Ezekiel 10:9

“And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, &c.] The churches by the ministers: of these “wheels”, and why the churches are so called, and of their number “four”, and their situation “by” the cherubim, (see Gill on “<260115>Ezekiel 1:15”); one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: a minister to a church; every church has its own pastor, elder, or overseer, by it, and over it: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the colour of a beryl stone; a precious stone of a sea green; (see Gill on “<260116>Ezekiel 1:16”). The Targum renders it in general, “a precious stone”; the Septuagint version, “a carbuncle”; and the Vulgate Latin version, “a chrysolite”.”

“wheels--(See on Eze 1:15-16). The things which, from Eze 10:8 to the end of the chapter, are repeated from the first chapter are expressed more decidedly, now that he gets a nearer view: the words "as it were," and "as if," so often occurring in the first chapter, are therefore mostly omitted. The "wheels" express the manifold changes and revolutions in the world; also that in the chariot of His providence God transports the Church from one place to another and everywhere can preserve it; a truth calculated to alarm the people in Jerusalem and to console the exiles [POLANUS].”

“Looked - Attentively viewed. Beryl stone - Of sea - green. Ezekiel 10:10”

“behold: Eze 1:15-17 as the: Dan 10:6; Rev 21:20 a beryl: Tarshish is generally rendered by the LXX and the Vulgate the chrysolite, so called by the ancients (from χρυσος (χρψσος) \[Strong's G5557\], gold, and λιθος \[Strong's G3037\], a stone), because of its fine gold yellow colour. It is now called by the moderns the topaz; is a very beautiful and valuable gem in its pure and perfect state, though very rarely found so; and the finer pieces of it are in hardness second only to the diamond. The Vulgate, however, in Eze 1:16, renders, quasi visio maris "as the appearance of the seas," i.e., azure; and Dr. Geddes (on Exo 28:10) says, that, with Abarbanel, he believes the beryl to be intended.…”

“The Glory of the Lord Forsakes the Temple Eze 10:9. And I saw, and behold four wheels by the side of the cherubim, one wheel by the side of every cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the look of a chrysolith stone. Eze 10:10. And as for their appearance, they had all four one form, as if one wheel were in the midst of the other. Eze 10:11. When they went, they went to their four sides; they did not turn in going; for to the place to which the head was directed, to that they went; they did not turn in their going. Eze 10:12. And their whole body, and their back, and their hands, and their wings, and wheels, were full of eyes round about: by all four their wheels. Eze 10:13. To…”