Ezekiel 1:25

And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

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In The King James Version

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

In Context

24And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

26And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 1:22And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:16-26

The Vision of the Wheels. ( b. c. 595.) 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and… Read the whole commentary →

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