Ezekiel 1:18

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Summary

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

They were so

Full

General references

1 Kings 7:33

Bible References

They were so

“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].

The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Full

Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around, even the wheels belonging to all four of them.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors].

Who [with reason] despises the day of small things (beginnings)? For these seven [eyes] shall rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord which roam throughout the earth.”

and in front of the throne there was something like a sea or large expanse of glass, like [the clearest] crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living creatures who were full of eyes in front and behind [seeing everything and knowing everything that is around them].

General references

The wheels were made like a chariot wheel: their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.