Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Ezekiel 10:8
The form of a man's hand— These hands of men, says Houbigant, appear to signify the human aids and counsels which God makes use of to effect the great purposes of his own divine will.
The form of a man's hand— These hands of men, says Houbigant, appear to signify the human aids and counsels which God makes use of to effect the great purposes of his own divine will.
Verse Ezekiel 10:8. _THE FORM OF A MAN'S HAND UNDER THEIR WINGS._] I am still of opinion that the _hands_ and _wings_ were not distinct. The _arms_ were _feathered like wings_, and the _hand_ termina...
An explanation following upon the mention of the “hand.” It is characteristic of this chapter that the narrative is interrupted by explanatory comments. The “narrative” is contained in Ezekiel 10:1, E...
Ezekiel 10:1. Once more the glory vision appears. The linen clothed man who had done the marking in the previous chapter is now executing judgment. Who is He? Evidently more than an angel. That he is...
THE BURNING OF THE CITY. But the guilty city must be destroyed as well as the people: so the awful carnage is followed by a no less awful conflagration prophetic of the fire, kindled later by Babyloni...
MAN'S. human. Hebrew. _'adam_. App-14. The same word as in Ezekiel 10:14; Ezekiel 10:21. Not the same as in verses: Ezekiel 10:2; Ezekiel 10:3
On the "hands" of the cherubim, cf. ch. Ezekiel 1:8. Instead of depicting the conflagration of the city, which would have been impossible, the prophet's attention is anew drawn to the cherubim, and a...
B. Jerusalem Destroyed by Fire 10:1-8 TRANSLATION (1) Then I looked, and behold, upon the platform which was above the head of the cherubim there appeared something like a sapphire stone, as the app...
And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. THERE APPEARED IN THE CHERUBIM THE FORM OF A MAN'S HAND UNDER THEIR WINGS. The "wings" denote alacrity, the "hands...
§ 3. A VISION OF JERUSALEM'S SIN AND DOOM (EZEKIEL 8-11) Date, August-September, 591 b.c. A year and two months after his call to be a prophet, Ezekiel was visited in his house by the elders of the J...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 COALS OF FIRE OVER THE CITY – EZEKIEL 10:1-8 V1 I
וַ יֵּרָ֖א לַ † כְּרֻבִ֑ים תַּבְנִית֙ יַד...
YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:1 ONE of the most instructive phases of reli
The prophet next described the process of judgment. First, a preliminary vision was granted to him. The man with the inkhorn who had passed through the midst of the city, setting his mark on the sighi...
_Wings. They would seem to be distinct, or (Calmet) fingers appeared at the end of the wings. (Grotius)_...
This last verse seems to throw some little light upon the subject, to guide us in our apprehension of the meaning of this mysterious scripture. If we compare what is here said, with a similar account,...
I will now pass rapidly over what I explained more copiously in the first chapter, lest I should burden you with vain repetition. I said _that hands appeared under the wings, _that the Prophet might u...
In chapter 10 the whole city is given up to be consumed. The glory of Jehovah presides over the judgment and commands it. He stands upon the threshold of His house which He fills with His glory in jud...
AND THERE APPEARED IN THE CHERUBIM,.... The Septuagint version is, "I saw the cherubim"; and so the Syriac version, "I saw in the cherubim"; what follows: THE FORM OF A MAN'S HAND UNDER THEIR WINGS;...
And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. Ver. 8. And there appeared the form of a man's hand under their wings.] _Quasi gladius intra vaginam,_ as a sword withi...
_There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand_ See Ezekiel 1:8. The following verses to the 12th are the same, in substance, with Ezekiel 1:16, where see the notes. To the place where the h...
THE BURNING OF THE CITY...
And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings, this hand performing the office of handing out the fiery coals for the destruction of Jerusalem, The attention to details...
8-22 Ezekiel sees the working of Divine providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it. When God is leaving a people in displeasure, angels above, and all events below, furthe...
THERE APPEARED to the prophet. THE CHERUBIMS; the ministering spirits. THE FORM OF A MAN'S HAND; shaped to speedy, accurate working; it is therefore a man's hand. One hand was put forth to reach the f...
Ezekiel 10:8 cherubim H3742 appeared H7200 (H8735) form H8403 mans H120 hand H3027 wings H3671...
‘And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.' This is to explain how the cherub was able to take the fire and hand it to the angel (see also Ezekiel 1:8) by means o...
Ezekiel 10:8 I. See what a Divine work creation is. Here, in this human hand beneath the angel's wing, do we see the procedure of the Divine work. All God's most beautiful things are related to use....
CONTENTS: Visions of the altar fire scattered over Jerusalem. Description of the cherubim. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God's glory and government infinitely transcend all the brigh...
Ezekiel 10:1. _Behold, in the firmament there appeared as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of a throne._ This is the vision that was seen by the river Chebar, but now the vision opens in th...
_And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings._ THE HAND AND THE WING There are two proofs of our religious life. The first is our great thoughts of God; the second...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 10:1 Two actions are interwoven here: the second (visionary) phase of city destruction (vv. Ezekiel 10:1), and the further withdrawal of the glory of God from the temple (vv....
(3.) THE SETTING FIRE TO JERUSALEM, WITH THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE TEMPLE (Chap. 10) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 10:1. The sealing of the remnant has proved the faithfulness of the Lord to His covenant;...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 10:1, EZEKIEL 10:2 THEN I LOOKED, etc. There follows on the work of judgment another theophany, like that of Ezekiel 1:15.
CHAPTER 10. THE VISION OF THE COALS OF FIRE. As soon as the prophet's attention was withdrawn from what had for the time completely absorbed it, the proceedings connected with the preservation of the...
And then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament [the heaven] 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 thro...
Ezekiel 1:8; Ezekiel 10:21; Isaiah 6:6...