Ezekiel 3:13

13 The sound was the creatures' wings beating against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them; it was a great rumbling noise.

Ezekiel 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:13

[I heard] also the noise of the wings of the living creatures,
&c.] Which they clapped, when they uttered the preceding words; (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:24); that touched one another;
or "kissed, a woman her sister" F18; denoting their affection and agreement in the doxology or ascription of glory to God; see ( Ezekiel 1:9 Ezekiel 1:11 Ezekiel 1:23 ) ; and the noise of the wheels over against them:
the living creatures; for the wheels were by the living creatures, and went over against them, as they went, ( Ezekiel 1:15 Ezekiel 1:19-21 ) ; ministers and churches join together in this doxology: and a noise of a great rushing;
which is repeated for the confirmation of the thing, and to express the greatness of the noise made by the living creatures and wheels, like that of thunder or an earthquake; it is said to be like the noise of great waters, ( Ezekiel 1:24 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (htwxa la hva twqyvm) "attingentium [more osculantium], vira ad sororem suam", Vatablus; "osculantium", Polanus, Starckius. So Ben Melech.

Ezekiel 3:13 In-Context

11 Then go to the exiles, to your people's children. Whether they listen or not, speak to them and say: The LORD God proclaims!
12 Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great quaking sound from his place. Blessed is the LORD's glory!
13 The sound was the creatures' wings beating against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them; it was a great rumbling noise.
14 Then the wind picked me up and took me away. With the LORD's power pressing down against me I went away, bitter and deeply angry,
15 and I came to the exiles who lived beside the Chebar River at Tel-abib. I stayed there among them for seven desolate days.
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