Quotes About Symbolism

Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.

And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barberís razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.

(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.

Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.

I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.

“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëA great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

It had strong branches, fit for a rulerís scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.