| 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 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 Jehovah came expressly unto
Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him. 4 And I looked,
and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire
infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst
thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire. 5 And 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 of them 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 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 thus: 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 had the face of a man; and they four had
the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on
the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle. 11 And their faces
and their wings were separate above; 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; they
turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures,
their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of
torches: the fire 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
beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof. 16 The
appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four
had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel
within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in their four directions:
they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rims, they were high and
dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about. 19 And
when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside 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 the spirit
to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside 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 beside them: for the spirit of the living creature
was in the wheels. 22 And over the head of the living creature there was
the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon,
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, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like
the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And
there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they
stood, they 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 a likeness as the appearance
of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the
appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins
and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it
were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
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 Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my
face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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