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Ezekiel 10:5

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard [even] to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

Ezekiel 10:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 10:5

Theological / Devotional

The voice. The fact that the wings were in motion suggests that the cherubim are preparing to depart from the Temple (see ch. 1:24).

Almighty God. Heb. ’El–Shaddai. A frequent title of God, Shaddai often occurs without ’El (God), especially in the book of Job, where there are 31 such instances. The root meaning of Shaddai is not definitely known. Scholars have offered various suggestions, but none of these is satisfactory (see Vol. I, p. 171).

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