from the firmament Rather: above the firmament, as R.V. The voice must be that of him who sat above the firmament. This voice might be supposed to command the movement or halting of the chariot, though such a voice seems nowhere else referred to. The verse repeats the last words of the preceding verse and otherwise is almost identical in words with the following one, and possibly it may not be original.

they stood, and had let down Render as Ezekiel 1:24, when they stood, they let downtheir wings. The last words might be rendered: their wings dropped;so Ezekiel 1:24.

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