And I heard, etc. There is no verb in the Hebrew, but it may be supplied from Ezekiel 3:12. We lose in the English the kissing, or touching, poetry of the original, "each its sister." The attitude as of wings raised for flight, and the sound of both the wings and wheels, implied the departure of the glorious vision, presumably to the region from which it came.
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Ezekiel 3:13
Ezekiel 3:13
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