John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:15-25
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, Ezek. 1:15-21. The glory of God appears not only in the splendour of his retinue in the upper world, but in the steadiness of his government here in this lower world. Having seen how God does according to his will in the armies of heaven, let us now see how he does according to it among the inhabitants of the earth; for there, on the earth, the... read more