1
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
LORD
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
LORD
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.
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
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
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
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
LORD.
And
when
I
saw
[it],
I
fell
upon
my
face,
and
I
heard
a
voice
of
one
that
spake.