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Verse 1. Throne. It was a sky blue crystal or sapphire colour, (Calmet. 1:22, 26) and was now empty. Calmet. 1. The Lord spoke from the temple door. verse 4. Bible.
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Verse 2. Out, to purify (Saint Jerome) or punish the city, (Theod.) which would shortly be reduced to ashes. Vat. Menochius.
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Verse 3. Right, south of the priests’ court.
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Verse 4. Lifted up, before Calmet. 9:3. Calmet.—A man seemed to be on the throne, ( Worthington.) or rather over the door of the holy place.
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Verse 5. Court of the people.—Speaking in thunder.
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Verse 8. Wings. They would seem to be distinct, or ( Calmet.) fingers appeared at the end of the wings. Grot.
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Verse 9. Stone. Hebrew Tharsis. Sym. “Hyacinth.” Calmet. 1:16. Calmet.
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Verse 11. By four ways. That is, by any of the four ways, forward, backward, to the right, or to the left. Challoner. Worthington.
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Verse 12. Wheels. These, as well as ( Bible.) the cherubim, (Theod.) were full of eyes. Calmet.
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Verse 13. Voluble. That is, rolling wheels: galgal, ( Challoner.) which means “rolling:” ( Bible.) or “he said to the wheels, Turn around about.” Theodoret.—This is the real import of Hebrew Calmet.—Prot. have, “O wheel.” Bible.
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Verse 14. Cherub, or “ox.” All four seem to have had the resemblance of a man, but one more than the rest, which had respectively the appearance rather of an ox, a lion, or an eagle: ( Worthington.) or the ox was predominant in all, as both the head and feet were of it; ( Calmet.) which, however, does not constitute the greatest part. Calmet. 1:5. Bible.
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Verse 15. Creature. What I saw, was properly called cherubim. Charab, in Syr. means “to labour;” (Spencer) or cherubim may imply any composed and unusual figure, or “mixture.” Exodus 25:18. Calmet.—Ezechiel being a priest, saw that the creatures resembled the cherubim of the temple. Tirinus.
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Verse 17. Life. They were not mere machines; ( Bible.) or they were pushed forward by an impetuous wind.
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Verse 19. East gate, leading from the city to the court of the people. Calmet.—How unwilling is this good father to leave his house! Tirinus.
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Verse 20. Creature. The cherubim and all the throne seemed alive. Bible.
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Verse 22. Forward, thus shewing God’s decree to abandon the synagogue. Tirinus.
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