Ezekiel 1:17 — Meaning and Application

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“When they went, they went upon their four sides: {and} they turned not when they went.”

Ezekiel 1:17

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Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

The appearance of the wheels and their work {was} like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work {was} as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: {and} they turned not when they went.

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings {were} full of eyes round about them four. {and their rings: or, and their strakes}

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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Ezekiel 1:1

"Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, as I {was} among the captives by the river of Chebar, {that} the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. {captives: Heb. captivity}"

Ezekiel 1:2

"In the fifth {day} of the month, which {was} the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,"

Ezekiel 1:3

"The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. {Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel}"

Ezekiel 1:4

"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. {infolding...: Heb. catching itself}"

Ezekiel 1:5

"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."

Ezekiel 1:6

"And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings."

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