13. The living creatures looked like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures. It was bright. Lightning flashed out of it.
14. The creatures raced back and forth like flashes of lightning.
15. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw wheels on the ground beside them. Each creature had four faces.
16. Here's how the wheels looked and worked. They gleamed like chrysolite. All four of them looked alike. Each one seemed to be made like a wheel inside another wheel at right angles.
17. The wheels could go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced. The wheels didn't change their direction as the creatures moved.
18. Their rims were high and terrifying. All four rims were full of eyes all the way around them.
19. When the creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved. When the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
20. Anywhere their spirits would lead them to go, they would go. And the wheels would rise along with them. That's because the spirits of the living creatures were in the wheels.
21. When the creatures moved, the wheels also moved. When the creatures stood still, they also stood still. When the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them. That's because the spirits of the living creatures were in the wheels.
22. Something that looked like a huge space was spread out above the heads of the living creatures. It gleamed like ice. It was terrifying.
23. The wings of the creatures were spread out under the space. They reached out toward one another. Each creature had two wings covering its body.
24. When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings. It was like the roar of rushing waters. It sounded like the thundering voice of the Mighty One. It was like the loud noise an army makes. When the creatures stood still, they lowered their wings.
25. Then a voice came from above the huge space over their heads. They stood with their wings lowered.
26. Above the space over their heads was something that looked like a throne made out of sapphire. On the throne high above was a figure that appeared to be human.
27. From his waist up he looked like glowing metal that was full of fire. From his waist down he looked like fire. Bright light surrounded him.