Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezekiel 1:12
Whither the spirit was to go. — The one informing spirit which animated all the living creatures alike, and in accordance with which all their movements were ordered.
Whither the spirit was to go. — The one informing spirit which animated all the living creatures alike, and in accordance with which all their movements were ordered.
Verse Ezekiel 1:12. _THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHT FORWARD_] Not by _progressive stepping_, but by _gliding_. _WHITHER THE SPIRIT WAS TO GO_] Whither that _whirlwind_ blew, they went, being borne on b...
The “chariot,” though composed of distinct parts, was to be considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one conscious life pervading the whole, and guiding the motions of the whole in pe...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24) Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet _ 1. The...
EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY. Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision. Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a ca...
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9....
The theophany, or, vision of God This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a fire sending out continuous fla...
The four living creatures These are described as having in general the human form; they were erect and had apparently two feet (Ezekiel 1:5_; Ezekiel 1:7_); they had four faces, one looking each way:...
_went straightforward_ i.e. in the direction to which the living creature's face was turned. The chariot had four sides facing the four quarters of the heavens; on each side of the chariot was a livin...
WHITHER THE SPIRIT WAS TO GO, THEY WENT— _Whither the wind_ or _tempest bore them, they were borne:_ that great whirlwind spoken of in the fourth verse, which bore this magnificent chariot of the Lord...
B. The Cherubim 1:5-14 TRANSLATION (5) And from its midst the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they possessed the likeness of a man. (6) And each of them had four fac...
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHT FORWARD. The same idea as . The repetition is bec...
§ 1. EZEKIEL'S CALL AND CONSECRATION AS A PROPHET (EZEKIEL 1-3) Date, June-July, 592 b.c. Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by means of a vision of God's glory (Ezekiel...
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_ ABOUT THIS BOOK 1. HISTORY After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
וְ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל ־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו יֵלֵ֑כוּ אֶ֣ל
THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD Ezekiel 1:1 IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's state of mind during...
A VISION OF GOD'S MAJESTY Ezekiel 1:1-21 A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four living creatures became...
The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and the second the voice he heard. Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapter...
It is worthy the Reader's closest attention, how often during this account the appearance of a man is spoken of. Was it, (for I only ask the question, and do not presume to decide), to lead the Prophe...
Here the Prophet repeats, that the movement of the living creatures was in each case directed _towards, or in the direction of its face: _and he will say the same again: nor is this repetition superfl...
In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
AND THEY WENT EVERYONE STRAIGHT FORWARD,.... Or, "over against his face" q; for, which way soever they went, whether forward or backward, or on either side, they had a face to go before them, to direc...
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; [and] they turned not when they went. Ver. 12. _And they went every one straight forward._] See on Ezekiel 1:9 . _ W...
_Their wings were stretched upward_ That is, two wings of each, namely, in a posture of flying, to show that they were always actively employed in executing God's commands. Some unite this clause with...
And they went every one straight forward, keeping their direction with unswerving directness; WHITHER THE SPIRIT, the life-breath of God in them, WAS TO GO, THEY WENT, the four acting always in perfec...
THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES...
1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit...
THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHTFORWARD: see EZEKIEL 1:9. Which way soever they went, each living creature had one face looking straight forwards, and their other faces looking toward other coasts of the...
Ezekiel 1:12 one H376 went H3212 (H8799) straight H5676 forward H6440 went H3212 (H8799) spirit H7307 go...
‘And they went every one straight forward. Where the Spirit was to go they went. They turned not when they went.' The idea behind this is total obedience. Their one purpose was to do what God wanted....
CONTENTS: Vision of the glory. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel 1:26). CONCLUSION: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had visions of Him, displays of...
Ezekiel 1:1. _In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth day of the month._ The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus from...
_Whither the Spirit was to go, they went._ LED BY THE SPIRIT By spirit, we are to understand, neither the will of angels, nor winds, nor the soul of man (for spirit in Scripture doth signify all the...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:1 Inaugural Vision. The story of Ezekiel’s call as a prophet is the most complex of all the “prophetic call stories” in the OT. It is also one of the most carefully structure...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:12 The term SPIRIT can refer either to God’s spirit or to wind. Given v. Ezekiel 1:20, it seems likely that this is a reference to a “spirit” distin
2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,” a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
EXPOSITION For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see Introduction. EZEKIEL 1:1 NOW; literally, _and. _The use of...
Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel. Ezekiel said, It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1), So that would be July th...
Ezekiel 1:17; Ezekiel 1:20; Ezekiel 1:21; Ezekiel 1:9; Ezekiel 10:22;...
Straight — Which way soever they went, each living creature had one face looking straight forward. The spirit — The will, command, and breathing of the Spirit of God, both gave and guided their motion...
Is this a manifestation of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence? PROBLEM: Ezekiel speaks here of “living creatures” whose faces were in “the likeness of a man” which moved “like a flash of lightnin...