Ezekiel 1:4-28

4As I looked, behold, a 1high wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing intermittently and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like 2gleaming 3metal in the midst of the fire. 5And within it there were figures resembling 4four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human 5form. 6Each of them had 6four faces and 7four wings. 7Their legs were straight and 8their feet were like a calf’s 9hoof, and they sparkled like 10polished bronze. 8Under their wings on their 11four sides were human 12hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did 13not turn when they moved, each 14went straight forward. 10As for the 15form of their faces, each had a human 16face; 17all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and 18all four had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and 19two covering their bodies. 12And 20each went straight forward; 21wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1322In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 23fire, 24like torches moving among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 25flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 26ran back and forth like bolts of 27lightning.

15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 28wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for 29each of the four of them. 16The 30appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like 31sparkling 32topaz, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if 33one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they 34moved, they 35moved in any of their four 36directions without 37turning as they 38moved. 18As for their rims, they were high and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were 3940covered with eyes all around. 1941Whenever the living beings 42moved, the wheels 43moved with them. And whenever the living beings 44rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 2045Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction46. And the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living 47beings was in the wheels. 2148Whenever those went, they went; and whenever those stopped, they stopped. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living 49beings was in the wheels.

22Now 50over the heads of the living 51beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads. 23Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had 52two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24And I also heard the sound of their wings, like the 53sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 54voice of 55the Almighty, a sound of a crowd like the 56sound of an army camp; whenever they stopped, they let down their wings. 25And a voice came from above the 57expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they let down their wings.

26Now 58above the expanse that was over their heads there was something 59resembling a throne, like 6061lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a 62man. 27Then I 63noticed from the appearance of His waist and upward something 64like gleaming 65metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. 28Like the appearance of the 66rainbow 67in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the 68glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I 69fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.