Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 1:14

"And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning." — Ezekiel 1:14 (ASV)

A flash of lightning. —Not only was the appearance of the cherubim so glittering, but also their speed as they ran and returned was that of the lightning.

The vision up to this point, so far as we may venture to interpret its object, seems designed to reveal the power and activity, the irresistible energy of the agencies employed for the fulfillment of the Divine purposes, and at the same time their perfectly harmonious action, controlled by one supreme will. We now enter a new phase of the vision, in which the same things are represented still further by an additional and peculiar symbolism.