Ezekiel 1:5-25

Ezekiel 1:5-25

[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.