Ezekiel 1:3-28

Ezekiel 1:3-28

[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  [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  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  and two  covered  their bodies.  [12] every one  straight  forward:  whither the spirit  and they turned  [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] upon their four  sides:  and they turned  [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  the wheels  by them:  and when the living creatures  were lifted up  from the earth,  the wheels  were lifted up.  [20] Whithersoever the spirit  and the wheels  were lifted up  over against  them: for the spirit  of the living creature  was in the wheels.  [21] and when those 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] 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  [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.