John Calvin Commentary Ezekiel 3:13

"And [I heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing." — Ezekiel 3:13 (ASV)

The Prophet now seems to express from where the voice he heard came: for I do not think that the voice came from any other source, and that afterwards the living creatures moved in unison with the wheels. Instead, it seems to me to explain what would otherwise have been unclear: namely, that God’s glory was celebrated by the living creatures and the wheels.

It is not surprising then that a voice should be attributed to the living creatures, since we saw them to be cherubim or angels. By the wheels, God intends to represent all actions and motions—motions, I say, which seem random, yet are governed by the living creatures whom God inspires with His own power as He intends to carry out His plans, and thus He exercises His dominion over all creatures, for nothing happens that is not governed by His will.

Therefore, a voice proceeds from both the living creatures and the wheels, which praised the glory of God and proclaimed Him—in the midst of that sad and wretched slaughter of the people—as still reigning in His own Temple. Then, indeed, He was especially exercising His power, because He was a judge punishing their wickedness, and also because He was about to become the deliverer of His own people, as He had promised them restoration after seventy years.

He also says, I heard the voice of wings when they mutually embraced each other. For נקש, nekesh, means to embrace. Others translate it as when they struck or engaged in conflict with each other; but by the word 'osculating' (meaning kissing), connection is metaphorically signified. Therefore, when each wing embraced its fellow, then the voice emerged. He also adds the same thing concerning the wheels, and finally, he repeats what he had said: that there was a sound of a great rushing.