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Ezekiel 1
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.
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