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Ezekiel 10

Ezek. 10:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the cherubims
kruwb (Hebrew #3742)
a cherub or imaginary figure
KJV usage: cherub, (plural) cherubims.
Pronounce: ker-oob'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
were lifted up
ramam (Hebrew #7426)
to rise (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up.
Pronounce: raw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
. This is the living creature
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
b that I saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
by the river
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
of Chebar
Kbar (Hebrew #3529)
length; Kebar, a river of Mesopotamia
KJV usage: Chebar. Compare 2249.
Pronounce: keb-awr'
Origin: the same as 3528
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Ezek. 1:5• 5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. (Ezek. 1:5)

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Chebar,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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lifted.
Ezek. 10:18‑19• 18Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
 19And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. (Ezek. 10:18‑19)
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Ezek. 8:6• 6He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. (Ezek. 8:6)
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Ezek. 11:22• 22Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. (Ezek. 11:22)
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Hos. 9:12• 12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! (Hos. 9:12)
This.
Ezek. 10:20• 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. (Ezek. 10:20)
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Ezek. 1:5,13‑14• 5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
 13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
 14And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. (Ezek. 1:5,13‑14)
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Ezek. 43:3• 3And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. (Ezek. 43:3)
• It is plain that, if the glory seen by the river Chebar returned, so emphatically identified in verses 15, 20, 22, it was but passingly and for the sad task both of sealing the judgment and of marking the abandonment of Israel as under the law and now apostate from God. (“Notes on Ezekiel 10-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.