Ezekiel 1:21

21 At their^[a] going, they^[b] go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth,^[c] the wheels rose,^[d] for the spirit of the living creatures^[e] [was] in the wheels.

Ezekiel 1:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 1:21

When those went, [these] went; and when those stood, [these]
stood
When ministers are active and lively, then the churches are; but when they are indolent, dull, and inactive, then the churches are so likewise: and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up
over against them; (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:19); for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels;
or, "the spirit of life", as in ( Ezekiel 1:20 ) ; see ( Revelation 11:11 ) .

Ezekiel 1:21 In-Context

19 And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them [also] went, and {when the creatures were lifted from the ground} the wheels [also] rose.

20 {Wherever} the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures [was] in the wheels.

21 At their going, they go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth, the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures [was] in the wheels.

22 Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.

23 And under the expanse their wings [were stretched out] straight {one toward the other}; each had two [wings] covering them, and each had two [wings] covering their bodies.

Footnotes

• [a] That is, the living creatures
• [b] That is, the wheels
• [c] Or "ground"
• [d] Or "were lifted up"
• [e] Hebrew "creature"