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Praise to the Lord for His Fidelity to Israel.

99 The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble [with submissive wonder]!
He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!

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Psalm 99

The Lord reigns,(A)
    let the nations tremble;(B)
he sits enthroned(C) between the cherubim,(D)
    let the earth shake.

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Above Him seraphim (heavenly beings) stood; each one had six wings: with two wings he covered his face, with two wings he covered his feet, and with two wings he flew. And one called out to another, saying,

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is filled with His glory.”

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Above him were seraphim,(A) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,(B) and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy(C), holy is the Lord Almighty;(D)
    the whole earth(E) is full of his glory.”(F)

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Within it there were figures resembling [a]four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:5 These four angelic beings are identified as cherubim in ch 10. In Scripture, the cherubim seem to be related to the affirmation of God’s perfection and holiness standing in stark contrast to the debased character of godless mankind. They are extremely intelligent, powerful, expeditious servants of God.

and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.(A) In appearance their form was human,(B)

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18 Regarding their rims: they were so high that they were awesome and dreadful, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes all around.

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18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes(A) all around.

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