Ezekiel Chapter 1

¹ The fifth day, fourth month, thirtieth year, I was by the Chebar River with the exiles. The sky opened up, and I saw a vision of God. ( ² The fifth month, fifth year of Jehoiachin’s exile, ³ God’s message came to Ezekiel, and God’s hand came on him.) ⁴ A strong north wind was blowing, and a large cloud with a bright glow around it flashed constantly with lightning. In the cloud was something like glowing metal ⁵ and four figures like living beings with human forms. ⁶ Each one had four faces and four wings. ⁷ They had straight legs, and their feet resembled calf hooves that shined like polished bronze. ⁸ There were hands under their wings, ⁹ and the wings of all four touched each other. Their faces didn’t turn as they moved straight forward. ¹⁰ Each one had the faces of a man, an eagle, a lion on the right, and a bull on the left. ¹¹ Their wings spread out above them, two wings touching the wings of the next living beings and two covering their bodies. ¹² They went straight forward wherever the spirit went, without turning as they went. ¹³ Among the beings were what looked like burning coals, like torches moving back and forth. The fire burned bright, and lightning kept flashing out of it. ¹⁴ The living beings darted back forth like bolts of lightning.

Ezek 1:1-14

¹⁵ A wheel appeared on the ground beside each living being. ¹⁶ The wheels looked like glowing chrysolite built with a wheel inside a wheel. ¹⁷ When they moved in any of the four directions, they moved without turning. ¹⁸ Their rims were tall with eyes all the way around.            ^19-20 When the living beings left the ground or moved, the wheels moved with them. The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. [ ²¹ ]

²² A bright expanse glowed like crystal above them. ²³ Under it their wings stretched out toward one another, and two wings covered the sides of their bodies. ²⁴ Their wings sounded like rushing water, like the Almighty, like war, like an army camp. When they stood still, they lowered their wings, ²⁵ and a voice spoke from the expanse above them.                                             Ezek 1:15-25                

²⁶ High above the expanse was a throne the color of lapis lazuli; the One sitting on it resembled a man. ²⁷ From the waist up, he glowed like metal on fire; from the waist down, he resembled fire. The radiance around him was ²⁸ like a rainbow on a rainy day. This scene looked like the glory of Yahveh. When I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice,

Ezek 1:26-28