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Ezekiel 1:13-28 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. It was moving to and fro between the living creatures, and the fire was very bright and lightning was going out from the fire.

14. And the living creatures were speeding to and fro like the appearance of lightning.

15. And I saw the living creatures, and look! A wheel was on the earth beside each of the living creatures that had four faces.

16. The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like the appearance of beryl, and they all looked alike, and their appearance and their construction was like a wheel within a wheel.

17. When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not veer at all as they went.

18. And their rims were high and awesome, and all four of their rims were full of eyes all around.

19. And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them also went, and when the creatures were lifted from the ground the wheels also rose.

20. Wherever the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21. At their going, they go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth, the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

22. Now the likeness above the heads of the living creatures was an expanse like the outward appearance of awesome ice spread out above their heads upward.

23. And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight one toward the other; each had two wings covering them, and each had two wings covering their bodies.

24. And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the voice of Shaddai, and when they moved there was a sound of tumult like the sound of an army; when they stood still they lowered their wings.

25. And there was a sound from above the expanse that was above their heads, and when they stood they lowered their wings.

26. And from above the expanse that was above their heads there was the likeness of a throne, looking like a sapphire, and above the likeness of the throne was a likeness similar to the appearance of a human on it, but above it.

27. And I saw something like the outward appearance of amber, something like the appearance of fire, with a covering around it, from the likeness of his loins and upward. And from the likeness of his loins and downward I saw something like the appearance of fire, and it was radiant all around.

28. Like the appearance of a bow that is in the cloud on a rainy day, such was the radiance around it; thus was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.

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