And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Study Helps
Interpretation
The fire being taken from between the wheels, under the cherubim, Ezek. 1:13 , seems to have signified the wrath of God to be executed upon Jerusalem.
Read with
This thought runs through Ezekiel 10:1-5.
Glossary
- City People
- The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).