Ezekiel 1:25 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 1:25

And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

KJV

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 8 (604)

"For when there was a voice above the firmament that was over their head, they stood and lowered their wings." We have judged that the upper firmament should be expounded under a twofold understanding. For, as has been said, by the name of firmament the celestial powers can be understood. And by the name of firmament the incarnate Only-begotten can be designated, through the fact that in him our nature has been made firm unto eternity. Let us therefore first speak of what we think concerning the angels, and afterwards concerning the Lord of angels.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,.... Which was the voice of Christ upon the throne, above the firmament, over the heads of the living creatures; which directed them when and where to go, and what to do, and when and where to stop: when they stood, and had let down their wings; either encouraging them to lift them up, and go on in their work, notwithstanding the sense they had of their own weakness and unworthiness; or, having done their work, calling them to himself in heaven.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A voice from the firmament - Compare Eze 3:12; in the midst of the tumult, are heard articulate sounds declaring the glory of God.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and it came	H1961 →
ק֕וֹל	Kol	a sound	H6963 →
מֵעַ֕ל	me.'Al	<from> above	H5921 →
לָרָקִ֖יעַ	la.ra.Ki.a'	<to> the expanse	H7549 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] above	H5921 →
רֹאשָׁ֑ם	ro.Sham	head their	H7218 →
בְּעָמְדָ֖ם	be.'a.me.Dam	when stood still they	H5975 →
תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה	te.ra.Pei.nah	they let drop	H7503 →
כַנְפֵיהֶֽן׃	khan.fei.Hen	wings their	H3671 →

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 walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Ezekiel 1:22
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
leads to
- Ezekiel 10:1
  And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- Ezekiel 1:26
  Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
- Revelation 4:6
  And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Exodus 24:10
  and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- Revelation 4:3
  The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.