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Ezekiel Sees the Living Creatures and Wheels
by emmanuel_higgins
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Ezekiel 1:6
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Now it came
to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month
, in the fifth
day
of the month, as I
was
among the captives by the river of Chebar,
that
the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2
In the fifth
day
of the month, which
was
the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3
The word of the
L
ORD
came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the
L
ORD
was there upon him.
4
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was
about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5
Also out of the midst thereof
came
the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was
their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7
And their feet
were
straight feet; and the sole of their feet
was
like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8
And
they had
the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9
Their wings
were
joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11
Thus
were
their faces: and their wings
were
stretched upward; two
wings
of every one
were
joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went;
and
they turned not when they went.
13
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
was
like burning coals of fire,
and
like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16
The appearance of the wheels and their work
was
like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work
was
as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17
When they went, they went upon their four sides:
and
they turned not when they went.
18
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings
were
full of eyes round about them four.
19
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither
was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature
was
in the wheels.
21
When those went,
these
went; and when those stood,
these
stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature
was
in the wheels.
22
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature
was
as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23
And under the firmament
were
their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25
And there was a voice from the firmament that
was
over their heads, when they stood,
and
had let down their wings.
26
And above the firmament that
was
over their heads
was
the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne
was
the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so
was
the appearance of the brightness round about. This
was
the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the
L
ORD
. And when I saw
it
, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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