Now it came about when I was in my ¹thirtieth year of life, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the ^aRiver Chebar in Babylonia, the ^bheavens were opened and I saw ^cvisions of God. 2 (On the fifth of the month, which was in the ^afifth year of ¹King Jehoiachin’s captivity, 2+@Kin 24:12-14 3 the ^aword of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the ^bland of the ¹Chaldeans by the River ²Chebar; and ^cthe hand of the LORD came upon him there.) 1+@Kin 18:46; 2+@Kin 3:15

4 As I looked, I saw a ^astormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core there was ^bsomething like glowing amber-colored metal in the midst of the fire. 5 Within it there were figures resembling ^1afour living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human ^bform. 6 Each one had ^afour faces and ^bfour wings. 7 Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled and gleamed like ^ashiny bronze. 8 Under their wings on their ^afour sides they had human ^bhands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9 their wings touched one another; their faces did ^anot turn when they moved, each ^bwent straight forward. 10 Regarding the ^1aform and appearance of their faces: they each had the ^bface of a man in front, and each had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face of an ox on the left side; all four also had the face of an eagle at the back of their heads. Rev 4:7 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were stretched out upward; two wings of each one were touching another the wings of the beings on either side of it, and the remaining ^atwo wings of each being were covering their bodies. 12 And ^aeach went straight forward; ^bwherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 Among the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of ^afire, like torches moving back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. 14 And the living beings ^amoved rapidly back and forth like flashes of ^blightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living beings, I saw one ^awheel on the ground beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. 16 Regarding the ^aappearance of the wheels and their construction: they gleamed like ^bchrysolite (beryl, olivine) ; and the four were made alike. Their appearance and construction were a wheel set at a right angle within a wheel. 17 Whenever they moved, they went in any one of their four directions without ^aturning as they moved. 18 Regarding their rims: they were so high that they were awesome and dreadful, and the rims of all four of them were ^afull of eyes all around. 19 ^aWhenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them; and when the living beings ^brose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 ^aWherever the spirit went, the beings went in that direction. And the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit or life of the living beings was in the wheels. 21 ^aWhenever those went, these went; and whenever those came to a stop, these came to a stop; and whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

22 Now stretched ^aover the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, looking like the terrible and awesome shimmer of icy crystal. 23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living being had ^atwo wings which covered its body on one side and on the other side. 24 As they moved, I also heard the sound of their wings like the ^asound of great rushing waters, like the ^bvoice of ¹the Almighty, the sound of tumult like the ^cnoise of an army camp. Whenever they came to a stop, they lowered their wings. 25 And there was a voice above the ^aexpanse that was over their heads; whenever they stopped, they lowered their wings.

26 Now ^aabove the expanse that was over their heads there was something ^bresembling a throne, it appeared like it was made of ^csapphire or lapis lazuli; and seated on that which looked like a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a ^dman. Phil 2:5-8 27 Now upward, from that which appeared to be His waist, I saw something ^alike glowing metal that looked like it was filled with fire all around it; and downward, from that which appeared to be His waist, I saw something like fire; and there was a brightness and a remarkable radiance like a halo around Him. 28 As the appearance of the ^arainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the ^bglory and brilliance of the LORD. And when I saw it, I ^cfell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking. Rev 4:3