Ezekiel 1

1In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.H7970H8141H7243H2568H2320H8432H1473H5104H3529H8064H6605H7200H4759H4302On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—H2568H2320H2549H8141H4428H3112H15463the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the LORD was on him.H1697H3068H3168H3548H1121H941H776H3778H5104H3529H3027H30684I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,H7200H7307H5591H935H6828H1419H6051H784H3947H5051H5439H8432H5869H2830H8432H7845and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human,H8432H1823H702H2416H4758H2007H1823H1206but each of them had four faces and four wings.H259H702H6440H259H702H36717Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.H7272H3477H7272H3709H7272H3709H5695H7272H5340H5869H7044H51788Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings,H3027H120H3671H702H7253H702H6440H36719and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.H3671H2266H802H269H5437H3212H3212H376H5676H644010Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.H1823H6440H702H6440H120H6440H738H3225H702H6440H7794H8040H702H6440H540411Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.H6440H3671H6504H4605H8147H376H2266H376H376H8147H3680H147212Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.H3212H376H5676H6440H7307H3212H3212H5437H321213The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.H1823H2416H4758H1197H1513H784H4758H3940H1980H2416H784H5051H784H3318H130014The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.H2416H7519H7725H4758H96515As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.H7200H2416H259H212H776H681H2416H702H644016This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.H4758H212H4639H5869H8658H702H259H1823H4758H4639H212H8432H21217As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.H3212H3212H702H7253H5437H321218Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.H1354H1363H3374H1354H4392H5869H5439H70219When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.H2416H3212H212H3212H681H2416H5375H776H212H537520Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.H7307H3212H3212H7307H3212H212H5375H5980H7307H2416H21221When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.H3212H3212H5975H5975H5375H776H212H5375H5980H7307H2416H21222Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome.H1823H7549H7218H2416H5869H3372H7140H5186H7218H460523Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.H7549H3671H3477H802H269H376H8147H3680H2007H376H8147H3680H2007H147224When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.H3212H8085H6963H3671H6963H7227H4325H6963H7706H6963H1999H6963H4264H5975H7503H367125Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings.H6963H7549H7218H5975H7503H367126Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.H4605H7549H7218H1823H3678H4758H5601H68H1823H3678H1823H4758H120H460527I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.H7200H5869H2830H4758H784H5439H1004H4758H4975H4605H4758H4975H4295H7200H4758H784H5051H543928Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.H4758H7198H6051H3117H1653H4758H5051H5439H4758H1823H3519H3068H7200H5307H6440H8085H6963H1696