And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Ver. 27. And I saw as the colour of amber.] See Ezekiel 1:4. Heb., Chashmal, which being read backward, as the Cabbalists observe, is Lammashach, or Lammashiach - i.e., Messiah.
As the appearance of fire.] Christ is very terrible in his executions; and even "our God" (as well as the Jews' God) "is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:29 Exo 13:21
From the appearance of his loins even upward.] This may well be understood of Christ's divinity, as the parts downward of his humanity, partaking of the same most resplendent glory, by virtue of the hypostatical union, and having partner agency with the Godhead, according to its measure, in the works of redemption and mediation.