Ezekiel 1:14
The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.
BSB
ASV
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
KJV
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
The living creatures ran and returned - They had a circular movement; they were in rapid motion, but did not increase their distance from the spectator. So I think this should be understood.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
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Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
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Luke 17:24For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
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For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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Matthew 24:27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 147:15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
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They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
