Ezekiel 11:22

Ezekiel 11:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them.

Context of Ezekiel 11:22

20so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those who long for vile images and detestable idols, I will repay them fully for their sins. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!” Then the cherubim lifted their wings and rose into the air with their wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 23Then the glory of the Lord went up from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east. 24Afterward the Spirit of God carried me back again to Babylonia, to the people in exile there. And so ended the vision of my visit to Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 11:22 word by word

וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ אֶת־כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים לְעֻמָּתָ֑ם וּכְב֧וֹד אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then did the cherubimsכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• their wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• and the wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• besideעֻמָּה‛ûmmâh · closeH5980
• them; and the gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• over them aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:22

• Ezekiel 1:19When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up, too.
• Ezekiel 10:19And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the Lord’s Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-25Verses 22-25 Here is the departure of God's presence from the city and temple. It was from the Mount of Olives that the vision went up, typifying the ascension of Christ to heaven from that very mountain. Though the Lord will not forsake his people, yet he may be driven away from any part of his visible church by their sins, and woe will be upon them when He withdraws his presence, glory, and protection.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Ezekiel’s vision of the temple (Ezekiel 8–11) ends with the chariot carrying God's glory away from the temple. The Lord's glory would leave the defiled Jerusalem, travel east to Babylon with the exiles, and share in their suffering (Ezekiel 11:16). God's glory paused briefly above the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, as if waiting for judgment to fall on the rebellious city. After departing to the east, it would return from the east to the renewed…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. east gate--to which the glory of God had moved itself (Eze 10:19), the chief entrance of the sanctuary; the portico or porch of Solomon. The Spirit moves the prophet thither, to witness, in the presence of the divine glory, a new scene of destruction. five and twenty men--The same as the twenty-five (that is, twenty-four heads of courses, and the high priest) sun-worshippers seen in Eze 8:16. The leading priests were usually called "princes of the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings