Ezekiel 1
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Ezekiel 1:15-28

15Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.

16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.

17When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.

18Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

19When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.

20Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

21When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings – it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

26Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

27I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,

28like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

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