Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 10:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the…” at Ezekiel 10:4 as part of “Coals from among the Cherubim Are Scattered over the City.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 10:1–8
Read Ezekiel 10:4 with 10:1–8. By itself, “Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The throne reappears above the cherubim, the linen-clad figure receives coals, cloud and glory fill the court, and cherubic hands mediate the fiery sign.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 10:1–8. Ezekiel's first-person vision report carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the…” at Ezekiel 10:4 as part of “Coals from among the Cherubim Are Scattered over the City.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The coals do not authorize arson, holy-war imagery, or copying a visionary judgment act.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 10:1–8 — Coals from among the Cherubim Are Scattered over the CitySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 10:1–8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 10:1–8
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