Ezekiel

1 1 The time wherein Ezekiel prophesied, in what place. 3 His kindred. 5 The vision of the four beasts. 26 The vision of the throne.

¹ It came to pass in the ^[a]thirtieth year in the fourth month, and in the fifth day of the month (as I was among the captives by the river ^[b]Chebar) that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of ^[c]GOD.

² In the fifth day of the month (which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity)

³ The word of the Lord came unto Ezekiel the Priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, where the ^[d]hand of the Lord was upon him.

⁴ And I looked, and behold, a ^[e]whirlwind came out of the North, a great cloud and a fire wrapped about it, and a brightness was about it, and in the midst thereof, to wit, in the midst of the fire came out as the likeness of ^[f]amber.

⁵ Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of ^[g]four beasts, and this was their form: they had the appearance of a man,

⁶ 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 soles of a calf’s foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of bright brass.

⁸ And the hands of a man came out from under their wings in the four parts of them, and they four had their faces, and their wings.

⁹ They where ^[h]joined by their wings one to another, and when they went forth, they returned not, but every one went straight forward.

¹⁰ And the similitude of their faces was as ^[i]the face of a man: and they four had the face of a lion on the right side, and they four had the face of a bullock on the left side: they four also had the face of an Eagle.

¹¹ Thus were their faces: but their wings were spread out above: two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

¹² And every one went straight forward: they went whither their ^[j]spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.

¹³ The similitude also of the beasts, and their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: for the fire ran among the beasts, and the fire gave a glister, and out of the fire there went lightning.

¹⁴ And the beasts ran, and ^[k]returned like unto lightning.

¹⁵ Now as I beheld the beasts, behold, a wheel appeared upon the earth by the beasts, having four faces.

¹⁶ The fashion of the wheels and their work was like unto a ^[l]Chrysolite: and they four had one form, and their fashion and their work was as one wheel in another wheel.

¹⁷ When they went, they went upon their four sides, and they returned not when they went.

¹⁸ They had also ^[m]rings, and height, and were fearful to behold, and their rings were full of eyes, round about them four.

¹⁹ And when the beasts went, the wheels went with them: and when the beasts were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

²⁰ Whither their spirit led them, they went, and thither did the spirit of the wheels lead them, and the wheels were lifted up besides them: for the spirit of the beasts was in the wheels.

²¹ When the beasts went, they went, and when they stood, they stood, and when they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up besides them: for the spirit of the beasts was in the wheels.

²² And the similitude of the firmament upon the heads of the beasts was wonderful, like unto crystal spread over their heads above.

²³ And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered them, and every one had two which covered their bodies.

²⁴ And when they went forth, I heard the noise of their ^[n]wings, like the noise of great waters, and as the voice of the Almighty, even the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: even when they stood, they ^[o]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 fashion of a throne like unto a Sapphire stone, and upon the similitude of the throne was by appearance, as the similitude of a man above upon it.

²⁷ And I saw as the appearance of amber, and as the similitude of fire ^[p]round about within it to look too, even from his loins upward: and to look too, even from his loins downward, I saw as a likeness of fire, and brightness round about it.

²⁸ As the likeness of the bow, that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the light round about.

²⁹ This was the appearance of the similitude of the glory of the Lord: and when I saw it, I fell ^[q]upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.