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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year ,
in the fourth month ,
on the fifth day of the month ,
as I was among the captives by the River Chebar ,
that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God .
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On the fifth day of the month ,
which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin '
s captivity ,
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the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest ,
the son of Buzi ,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar ;
and the hand of the LORD was upon him there .
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Then I looked ,
and behold ,
a whirlwind was coming out of the north ,
a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself ;
and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber ,
out of the midst of the fire .
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Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures .
And this was their appearance :
they had the likeness of a man .
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Each one had four faces ,
and each one had four wings .
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Their legs were straight ,
and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves '
feet .
They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze .
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The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides ;
and each of the four had faces and wings .
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Their wings touched one another .
The creatures did not turn when they went ,
but each one went straight forward .
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As for the likeness of their faces ,
each had the face of a man ;
each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side ,
each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side ,
and each of the four had the face of an eagle .
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Thus were their faces .
Their wings stretched upward ;
two wings of each one touched one another ,
and two covered their bodies .
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And each one went straight forward ;
they went wherever the spirit wanted to go ,
and they did not turn when they went .
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As for the likeness of the living creatures ,
their appearance was like burning coals of fire ,
like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures .
The fire was bright ,
and out of the fire went lightning .
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And the living creatures ran back and forth ,
in appearance like a flash of lightning .
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Now as I looked at the living creatures ,
behold ,
a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces .
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The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl ,
and all four had the same likeness .
The appearance of their workings was ,
as it were ,
a wheel in the middle of a wheel .
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When they moved ,
they went toward any one of four directions ;
they did not turn aside when they went .
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As for their rims ,
they were so high they were awesome ;
and their rims were full of eyes ,
all around the four of them .
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When the living creatures went ,
the wheels went beside them ;
and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth ,
the wheels were lifted up .
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Wherever the spirit wanted to go ,
they went ,
because there the spirit went ;
and the wheels were lifted together with them ,
for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels .
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When those went ,
these went ;
when those stood ,
these stood ;
and when those were lifted up from the earth ,
the wheels were lifted up together with them ,
for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels .
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The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal ,
stretched out over their heads .
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And under the firmament their wings spread out straight ,
one toward another .
Each one had two which covered one side ,
and each one had two which covered the other side of the body .
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When they went ,
I heard the noise of their wings ,
like the noise of many waters ,
like the voice of the Almighty ,
a tumult like the noise of an army ;
and when they stood still ,
they let down their wings .
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A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads ;
whenever they stood ,
they let down their wings .
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And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne ,
in appearance like a sapphire stone ;
on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it .
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Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw ,
as it were ,
the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it ;
and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw ,
as it were ,
the appearance of fire with brightness all around .
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Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day ,
so was the appearance of the brightness all around it .
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD .
So when I saw it ,
I fell on my face ,
and I heard a voice of One speaking .
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And He said to me , "
Son of man ,
stand on your feet ,
and I will speak to you ."
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Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me ,
and set me on my feet ;
and I heard Him who spoke to me .
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And He said to me : "
Son of man ,
I am sending you to the children of Israel ,
to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me ;
they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day .
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For they are impudent and stubborn children .
I am sending you to them ,
and you shall say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD .'
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As for them ,
whether they hear or whether they refuse--for they are a rebellious house--yet they will know that a prophet has been among them .
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And you ,
son of man ,
do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words ,
though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions ;
do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks ,
though they are a rebellious house .
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You shall speak My words to them ,
whether they hear or whether they refuse ,
for they are rebellious .
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But you ,
son of man ,
hear what I say to you .
Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house ;
open your mouth and eat what I give you ."
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Now when I looked ,
there was a hand stretched out to me ;
and behold ,
a scroll of a book was in it .
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Then He spread it before me ;
and there was writing on the inside and on the outside ,
and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe .
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Moreover He said to me , "
Son of man ,
eat what you find ;
eat this scroll ,
and go ,
speak to the house of Israel ."