Ezekiel 1:24

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. AS THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY - the thunder (Psalms 29:3). THE VOICE OF SPEECH - rather [ hªmulaah (H1999)], 'the voice or sound of tumult,' as in Jeremiah 11:16. From an Arabic root, meaning the impetuous rush of heavy rain. AS THE NOISE OF A HOST - (Isaiah 13:4, "The noise of a multitude ... a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathere...

When the Prophet says, _he heard the voice of wings, _it is an explanation of his former teaching, when he said that the wings followed the course of the living creatures, and stood, unless when they were drawn by the living creatures: this he now expresses more clearly by the word _voice _We know that, precepts are expressed by the voice, and this is the means of human intercourse, so that he who bears sway proclaims by the voice what he wishes to be done. Since therefore what we have previously said was obscure — that the wheels were moved by the living creatures — therefore the Prophet says there was _a voice in the motion of the wings _He had said this before, and he now repeats that the living creatures sometimes rested and let fall their wings. When the wings were thus let fall there was no motion in the wheels; but as the wheels obey the motions of the living creatures, he says _t...

15-25 Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wheel on its own axletree is regular and steady. We need not despond in adversity; the wheels are turning round and will raise us in due time, while those who presume in prosperity know not how soon they may be cast down. The wheel is near the living creatures; the angels are employed as ministers of God's providence. The spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels; the same wisdom, power, and holiness of God, that guide and govern the angels, by them order all events in this lower world. The wheel had four faces, denoting that the providence of God exerts itself in all parts. Look every way upon the wheel of providence, it has a face toward you. Their appearance and work were as a wheel in the middle of a wheel. The disposals of Pro...

Verse Ezekiel 1:24. _THE NOISE OF THEIR WINGS_] When the whirlwind drove the wheels, the wind rustling among the wings was like the noise of _many waters_; like a _waterfall_, or _waters dashing continually_ _against the rocks_, or _rushing down precipices_. _AS THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY_] Like distant thunder; for this is termed the _voice of God_, Psalms 18:13; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:28-2; Exodus 20:18....

THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY - Thunder. THE VOICE OF SPEECH - Rendered in Jeremiah 11:16 “a great tumult.” Some take it to describe the rushing of a storm....

EXPOSITION For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see Introduction. EZEKIEL 1:1 NOW; literally, _and. _The use of the conjunction indicates here, as in Jonah 1:1, that the narrative that follows links itself on to something that has gone before. In Exodus 1:1 and 1 Samuel 1:1 it may point to a connection with the book that precedes it. Here the sequence is subjective. We may think of Ezekiel as retracing the years of his life till he comes to the thirtieth. Then, as it were, he pulls himself up. That must be t

AND WHEN THEY WENT,.... In their ministrations, preaching the Gospel, and administering ordinances: I HEARD THE NOISE OF THEIR WINGS, LIKE THE NOISE OF GREAT WATERS: so the voice of Christ, which is no other than his Gospel preached by his ministers, is said to be as the sound of many waters, Revelation 1:15; which is heard a great way off, as the Gospel ministry is, even to the ends of the earth; thither the sound of the apostles' words reached, Romans 10:18; and which, as they move with great force, yield a pleasant sound of and may denote both the energy of the word, and the delightfulness of it: AS THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY; the Gospel being the word of God, and not of man; which is quick and powerful, and full of majesty, and works effectually i

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24) Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet _ 1. The introduction (Ezekiel 1:1) _ 2. The vision of glory (Ezekiel 1:4) 3. Ezekiel's call and commission (Ezekiel 2:1) 4. The roll eaten and the repeated commission (Ezekiel 2:9; Ezekiel 3:1) Ezekiel 1:1. The introductory words give

EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY. Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision. Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a call from Him. The book, therefore, appropriately opens with a description of these experiences. They took place in the thirtieth year a difficult phrase: perhaps the thirtieth year of the prophet's life in any case in 592 B.C., the fifth year after Jehoiachin and the leading citizens of Judah had been carried captive into Babylon (2 Kings 24:10 Ezekiel 1:16). Among them was Ezekiel, who whether or not a priest himself, c

NOISE. Hebrew "voice", as in the next clause. any noise. Articulate speech not mentioned till Ezekiel 1:28 with Ezekiel 2:1. VOICE. noise, as above. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew. _Shaddai_. App-4. VOICE OF SPEECH. noise of tumult....