Ezekiel Chapter 1 verse 25 Holy Bible
And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
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And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.
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and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.
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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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There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
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And there is a voice from above the expanse, that `is' above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And there was a voice from the firmament. Revised Version gives above. The prophet's silence suggests that what he heard was at first ineffable (comp. 2 Corinthians 12:4), perhaps unintelligible. All that he knew was that an awful voice, like thunder (comp. John 12:29), came from above the expanse of azure, and that it stilled the motion of the wings, working peace, as in the midst of the endless agitations of the universe. The wings that had been stretched upward are now folded, like the others.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) A voice from the firmament.--Rather, from above the firmament, not as proceeding from the firmament itself. This is a new feature in the vision: the voice is quite different from the sounds mentioned before, and although not here expressly said to have been articulate, yet it is probably to be identified with the Divine voice spoken of in Ezekiel 1:28, Ezekiel 3:12, and elsewhere. The latter part of the verse, literally translated, is simply, In, or at, their standing they let down their wings, and may be simply a repetition of the last clause of the preceding verse. In its connection, however, it seems rather to convey the idea of a fresh act of reverence towards the majesty above. When the voice was heard the cherubim stood still, the mighty sounds of their going were hushed, and their wings fell motionless, all in the attitude of reverential attention.The vision now advances to another and final stage. We have had the whirlwind from the north, with its great cloud and infolding fire, as the background on which the whole is portrayed; then the cherubim, with all their marvellous symbolism; the wondrous and terrible wheels, connecting them with the earth below, the glowing firmament, connecting them with the throne above; and now we come to the throne itself, and to Him that sat upon it.
