Ezekiel 10:1-7

International Standard Version

The Vision of God’s Throne

10 As I continued to watch, there on the expanse above the heads of the cherubim was a massive^[a] sapphire stone that resembled a throne in form and appearance. ² The Lord^[b] spoke to the man who was clothed in white linen, telling him, “Go between the whirling wheels, under the cherubim, and fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim. Then scatter them^[c] over the city.” So he entered as I watched.^[d]

³ Now the cherubim were standing on the south^[e] side of the entrance to the Temple, when the man entered and a cloud filled the inner court. ⁴ The glory of the Lord rose above the cherub and moved to the threshold of the Temple. A cloud filled the Temple and the court was filled with the brilliance of the Lord’s glory. ⁵ The sound of the wings of the cherubim, reminiscent of the voice of the Sovereign God when he speaks, could be heard as far as the outer court.

⁶ He issued this order to the man who was clothed in white linen: “Take fire from within the whirling wheels, among the cherubim.” So he went and stood beside the wheels.

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Cherubim

⁷ Then a cherub stretched out his hand to the fire, which was among the cherubim, took some of the fire, and placed it in the hands of the one clothed in white linen, who took it and left.