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
.
In the fifth day of the month
, which was the fifth
year
of king
Jehoiachin's
captivity
,
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.
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
.
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
.
And every one had four
faces
, and every one
had four
wings
.
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
.
And they had the hands of a man
under their wings
on their four
sides
; and they four
had their faces
and their wings
.
Their wings were joined
one
to another
; they turned
not when they went
; they went
every one
straight
forward
.
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
.
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
.
And they went every one
straight
forward
: whither the spirit
was to go
, they went
; and they turned
not when they went
.
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
.
And the living creatures ran
and returned
as the appearance
of a flash of lightning
.
Now as I beheld the living creatures
, behold one
wheel
upon the earth
by
the living creatures
, with his four
faces
.
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
.
When they went, they went
upon their four
sides
: and they turned
not when they went
.
As for their rings, they were so high
that they were dreadful
; and their rings
were full
of eyes
round about
them four
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And there was a voice from the firmament
that was over their heads
, when they stood
, and had let down
their wings
.
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.
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
.
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
.