2 Ki2:11;
Ps18:10;
68:17,18)
"Then
the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to
rest over the winged ones"
(BBE)
"Glory
of the LORD departed"
The withdrawal of God's glory is depicted and marks one of the saddest
moments in the history of Israel. The picture in human terms is of a monarch
exiting his throne room, mounting in this case his throne-chariot and
beginning to leave the city he loved.
"The
threshold"
would be the entrance to the Temple, just up the stairs in the picture
below.
Craigie comments that "On the Babylonian plain, the creatures that
belonged to the temple brought the throne of God to the exiled Ezekiel;
here, in their Jerusalem “home”, they are engaged in taking the throne of
God from the temple."
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SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
(facing eastward) |
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19 When the
cherubim
departed, they
lifted their
wings and
rose up from the
earth in my
sight with the
wheels
beside them; and they
stood
still at the
entrance of the
east
gate of the
LORD'S
house, and the
glory of the
God of
Israel
hovered
*
over them.
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Young's
Literal:and the
cherubs lift up their wings, and are lifted up from the earth before mine
eyes; in their going forth, the wheels also are over-against them, and he
standeth at the opening of the east gate of the house of Jehovah, and the
honour of the God of Israel is over them from above.
Amplified:
And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my
sight, and they went forth with the wheels beside them; and they stood at
the entrance of the East Gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the
God of Israel [the Shekinah, cloud] was over them. |
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WHEN THE CHERUBIM DEPARTED, THEY LIFTED
THEIR WINGS AND ROSE UP FROM THE EARTH IN MY SIGHT WITH THE WHEELS BESIDE
THEM:
(1:17-21;
11:22,23)
AND THEY STOOD STILL AT
THE ENTRANCE OF THE EAST GATE OF THE LORD'S HOUSE, AND THE GLORY OF THE GOD
OF ISRAEL HOVERED OVER THEM
(8:16)(1;
1:26-28)
"The
glory of the God of Israel"
refer to what is often called the Shekinah glory
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EAST
GATE |
"The
east gate"
marks the stepwise departure of
the glory of the God of Israel,
but in the future will mark the site of His return, Ezekiel recording that "the
glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the
gate
facing toward the
east."
(Ezek
43:4)
The picture below shows the Eastern Gate currently closed. Whether this is
the gate that Ezekiel is referring to is irrelevant, for prophecy is clear
that Messiah in all His glory will enter triumphantly "by way of the gate
facing toward the east".
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Eastern Gate
(Click image to
enlarge)
Temple Mt in background
Graves in front of gate |
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20 These
are the
living
beings that I
saw
beneath the
God of
Israel by the
river
Chebar; so I
knew that they were
cherubim.
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Young's
Literal: It is the
living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and
I know that they are cherubs.
Amplified:
This is the living creature [of four combined creatures] that I saw beneath
the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim. |
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THESE ARE THE LIVING
BEINGS THAT I SAW BENEATH THE GOD OF ISRAEL BY THE RIVER CHEBAR; SO I KNEW
THAT THEY WERE CHERUBIM.
:
(15;
1:22-28;
3:23)
(1:1)
(1 Kings
6:29-35; 7:36) |
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21 Each
one had
four
faces and
each
one
four
wings, and
beneath their
wings was the
form of
human
hands. |
Young's
Literal: Four faces
are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is
under their wings.
Amplified:
Each one had four faces and each one had four wings, and what looked like
the hands of a man was under their wings. |
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EACH ONE HAD FOUR FACES
AND EACH ONE FOUR WINGS, AND BENEATH THEIR WINGS WAS THE FORM OF HUMAN
HANDS.
:
(14;
1:8-10;
41:18,19;
Revelation 4:7) |
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22 As for the
likeness of their
faces, they were the
same
faces
whose
appearance I had
seen by the
river
Chebar.
Each
one
went
straight
*
*
ahead |
Young's
Literal: As to
the likeness of their faces, they are the faces that I saw by the river
Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.
Amplified:
And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I saw
by the river Chebar, with regard to their appearances and themselves; they
went every one straight forward. |
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AS FOR THE LIKENESS OF
THEIR FACES, THEY WERE THE SAME FACES WHOSE APPEARANCE I HAD SEEN BY THE
RIVER CHEBAR. EACH ONE WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD: (1:10)
(11;
1:12;
Hosea 14:9) |
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