Ezekiel 1:15-28

English Standard Version

^15 (A)Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.^{[a] 16 (B)}As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like ^(C)the gleaming of beryl. ^(D)And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. ^17 (E)When they went, they went ^(F)in any of their four directions^{[b] (G)}without turning as they went. ¹⁸ And their rims were tall and awesome, ^(H)and the rims of all four were full of eyes all around. ^19 (I)And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; ^(J)and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. ^20 (K)Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, ^(L)for the spirit of the living creatures^[c] was in the wheels. ^21 (M)When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; ^(N)and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them, ^(O)for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

²² Over the heads of the living creatures there was ^(P)the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring ^(Q)crystal, spread out above their heads. ²³ And under the expanse their wings were ^(R)stretched out straight, one toward another. ^(S)And each creature had two wings covering its body. ²⁴ And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings ^(T)like the sound of many waters, like ^(U)the sound of the ^(V)Almighty, a sound of tumult ^(W)like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. ²⁵ And there came a voice from above ^(X)the expanse over their heads. When they stood still, they let down their wings.

²⁶ And above the expanse over their heads there was ^(Y)the likeness of a throne, ^(Z)in appearance ^(AA)like sapphire;^[d] and seated above the likeness of a throne was ^(AB)a likeness with a human appearance. ²⁷ And ^(AC)upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were ^(AD)gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and ^(AE)there was brightness around him.^{[e] 28} Like the appearance of ^(AF)the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

Such was the appearance of the likeness of ^(AG)the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, ^(AH)I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.