Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
To inspire us with a holy awe and dread of God, and to fill us with his fear, we may observe, in this part of the vision which the prophet had, I. The glorious appearance of his majesty. Something of the invisible world is here in the visible, some faint representations of its brightness and beauty, some shadows, but such as are no more to...
Commenting on Ezekiel 10:1-7
And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim,.... One of the four living creatures, or cherubim, put out his hand from among the rest: unto the fire that was between the cherubim; so fire is said to go up and down among them, Eze 1:13; to which the reference is here: and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him...
See on Eze 10:3. one cherub--one of the four cherubim. his hand-- (Eze 1:8). went out--to burn the city.