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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
The voice of the Almighty - Thunder. The voice of speech - Rendered in Jer 11:16 “a great tumult.” Some take it to describe the rushing of a storm.
Adam Clarke
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,…
The prophet is very exact in making and recording his observations concerning this vision. And here we have,
I. The notice he took of the wheels, Eze 1:15-21. The glory of God appears not only in the…
Cambridge Bible
The sound of the wings of the living creatures when in flight was as the noise of many waters, as the thunder, or, as the roar of a host.
voice of the Almighty that is, the thunder, Psa 29:3; Job…
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