3. the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And the hand of the Lord was on him there.
4. As I looked, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually, and a brightness was all around it, and in its midst something as glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
5. Also out of the midst came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
6. Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7. Their legs were straight and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s hoof. And they gleamed like the color of burnished bronze.
8. They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,
9. their wings were joined to one another. Their faces did not turn when they went. Each went straight forward.
10. As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man, and all four had the face of a lion on the right side, and the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle.
11. Thus were their faces. And their wings were stretched upward. Two wings of every one were joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.
12. Each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit was to go, they would go and not turn as they went.
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.
14. The living creatures ran to and fro as the appearance of a flash of lightning.