Ezekiel 10:13

¹²Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.¹³I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

Sermons

The Doctrine of the Wheels, in the Visions of Ezekiel, Opened and Explained.

John Gill

Summary

In Ezekiel 10:13, the prophet describes the hands of a cherubim being lifted up between the living creatures, with wheels beside them. This imagery symbolizes the intricate and coordinated movements of God's divine beings, showcasing the order and majesty of His heavenly realm. The cherubim's actions reflect their readiness to carry out God's will swiftly and decisively. This verse underscores the supernatural nature of God's heavenly beings and their unwavering obedience to His commands, highlighting the awe-inspiring power and authority of the Almighty.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

As for the wheels, it was cried unto them - O wheel - Never was there a more unfortunate and unmeaning translation. The word הגלגל haggalgal, may signify, simply, the roller, or a chariot, or roll on, or the swift roller. And he clepide ilke wheelis volible, or turninge about. Old MS. Bible. Any of these will do: "and as to the wheels," לאופנים laophannim, "they were called in my hearing" הגלגל haggalgal, "the chariot." The gentleman who took for his text "O wheel!" and made God's decree of eternal predestination out of it, must have borrowed some of Rabbi Ananias's three hundred barrels of oil! But such working of God's word cannot be too severely reprehended. As these wheels are supposed to represent Divine Providence, bringing about the designs of the Most thigh, how like is the above הגלגל haggalgal, taken as a verb, "roll on," to those words of Virgil in his Pollio: - Talia saela, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis, Concordes stabili fatorum numine Parcae. "The Fates, when they this happy web have spun, Shall bless the sacred clue, and bid it swiftly run."

Ezekiel 10:13

God’s Glory Exits the Temple

¹²Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.¹³I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”