1And it was in the thirtieth year in the fifth day of the fourth month, and I was within the captivity by the River Kebar, and the Heavens were opened and I saw visions of God 2In the fifth day in the month of the fifth year of the captivity of Yoiakin, King of Judea 3The word of LORD JEHOVAH came to Khezekiel, son of Buzi, the Priest

4And I saw and, behold, the wind of a hurricane was coming from the north, a great cloud and a fire that was kindled, and it shone brightly around it, and within it was as a figure from within the fire 5And from within it was the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: as the likeness of the sons of men 6And each had four faces and four wings 7And their legs were straight and the soles of their feet as the hooves of calves, and they shone like shining brass 8And the hand of a son of man was under their wings from their four sides, and their faces and their wings were at their sides 9And their wings were joined one to another, and whenever they were going, they were going on to the front of them, and they were not turning around 10And the likeness of their faces: the face of a son of man and the face of a lion on their right side and the face of an ox and the face an eagle on their left side 11And their faces and their wings were extending from above; two joined one to the other, and two covered their bodies 12And they were going on forward to the place that The Spirit was going, and they were not turning around 13And the appearance of the beasts was as the appearance of burning fiery coals of fire, and like the appearance of a lamp walking among the beasts, and the fire was shining brightly and lightning was going out from it 14And the living creatures were running and were not turning, like the appearance of a comet

15And I saw the beasts, and behold, wheels in the earth on the side of these four beasts 16And the appearance of the wheels and their work, as the appearance of chrysolite and the appearance was the same for the four of them; and their appearance and their work was like a wheel within a wheel 17On their four sides they were going on, and were not turning around, and to the place that their head was turning, to go after it they were going on and they were not turning 18And their backs were high and they could see, and the backs of the four of them were full of eyes when they were going around 19And when the beasts went on, the wheels were going with them, and whenever the beasts were lifted up from the Earth, the wheels were lifted up with them 20And to the place that The Spirit was going, they were going on, and the wheels were going up with them, because the living Spirit was in the wheels 21And when they were going on, they were going on, and when they were standing still, they were standing still, and whenever they were lifted up from the Earth, the wheels were lifted up with them, because The Spirit was in the wheels

22And as it were the form of the appearance of an awesome crystal extended above the heads of the beasts 23And under it their wings were straight, each against each from above, and from beneath, two covered them and two covered their bodies 24And I heard the sound of their wings as a sound of many waters and like the voice of God when they were going, and like the sound of talking within a camp, and whenever they were standing their wings were silent 25And there was a sound over the tabernacle above their heads, and when they were standing, their wings were still

26And above the tabernacle, above their heads, there was as it were the appearance of stone of sapphire and as the likeness of a throne, and upon the form of the throne was as it were the likeness and the appearance of a son of man upon it from above 27And I saw like the appearance of God and like the appearance of fire from within a circle to him. From the appearance of his waist and above and from his waist and below, I saw as the appearance of fire and it shone around him 28Like the appearance of a rainbow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness that was around him, and thus was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of LORD JEHOVAH, and I saw him, and I fell on my face, and I heard his voice that was speaking