Ezekiel 1:15-28

15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 1wheel on the earth beside the living beings, 2for each of the four of them. 16The 3appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like 4sparkling 5beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if 6one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they 7moved, they 8moved in any of their four 9directions without 10turning as they 11moved. 18As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were 12full of eyes round about. 1913Whenever the living beings 14moved, the wheels 15moved with them. And whenever the living beings 16rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 2017Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction18. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living 19beings was in the wheels. 2120Whenever 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 21beings was in the wheels.

22Now 22over the heads of the living 23beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of 24crystal, spread out over their heads. 23Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had 25two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24I also heard the sound of their wings like the 26sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 27voice of 28the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the 29sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25And there came a voice from above the 30expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

26Now 31above the expanse that was over their heads there was something 32resembling a throne, like 3334lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a 35man. 27Then I 36noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something 37like 38glowing 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 39rainbow 40in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the 41glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I 42fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.