20Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-25)The prophet is very exact in making and recording his observations concerning this vision. And here we have, I. The notice he took of the wheels , Ezek. 1:15-21. The glory of God appears not only in the splendour of his retinue in the upper world, but in the steadiness of his government here in this lower world. Having seen how God does according to his will in the armies of heaven, let us now see…
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