The Firmament
Ezekiel 1:22-25
King James Version (KJV)
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the
living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over
their heads above.
23 And under the
firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had
two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that
side, their bodies.
24 And when they
went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the
voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they
stood, they let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
The firmament: the living creatures, the wheels, and these upon the earth, Ezekiel had seen and mentioned; now he
speaks of the firmament, which must be supposed to be stretched forth above the earth; as the
prophet saw the one, so he saw the other. This firmament was not that we
behold, it was emblematical and representative. It appeared, but much more
august and wonderful than the natural.
Upon: not resting upon, but over their
heads stretched out, and the Hebrew were better read, over, in this place and
on this occasion.
The color: Hebrew. eye, a word twice already used here,
and in the same sense; the aspect, and shape or form, as Ezekiel 1:8,16.
the terrible
crystal, for splendour, purity, and solidity: all that was above these creatures and wheels was beautiful and very
majestic, as indeed it was as it should be; and it is therefore called
wonderful, because it impressed a admiration upon the mind of the beholders, it
dazzled the eye, and overpowered it: the same word is used concerning the name
of God, holy and reverend, Psalm 99:3 111:9.
1:22 Above the creatures was a firmament, the same word used of the expanse
God created on the second day and called "Heaven" (Gen. 1:6-8). There it separated the creatures
from the throne.
.….. to be cont’d
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