Ezekiel 1:14

And the living creatures went and returned like flashes of lightning.

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In The King James Version

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

In Context

13And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision dashing in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, with lightning going forth from the fire.

15And as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared above the earth, next to the living creatures, one wheel having four faces.

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Cross References

Zechariah 2:3And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.

Matthew 24:27For just as lightning goes out from the east, and appears even in the west, so shall it be also at the advent of the Son of man.

Mark 13:27And then he will send his Angels, and gather together his elect, from the four winds, from the limits of the earth, to the limits of heaven.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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