1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ezekiel 10:1 | And *I saw, and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire-stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. | Year of the World 3410. Throne. It was a sky blue crystal or sapphire colour, (chap. 1:22, 26.) and was now empty, Ezechiel 1:The Lord spoke from the temple door, ver. 4. (Haydock) |
| Ezekiel 10:2 | And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims, and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight: | Out, to purify (St. Jerome) or punish the city, (Theodoret) which would shortly be reduced to ashes. (Vatable) (Menochius) |
| Ezekiel 10:3 | And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. | Right, south of the priests' court. |
| Ezekiel 10:4 | And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the cherub to the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord. | Lifted up, before Ezechiel 9:3. (Calmet) --- A man seemed to be on the throne, (Worthington) or rather over the door of the holy place. |
| Ezekiel 10:5 | And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard even to the outward court, as the voice of God Almighty speaking. | Court of the people. --- Speaking in thunder. |
| Ezekiel 10:6 | And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with linen, saying: Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubims: he went in and stood beside the wheel. | |
| Ezekiel 10:7 | And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of the cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he took, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it and went forth. | |
| Ezekiel 10:8 | And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a man's hand under their wings. | Wings. They would seem to be distinct, or (Calmet) fingers appeared at the end of the wings. (Grotius) |
| Ezekiel 10:9 | And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the chrysolite-stone: | Stone. Hebrew Tharsis. Symmachus, "Hyacinth." (Chap. 1:16.) (Calmet) |
| Ezekiel 10:10 | And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel. | |
| Ezekiel 10:11 | And when they went, they went by four ways: and they turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back. | By four ways. That is, by any of the four ways, forward, backward, to the right, or to the left. (Challoner) (Worthington) |
| Ezekiel 10:12 | And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands, and their wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the four wheels. | Wheels. These, as well as (Haydock) the cherubim, (Theodoret) were full of eyes. (Calmet) |
| Ezekiel 10:13 | And these wheels he called voluble, in my hearing. | Voluble. That is, rolling wheels: galgal, (Challoner) which means "rolling:" (Haydock) or "he said to the wheels, Turn around about." (Theodoret) --- This is the real import of Hebrew. (Calmet) --- Protestants have, "O wheel." (Haydock) |
| Ezekiel 10:14 | And every one had four faces: one face was the face of a cherub, and the second face, the face of a man: and in the third was the face of a lion: and in the fourth the face of an eagle. | Cherub, or "ox." All four seem to have had the resemblance of a man, but one more than the rest, which had respectively the appearance rather of an ox, a lion, or an eagle: (Worthington) or the ox was predominant in all, as both the head and feet were of it; (Calmet) which, however, does not constitute the greatest part, Ezechiel 1:5. (Haydock) |
| Ezekiel 10:15 | And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar. | Creature. What I saw, was properly called cherubim. Charab, in Syriac means "to labour;" (Spencer) or cherubim may imply any composed and unusual figure, or "mixture," Exodus 25:18. (Calmet) --- Ezechiel being a priest, saw that the creatures resembled the cherubim of the temple. (Tirinus) |
| Ezekiel 10:16 | And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the wheels staid not behind, but were by them. | |
| Ezekiel 10:17 | When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in them. | Life. They were not mere machines; (Haydock) or they were pushed forward by an impetuous wind. |
| Ezekiel 10:18 | And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims. | |
| Ezekiel 10:19 | And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. | East gate, leading from the city to the court of the people. (Calmet) -- How unwilling is this good father to leave his house! (Tirinus) |
| Ezekiel 10:20 | *This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were cherubims. Ezechiel 1:1-3. | Creature. The cherubim and all the throne seemed alive. (Haydock) |
| Ezekiel 10:21 | Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and the likeness of a man's hand was under their wings. | |
| Ezekiel 10:22 | And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and the impulse of every one to go straight forward. | Forward, thus shewing God's decree to abandon the synagogue. (Tirinus) |