Ezekiel 1:5-26

5Within it there were figures resembling 1four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human 2form. 6Each of them had 3four faces and 4four wings. 7Their legs were straight and 5their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like 6burnished bronze. 8Under their wings on their 7four sides were human 8hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did 9not turn when they moved, each 10went straight forward. 10As for the 11form of their faces, each had the 12face of a man; 13all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and 14all four had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and 15two covering their bodies. 12And 16each went straight forward; 17wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1318In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 19fire, 20like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 21flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 22ran to and fro like bolts of 23lightning.

15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 24wheel on the earth beside the living beings, 25for each of the four of them. 16The 26appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like 27sparkling 28beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if 29one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they 30moved, they 31moved in any of their four 32directions without 33turning as they 34moved. 18As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were 35full of eyes round about. 1936Whenever the living beings 37moved, the wheels 38moved with them. And whenever the living beings 39rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 2040Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction41. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living 42beings was in the wheels. 2143Whenever 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 44beings was in the wheels.

22Now 45over the heads of the living 46beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of 47crystal, spread out over their heads. 23Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had 48two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24I also heard the sound of their wings like the 49sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 50voice of 51the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the 52sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25And there came a voice from above the 53expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

26Now 54above the expanse that was over their heads there was something 55resembling a throne, like 5657lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a 58man.