Ezekiel 10:2
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.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 10:16 shows the cherubim and wheels moving together, emphasizing the unity of the divine chariot from which the coals are taken.
Ezekiel 10:8-13 describes the cherubim's hands and the wheels, providing the visual context for the coals taken from between the cherubim.
Ezekiel 10:7 describes the cherub handing coals to the linen-clad man, fulfilling the command given here.
In Ezekiel 10:6, the man obeys the command from verse 2 and takes fire from between the wheels and cherubim.
Ezekiel 1:15-20 describes the identical wheels from the earlier vision, identifying the same cherubim and wheels as the source of the coals.
Ezekiel 9:2 introduces the man in linen who is now given a new task, establishing his identity and previous role.
Ezekiel 9:3 shows the glory calling this man, setting the scene for the command to take coals.
Ezekiel 9:11 records the man's report from an earlier mission, showing he is available for a new command here.
In Ezekiel 1:4, the vision begins with fire and brightness — here that same fire appears as coals from the cherubim.
Ezekiel 1:13 likens the living creatures themselves to burning coals, linking the coals' origin to the fiery nature of the cherubim.
In Revelation 8:5, an angel takes coals from the altar and casts them to earth—echoing the same fiery judgment imagery from the heavenly sanctuary.
2 Kings 25:9 records the burning of Jerusalem and the temple—fulfilling the judgment foreshadowed by the coals scattered over the city.
In 1 Chronicles 28:18, the temple plan includes 'the chariot of the cherubim' — the same cherubim-chariot imagery seen in Ezekiel's vision.
Isaiah 6:6 has a seraph take a live coal from the altar for purification—an analogous action but with a redemptive rather than judgmental purpose.
Psalm 140:10 invokes burning coals to fall on the wicked as a curse, paralleling the judgmental scattering of coals over the city.
Psalm 18:13 repeats the 'coals of fire' in God's thunderous judgment, echoing the same fiery imagery.
Psalm 18:12 uses 'coals of fire' as part of God's theophany, reinforcing the image of coals as divine judgment.
In Daniel 7:9, God's throne has wheels of burning fire — similar to the fiery coals and wheels in Ezekiel's vision.