rsv Ezekiel:1:4-25
rsv@Ezekiel:1:4 @ As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:5 @ And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
rsv@Ezekiel:1:6 @ but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:7 @ Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:8 @ Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
rsv@Ezekiel:1:9 @ their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:10 @ As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:11 @ Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:12 @ And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:13 @ In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:14 @ And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:15 @ Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:16 @ As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:17 @ When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:18 @ The four wheels had rims and they had spokes; and their rims were full of eyes round about.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:19 @ And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:20 @ Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:21 @ When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:22 @ Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:23 @ And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:24 @ And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
rsv@Ezekiel:1:25 @ And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
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