Ezekiel 1:12-28

12And 1each went straight forward; 2wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 133In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 4fire, 5like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 6flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 7ran to and fro like bolts of 8lightning.

15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 9wheel on the earth beside the living beings, 10for each of the four of them. 16The 11appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like 12sparkling 13beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if 14one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they 15moved, they 16moved in any of their four 17directions without 18turning as they 19moved. 18As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were 20full of eyes round about. 1921Whenever the living beings 22moved, the wheels 23moved with them. And whenever the living beings 24rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 2025Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction26. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living 27beings was in the wheels. 2128Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living 29beings was in the wheels.

22Now 30over the heads of the living 31beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of 32crystal, spread out over their heads. 23Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had 33two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24I also heard the sound of their wings like the 34sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 35voice of 36the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the 37sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25And there came a voice from above the 38expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

26Now 39above the expanse that was over their heads there was something 40resembling a throne, like 4142lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a 43man. 27Then I 44noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something 45like 46glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. 28As the appearance of the 47rainbow 48in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the 49glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I 50fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.