It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
The Prophet now seems to express from whence the voice which he heard proceeded: for I do not think that the voice proceeded from any other quarter, and that afterwards the living creatures moved in unison with the wheels, but it seems to me to explain what would otherwise have been doubtful, namely, that God’s glory was celebrated by the living creatures and the wheels.
These verses are fitly joined by some translators to the foregoing chapter, as being of a piece with it and a continuation of the same vision. The prophets received the word from God that they might deliver it to the people of God, furnished themselves that they might furnish them with the knowledge of the mind and will of God. Now here the prophet is taught, I.
Commenting on Ezekiel 3:1-15
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures,.... Which they clapped, when they uttered the preceding words; See Gill on Eze 1:24; that touched one another; or "kissed, a woman her sister" (r); denoting their affection and agreement in the doxology or ascription of glory to God; see Eze 1:9; and the noise of the wheels over against them: the living...