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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ezekiel 1:12

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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The same idea as in Eze 1:9. The repetition is because we men are so hard to be brought to acknowledge the wisdom of God's doings; they seem tortuous and confused to us, but they are all tending steadily to one aim. the spirit--the secret impulse whereby God moves His angels to the end designed. They do not turn back or aside till they have fulfilled the office assigned them.
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