1 [ver. 3;Num. 4:3] In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by ch. 3:15,23;10:15,20,22;43:3the Chebar canal, [Matt. 3:16;Mark 1:10;Luke 3:21;John 1:51;Acts 7:56;10:11;Rev. 19:11] the heavens were opened, and I saw ch. 8:3;40:2;[ch. 11:24;Num. 12:6]visions of God.1:1 Or from God2 On the fifth day of the month (it was [ch. 8:1]; See ch. 20:1the fifth year of 2 Kgs. 24:12,15;[ch. 17:12;19:8;33:21; 40:1]the exile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel [ver. 1] the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by [See ver. 1above] the Chebar canal, and ch. 3:22;8:1;33:22;37:1;40:1;[1 Kgs. 18:46;2 Kgs. 3:15]the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
4 As I looked, behold, Jer. 23:19;25:32;30:23;[ch. 3:12] a stormy wind came See Jer. 1:14out of the north, and a great cloud, with ver. 27brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, ver. 27;ch. 8:2as it were gleaming metal.1:4 Or amber; also verse 275 And from the midst of it came the likeness of See Rev. 4:6-8four living creatures. ch. 10:14,21And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, 6 ch. 10:21but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot. And they sparkled ch. 40:3;Rev. 1:15;2:18like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings ver. 17;ch. 10:11on their four sides ch. 10:8,21they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings touched one another. ch. 10:22Each one of them went straight forward, [See ver. 8above]without turning as they went. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, ch. 10:14,21each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while ver. 23;[Isa. 6:2]two covered their bodies. 12 [See ver. 9above] And each went straight forward. ch. 10:17Wherever the spirit1:12 Or Spirit; also twice in verse 20 and once in verse 21 would go, they went, without turning as they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was [Ps. 104:4] like burning coals of fire, [Ps. 104:4] like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. [Ps. 97:3,4]And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures [Zech. 4:10] darted to and fro, [Matt. 24:27;Luke 17:24]like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 ch. 10:9;[Dan. 7:9]Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.1:15 Hebrew of their faces16 [See ver. 15above] As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like [Dan. 10:6] the gleaming of beryl. ch. 10:10And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 ch. 10:11When they went, they went ver. 8in any of their four directions1:17 Hebrew on their four sidesver. 9without turning as they went. 18 And their rims were tall and awesome, ch. 10:12;[Rev. 4:8]and the rims of all four were full of eyes all around. 19 ch. 10:16And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; [ch. 10:19;11:22]and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. 20 ch. 10:17Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, ch. 10:17for the spirit of the living creatures1:20 Or the spirit of life; also verse 21 was in the wheels. 21 [See ver. 19above] When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; [See ver. 19above] and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them, [See ver. 20above]for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was [ver. 25, 26; ch. 10:1] the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring [Rev. 4:6]crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 And under the expanse their wings were ver. 7stretched out straight, one toward another. ver. 11And each creature had two wings covering its body. 24 And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings ch. 43:2;[Rev. 1:15] like the sound of many waters, like Ps. 29:3,4;68:33the sound of the See Gen. 17:1Almighty, a sound of tumult Dan. 10:6;[Rev. 19:6]like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above [ver. 22]the expanse over their heads. When they stood still, they let down their wings.
26 And above the expanse over their heads there was ch. 10:1;[1 Kgs. 22:19] the likeness of a throne, ch. 10:1;[1 Kgs. 22:19] in appearance Ex. 24:10like sapphire;1:26 Or lapis lazuli and seated above the likeness of a throne was Dan. 8:15;[Rev. 1:13]a likeness with a human appearance. 27 And ch. 8:2;[ver. 4] upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were See ver. 4gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and ver. 4there was brightness around him.1:27 Or it28 Like the appearance of Gen. 9:13;[Rev. 4:3;10:1] the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.
Such was the appearance of the likeness of ch. 3:23;8:4;9:3;10:4,18,19;11:22,23;43:4,5;44:4;[Ex. 24:16] the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, ch. 3:23;43:3;44:4;[Gen. 17:3,17;Josh. 5:14;Dan. 8:17;Acts 9:4;Rev. 1:17]I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
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