Ezekiel 1:14

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.

15Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.

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Cross References

Zechariah 2:3And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.

Matthew 24:27For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Mark 13:27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part 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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