Now it came to pass in the thirtiethyear, in the fourthmonth, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavenswereopened, and I saw visions of God.
The word of the LORDcameexpresslyuntoEzekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the riverChebar; and the hand of the LORD was thereupon him.
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwindcame out of the north, a greatcloud, and a fireinfoldingitself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midstthereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
As for the likeness of theirfaces, theyfour had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the rightside: and theyfour had the face of an ox on the leftside; theyfouralso had the face of an eagle.
As for the likeness of the livingcreatures, theirappearance was likeburningcoals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and downamong the livingcreatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the firewentforthlightning.
The appearance of the wheels and theirwork was likeunto the colour of a beryl: and theyfour had one likeness: and theirappearance and theirwork was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, theywent, thither was theirspirit to go; and the wheelswerelifted up overagainstthem: for the spirit of the livingcreature was in the wheels.
Whenthosewent, thesewent; and whenthosestood, thesestood; and whenthosewerelifted up from the earth, the wheelswerelifted up overagainstthem: for the spirit of the livingcreature was in the wheels.
And under the firmamentweretheirwingsstraight, the one toward the other: every one had two, whichcovered on thisside, and every one had two, whichcovered on thatside, theirbodies.
And whentheywent, I heard the noise of theirwings, like the noise of greatwaters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: whentheystood, they let downtheirwings.
And above the firmamentthat was overtheirheads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphirestone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man aboveupon it.
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fireroundaboutwithin it, from the appearance of his loinsevenupward, and from the appearance of his loinsevendownward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightnessroundabout.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightnessroundabout. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fellupon my face, and I heard a voice of one thatspake.