Ezekiel 1:15-28

15I continued to look at the four living things. Each of them had a wheel on the ground at its side.

16The four wheels all looked the same. They shone like bright jewels. The wheels were made like this: Each wheel had another wheel that went across the middle of it.

17They moved forward in the same direction that the living things moved. They did not turn in any other direction.

18The wheels had high edges. Eyes completely covered the edges of all the wheels.

19When the living things moved, the wheels moved with them. If the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose with them.

20The living things went wherever the spirit wanted them to go. The wheels would also go with them. That was because the spirit of the living things was in each wheel.

21When the living things moved, the wheels also moved. When the living things stopped, the wheels stopped moving too. When the living things rose up from the ground, the wheels went up at their side. That happened because the spirit of the living things was in each wheel.

22I saw something over the heads of the living things. It looked like a high roof that shone brightly like ice.

23The living things all stood under the roof. Each of them stood with its wings held out towards the living things on each side of it. They covered their bodies with their other two wings.

24When they moved, I could hear the sound of their wings. They made a noise like lots of water that pours along a river. It was also like the voice of the Almighty God, or the noise of a great army. When the living things stopped moving, they put their wings down at their sides.

25While they stood with their wings down at their sides, I heard a voice. It came from above the roof over their heads.

26Above the roof, there was something that looked like a throne. It was made of a blue jewel called sapphire. On the throne, high above, I saw something that looked like the shape of a man.

27The top part of his body shone like a fire with bright metal in the centre of it. The lower part of his body looked like flames of fire. All around the human shape, there was a very bright light.

28It shone with the colours of a rainbow in the clouds when there is rain. This bright light showed the glory of the Lord, who was there. When I saw this, I bent down low with my face on the ground. I heard a voice that was speaking to me.