Ezekiel 1:4-24

Legacy Standard Bible

⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(A)storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light all around it, and in its midst something like the gleam of ^(B)glowing metal in the midst of the fire. ⁵ And within it there were figures with the likeness of ^(C)four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the ^(D)likeness of a man. ⁶ And each of them had ^(E)four faces and ^(F)four wings. ⁷ And their legs were straight, and ^[a]their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled like the gleam of ^(G)burnished bronze. ⁸ And under their wings on their ^(H)four sides were ^(I)hands of a man. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, ⁹ their wings touched one another; their faces did ^(J)not turn as they went; each ^(K)went straight forward. ¹⁰ And as for the ^(L)likeness of their faces, each had the ^(M)face of a man; ^[b]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and ^[c]all four had the face of an eagle. ¹¹ And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and ^(N)two covering their bodies. ¹² And ^(O)each went straight forward; ^(P)wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. ^13 [d]As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of ^(Q)fire, ^[e]like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning was ^[f]flashing from the fire. ¹⁴ And the living creatures ^(R)ran to and fro with the appearance of ^(S)lightning.

¹⁵ Then I looked at the living creatures, and behold, there was one ^(T)wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, ^[g]for each of the four of them. ¹⁶ The ^(U)appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the gleam of ^(V)beryl, and all four of them had the same likeness, their appearance and workmanship being as if ^[h]one wheel were within another. ¹⁷ Whenever they went, they went in any of their four ^[i]directions without ^(W)turning as they went. ¹⁸ And as for their rims, they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were ^(X)full of eyes all around. ^19 (Y)And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. And when the living creatures ^(Z)rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. ^20 (AA)Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction, ^[j]where the spirit was about to go. And the wheels rose alongside of them; for the spirit of the living ^[k]creatures was in the wheels. ^21 (AB)Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living ^[l]creatures was in the wheels.

The Vision of the Glory of Yahweh

²² Now ^(AC)over the heads of the living ^[m]creatures there was something with the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome gleam of ^[n]crystal, spread out over their heads above. ²³ And underneath the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had ^(AD)two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. ²⁴ I also heard the sound of their wings like the ^(AE)sound of many waters as they went, like the ^[o](AF)sound of ^[p]the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the ^(AG)sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.