And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,whereupon he was,.... That is, the glorious God of Israel; or the glorious Shechinah, and divine Majesty, which dwelt between the cherubim over the mercy seat in the most holy place, removed from thence, as a token of his being about to depart from the temple, which in a short time would be destroyed.
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Ezekiel 9:3
Ezekiel 9:3
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