1 a[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 bybch. 3:15, 23; 10:15, 20, 22; 43:3 the Chebar canal,c[Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:21; John 1:51; Acts 7:56; 10:11; Rev. 10:11] the heavens were opened, and I sawdch. 8:3; 40:2; [ch. 11:24; Num. 12:6] visions of God.1Or from God 2 On the fifth day of the month (it wase[ch. 8:1]; See ch. 20:1 the fifth year off2 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 Ezekielg[ver. 1] the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans byb[See ver. 1 above] the Chebar canal, andhch. 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,iJer. 23:19; 25:32; 30:23; [ch. 3:12] a stormy wind camejSee Jer. 1:14 out of the north, and a great cloud, withkver. 27 brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire,lver. 27; ch. 8:2 as it were gleaming metal.1Or amber; also verse 27 5 And from the midst of it came the likeness ofmSee Rev. 4:6-8 four living creatures.nch. 10:14, 21 And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, 6 och. 10:21 but 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 sparkledpch. 40:3; Rev. 1:15; 2:18 like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wingsqver. 17; ch. 10:11 on their four sidesrch. 10:8, 21 they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings touched one another.sch. 10:22 Each one of them went straight forward,q[See ver. 8 above] without turning as they went. 10 As for the likeness of their faces,tch. 10:14, 21 each 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, whileuver. 23; [Isa. 6:2] two covered their bodies. 12 s[See ver. 9 above] And each went straight forward.vch. 10:17 Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance wasw[Ps. 104:4] like burning coals of fire,w[Ps. 104:4] like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures.x[Ps. 97:3, 4] And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creaturesy[Zech. 4:10] darted to and fro,z[Matt. 24:27; Luke 17:24] like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 ach. 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. 16 a[See ver. 15 above] As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was likeb[Dan. 10:6] the gleaming of beryl.cch. 10:10 And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 dch. 10:11 When they went, they wentever. 8 in any of their four directionsfver. 9 without turning as they went. 18 And their rims were tall and awesome,gch. 10:12; [Rev. 4:8] and the rims of all four were full of eyes all around. 19 hch. 10:16 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them;i[ch. 10:19; 11:22] and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. 20 jch. 10:17 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them,jch. 10:17 for the spirit of the living creatures1Or the spirit of life; also verse 21 was in the wheels. 21 h[See ver. 19 above] When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;i[See ver. 19 above] and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them,j[See ver. 20 above] for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22 Over the heads of the living creatures there wask[ver. 25, 26; ch. 10:1] the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiringl[Rev. 4:6] crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 And under the expanse their wings weremver. 7 stretched out straight, one toward another.nver. 11 And each creature had two wings covering its body. 24 And when they went, I heard the sound of their wingsoch. 43:2; [Rev. 1:15] like the sound of many waters, likepPs. 29:3, 4; 68:33 the sound of theqSee Gen. 17:1 Almighty, a sound of tumultrDan. 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 aboves[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 wastch. 10:1; [1 Kgs. 22:19] the likeness of a throne,tch. 10:1; [1 Kgs. 22:19] in appearanceuEx. 24:10 like sapphire;1Or lapis lazuli and seated above the likeness of a throne wasvDan. 8:15; [Rev. 1:13] a likeness with a human appearance. 27 Andwch. 8:2; [ver. 4] upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it werexSee ver. 4 gleaming 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, andyver. 4 there was brightness around him.1Or it 28 Like the appearance ofzGen. 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 ofach. 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,bch. 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.