Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

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But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

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And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

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The Lord[a] said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork[b] underneath the cherubim.[c] Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 10:2 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Ezekiel 10:2 tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).
  3. Ezekiel 10:2 tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum mss read plural “cherubim,” while the MT is singular here, “cherub.” The plural ending was probably omitted in copying the MT due to the similar beginning of the next word.