Ezekiel 1:1-14

The Prophet's Vision of the Divine Glory

1¹ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. ² On the fifth of the month, (it was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,) ³ the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

⁴ And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass, out of the midst of the fire. ⁵ Also out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. ⁶ And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. ⁷ And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled as the look of burnished brass. ⁸ And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings: ⁹ their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. ¹⁰ And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle. ¹¹ And their faces and their wings were parted above; two [wings] of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. ¹² And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went. ¹³ And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning. ¹⁴ And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.