Ezekiel 3:13

13 it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, that sounded like a great earthquake.

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 ) .

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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 And go, get you to the exiles, to your people, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD'; whether they hear or refuse to hear."

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and as the glory of the LORD arose from its place, I heard behind me the sound of a great earthquake;

13 it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, that sounded like a great earthquake.

14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me;

15 and I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.