Ezekiel:1

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* And it happened in the thirtieth year , in the fourth month , in the fifth of the month , as I was among the captives by the river Chebar , the heavens were opened , and I saw visions of God . * On the fifth of the month , the fifth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin the king , * the word of Jehovah surely became known to Ezekiel , the son of Buzi , the priest , in the land of the Chaldeans , by the river Chebar . And there the hand of Jehovah was on him . * And I looked , and behold , a windstorm came out of the north , a great cloud . and a fire flashing itself , and a brightness to it all around . And out of its midst , like the color of polished bronze it came , out of the midst of the fire . * Also from its midst came the likeness of four living creatures . And this was how they looked : they had the likeness of a man , * and four faces were to each , and four wings to each of them , * and their feet were straight feet , and the sole of their feet like the sole of a calf 's foot . And they sparkled like the color of burnished copper . * And the hands of a man extended from under their wings on their four sides . And their faces and their wings were to the four of them , * joining each one to the other by their wings . They did not turn in their going , each one went toward the front of their face . * And the likeness of their faces : the face of a man , and the face of a lion , on the right side to the four of them ; and the face of an ox on the left to the four of them , and the face of an eagle to the four of them . * So their faces were . And their wings were spread upward , to each , the two wings were joined , and two wings of each covering their bodies . * And each went toward the front of their faces . To where the spirit was to go , there they went ; they did not turn in their going . * And the likeness of the living creatures : they appeared like coals of burning fire , like the appearance of torches ; it was continually circling among the living creatures . And the fire was bright , and out of the fire went forth lightning . * And the living creatures kept running and returning , like the appearance of a flash of lightning . * And I looked at the living creatures , and , behold , one wheel was on the earth beside the living creatures , with the four of its faces . * The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the color of beryl ; and the one likeness was to the four of them . And their appearance and their workmanship was like the wheel in the middle of the wheel . * They went on the four of their sides in their going , they did not turn in their going . * And also their rims were high to them , even awesome to them . And their rims were full of eyes all around the four of them . * And in the going of the living creatures the wheels went beside them . And in the lifting up of the living creatures from on the earth , the wheels were lifted up . * There where the spirit was to go , there they went ; there their spirit was to go , and the wheels were lifted up along with them . For the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels . * In their going , these went ; and in their standing still , these stood still . And in their being lifted up from the earth , the wheels were lifted up along with them . For the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels . * And a likeness was over the heads of the living creature , an expanse like the color of awesome crystal , stretched out over their heads from above . * And under the expanse their wings were straight , the one toward the other , to each , two wings covering on this side , and to each two covering on that side of their bodies . * And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of great waters , like the voice of the Almighty . In their going was the sound of tumult , like the sound of an army . In their standing still , they let down their wings . * And there was a voice from the expanse that was over their heads . In their standing still , they let down their wings . * And from above the expanse that was over their heads was an appearance like a sapphire stone , the likeness of a throne . And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness in appearance like a man on it from above . * And I saw Him , like the color of polished bronze , looking like fire within it all around . From the appearance of His loins and upward , and from the appearance of His loins and downward , I saw Him looking like fire ; and brightness to it all around . * As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of the rain , so appeared the brightness all around . This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah . And I saw , and I fell on my face , and I heard a voice of One speaking .

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