Ezekiel 1:18
Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 593 BC
WHEN
593 BC
dated by the text itself
Ezekiel prophesies from Babylon, not from Jerusalem.
WHO RULED
- Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon 605-562 BC
SOURCES
- date — Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.
- Nebuchadnezzar II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
SEE ALSO
- Ezekiel 10:12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
- Revelation 4:6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Revelation 4:8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God…
- Job 37:22-24 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. …
- Psalms 77:16-19 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. …
- Psalms 97:2-5 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. …
- Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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