Ezekiel Chapter 1 (Index)

001  Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

002  In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

003  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 was there upon him.

004  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.

005  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.

006  And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

007  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.

008  And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

009  Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

010  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.

011  Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

012  And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

013  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.

014  And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

015  Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

016  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.

017  When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

018  As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

019  And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

020  Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

021  When those went, these went; and when those stood, these 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.

022  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.

023  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.

024  And when they went, 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.

025  And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

026  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 upon it.

027  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.

028  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.