versions, is eye. By extension the root can designate a face or surface, hence the translation “facet.” Some commentators understand the Hebrew root to mean springs of water (cp. Gen. 16:7). The translation “eyes” points ahead to “the seven eyes of God which roam throughout the world” (Zech. 4:10), a symbol of the omniscience or omnipresence of God. The translation “springs” fits well with the idea of the removal of iniquity (3:9b). The eschatological spring or stream is well-known in visions of
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