18Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! …
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; …
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. …
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)We have here a further account of the vision of God’s glory which Ezekiel saw, here intended to introduce that direful omen of the departure of that glory from them, which would open the door for ruin to break in. I. Ezekiel sees the glory of God shining in the sanctuary, as he had seen it by the river of Chebar , and gives an account of it, that those who had by their wickedness provoked God to d…
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