1. 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.