Ezekiel 1:5-26

5And within 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 6hoof, and they sparkled like 7polished bronze. 8Under their wings on their 8four sides were human 9hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9their wings touched one another; their faces did 10not turn when they moved, each 11went straight forward. 10As for the 12form of their faces, each had a human 13face; 14all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and 15all four had the face of an eagle. 11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and 16two covering their bodies. 12And 17each went straight forward; 18wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1319In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of 20fire, 21like torches moving among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was 22flashing from the fire. 14And the living beings 23ran back and forth like bolts of 24lightning.

15Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one 25wheel on the ground beside the living beings, for 26each of the four of them. 16The 27appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like 28sparkling 29topaz, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if 30one wheel were within another. 17Whenever they 31moved, they 32moved in any of their four 33directions without 34turning as they 35moved. 18As for their rims, they were high and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were 3637covered with eyes all around. 1938Whenever the living beings 39moved, the wheels 40moved with them. And whenever the living beings 41rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 2042Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction43. And the wheels rose just as they did; for the spirit of the living 44beings was in the wheels. 2145Whenever 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 46beings was in the wheels.

22Now 47over the heads of the living 48beings 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 49two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24And I also heard the sound of their wings, like the 50sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 51voice of 52the Almighty, a sound of a crowd like the 53sound of an army camp; whenever they stopped, they let down their wings. 25And a voice came from above the 54expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they let down their wings.

26Now 55above the expanse that was over their heads there was something 56resembling a throne, like 5758lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a 59man.