And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
He - Yahweh; He who sat on the "throne."
Spake unto the man - the Messenger of mercy becoming the Messenger of judgment (note, Ezekiel 9:2). Human agents of destruction shall fulfill the will of "the Man" who is Lord of men.
Go in between the wheels. [Hebrew, galgal (H1534), from gaalal (H1556), to roll, implying quick revolution; so the impetuous onset of the foe (cf. Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 26:10); whereas 'owpan (H212) from 'aapan, to turn, in Ezekiel 1:15-16, implies mere revolution.]
Fill thine hand with coals of fire - implying that the wrath of God was about to burn the city, as His sword had previously slain its guilty inhabitants. This "fire" how different from the fire on the altar ever burning, never going out (Leviticus 6:12-13), whereby, in type, peace was made with God! (cf. Isaiah 33:12; Isaiah 33:14.) It is therefore not taken from the altar of reconciliation, but "from between the wheels of the cherubim," representing the providence of God, whereby, and not by chance, judgment is to fall.