Ezekiel 10:1

And I saw, and behold, in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim, there appeared above them something like the sapphire stone, with the sight of the likeness of a throne.

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In The King James Version

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

In Context

2And he spoke to the man who was clothed with linen, and he said: “Enter, between the wheels that are under the cherubim, and fill your hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubim, and pour them upon the city.” And he entered, in my sight.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground.

Genesis 18:22And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord.

Genesis 32:24he remained alone. And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.

Exodus 24:10And they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone, or like the sky, when it is serene.

Joshua 6:2And the Lord said to Joshua: “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and all the strong men.

Psalms 68:17Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:1

The prophet had observed to us ( ch. viii. 4 ) that when he was in vision at Jerusalem he saw the same appearance of the glory of God there that he had seen by the river Chebar; now, in this chapter, he gives us some account of the appearance there, as far as was requisite for the clearing up of two further indications of the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, which God here gave the prophet:—I. The scattering of the coals of fire upon the city, which were taken from between the cherubim, ver. 1-7 . II. The… Read the whole commentary →

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