[0] The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished,
he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom,
he will punish, he will uncover your sins. [1] In the thirtieth year, in
the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles
by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. [2]
On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King
Jehoi'achin), [3] the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son
of Buzi, in the land of the Chalde'ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of
the LORD was upon him there. [4] As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came
out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and
fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were
gleaming bronze. [5] And from the midst of it came the likeness of four
living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
[6] 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 sparkled like burnished bronze. [8] Under their wings
on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and
their wings thus: [9] their wings touched one another; they went every one
straight forward, without turning as they went. [10] As for the likeness of
their faces, each had the face of a man in front; 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 at the back. [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, while two covered their bodies.
[12] And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they
went, without turning as they went. [13] In the midst of the living
creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like
torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was
bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. [14] And the living
creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning. [15] Now as I
looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the
living creatures, one for each of the four of them. [16] As for the
appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like
the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their
construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. [17] When they went,
they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
[18] The four wheels had rims and they had spokes; and their rims were full
of eyes round about. [19] And when the living creatures went, the wheels
went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the
wheels rose. [20] Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels
rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the
wheels. [21] When those went, these went; and when those stood, these
stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them;
for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. [22] Over the
heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament,
shining like crystal, spread out above their heads. [23] And under the
firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and
each creature had two wings covering its body. [24] And when they went, I
heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the
thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when
they stood still, they let down their wings. [25] And there came a voice
from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let
down their wings. [26] And above the firmament over their heads there was
the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the
likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form. [27] And
upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming
bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from
what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were the appearance of
fire, and there was brightness round about him. [28] Like the appearance of
the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of
the brightness round about. Such 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 the
voice of one speaking.
