1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth
year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the
midst of the captivity by the river of Chobar; and the heavens were opened,
and I saw visions of Elohim.
1:2 On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity
of king Joakim.
1:3 And the word of Yehovah came to Jezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chobar; and the hand of the
Lord was upon me.
1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a
great cloud on it, and [there was] brightness round about it, and gleaming
fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst
of the fire, and brightness in it.
1:5 And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And
this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them.
1:6 And each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] four wings.
1:7 And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and [there
were] sparks, like gleaming brass, and their wings were light.
1:8 And the hand of a man was under their wings on their four sides.
1:9 And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went everyone
straight forward.
1:10 And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of
a lion on the right of the four; and the face of a calf on the left of the
four; and the face of an eagle to the four.
1:11 And the four had their wings spread out above; each one [had] two
joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.
1:12 And each one went straight forward: wherever the spirit was going they
went, and turned not back.
1:13 And in the midst of the living creatures [there was] an appearance as
of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living
creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth
lightning.
1:14
1:15 And I looked, and, behold, the four [had each] one wheel on the ground
near the living creatures.
1:16 And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of beryl: and
the four had one likeness: and their work was as it were a wheel in a wheel.
1:17 They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went;
1:18 neither did their backs [turn]: and they were high: and I beheld them,
and the backs of them four were full of eyes round about.
1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when
the living creatures lifted themselves off the earth. the wheels were lifted
off.
1:20 Wherever the cloud happened to be, there was the spirit ready to go:
the wheels went and were lifted up with them; because the spirit of life was
in the wheels.
1:21 When those went, [the wheels] went; and when those stood, [the wheels]
stood; and when those lifted themselves off the earth, they were lifted off
with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
1:22 And the likeness over the heads of the living creatures was as a
firmament, as the appearance of crystal, spread out over their wings above.
1:23 And their wings were spread out under the firmament, reaching one to
the other; two [wings] to each, covering their bodies.
1:24 And I heard the sound of their wings when they went, as the sound of
much water: and when they stood, their wings were let down.
1:25 And lo! a voice from above the firmament
1:26 that was over their head, [there was] as the appearance of a sapphire
stone, [and] the likeness of a throne upon it: and upon the likeness of the
throne was the likeness as an appearance of a man above.
1:27 And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of
the loins and upwards, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw
an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about.
1:28 As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain,
so was the form of brightness round about. |
1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth
year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the
captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw
visions of Elohim.
1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity,
1:3 The word of Yehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of
Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the
Yehovah was there upon him.
1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind 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 colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like
the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished
brass.
1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings.
1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went;
they went every one straight forward.
1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man,
and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an
ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings
of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go,
they went; and they turned not when they went.
1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like
burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down
among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire
went forth lightning.
1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth
by the living creatures, with his four faces.
1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of
a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work
was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not
when they went.
1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and
their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when
the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted
up.
1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit
to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of
the living creature was in the wheels.
1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and
when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature
was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads
above.
1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the
other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two,
which covered on that side, their bodies.
1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of
great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the
noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,
when they stood, and had let down their wings.
1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a
throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the
throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about
within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the
appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of
fire, and it had brightness round about.
1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance
of the likeness of the glory of Yehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my
face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. |