Ezekiel 1:1-14

1Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the 1river Chebar among the exiles, the 2heavens were opened and I saw 34visions of God. 2(On the fifth of the month 5in the 6fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, 3the 7word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the 8land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there 9the hand of the Lord came upon him.)

4As I looked, behold, a 10storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like 11glowing metal in the midst of the fire. 5Within it there were figures resembling 12four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human 13form. 6Each of them had 14four faces and 15four wings. 7Their legs were straight and 16their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like 17burnished bronze. 8Under their wings on their 18four sides were human 19hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did 20not turn when they moved, each 21went straight forward. 10As for the 22form of their faces, each had the 23face of a man; 24all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and 25all four had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and 26two covering their bodies. 12And 27each went straight forward; 28wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1329In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 30fire, 31like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 32flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 33ran to and fro like bolts of 34lightning.