“1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month],
in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the
river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of
God. 2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth year of
king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto
Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.”
“4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a
great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about
it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the
midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness
of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the
likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had
four wings. 7 And their feet [were] straight feet; and the sole of their
feet [was] like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the
colour of burnished brass. 8 And [they had] the hands of a man under
their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their
wings. 9 Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when
they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness
of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion,
on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side;
they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus [were] their faces: and
their wings [were] stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were]
joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And they went
every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went;
[and] they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the
living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire,
[and] like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living
creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth
lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning.”
“15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the
earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of
the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and
they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as
it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went
upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went. 18 As for
their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings
[were] full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living
creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures
were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither [was their]
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels. 21 When those went,
[these] went; and when those stood, [these] stood; and when those were
lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them:
for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels. 22 And the
likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature [was] as
the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads
above. 23 And under the firmament [were] their wings straight, the one
toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and
every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 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. 25 And there was
a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads, when they stood,
[and] had let down their wings.”
“26 And above the firmament that [was] over their heads [was] the
likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon
the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as the appearance of a man
above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of
fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even
upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it
were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As
the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so
[was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw
[it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.”
(Ezekiel 1:1-28 AV)
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