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Chapter 1
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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 God. |
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In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year
of king Jehoiachin's captivity, |
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The word of the LORD 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 LORD was there upon
him. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And every one had four faces, and every one had four
wings. |
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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. |
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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on
their four sides; and they four had their faces and their
wings. |
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Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not
when they went; they went every one straight forward. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the
spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they
went. |
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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. |
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance
of a flash of lightning. |
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Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel
upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. |
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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. |
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When they went, they went upon their four sides: and
they turned not when they went. |
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As for their rings, they were so high that they were
dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about
them four. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And there was a voice from the firmament that was over
their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my
face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. |
