1. And it came to be in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Keḇar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of Elohim.
2. On the fifth of the month, in the fifth year of Sovereign Yehoyaḵin’s exile,
3. the word of יהוה came expressly to Yeḥezqĕl the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Keḇar. And the hand of יהוה came upon him there.
4. And I looked and saw a whirlwind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing itself. And brightness was all around it, and out of its midst like glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire,
5. and out of the midst of it came what looked like four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
6. And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
7. And their feet were straight feet, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calves’ foot. And they sparkled like the appearance of polished bronze,
8. and under their wings on their four sides were the hands of a man. And each of the four had faces and wings –
9. their wings touched one another. They did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.
10. And the likeness of their faces: the face of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, and each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.
11. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward, two of each touched one another, and two covered their bodies.
12. And each one went straight forward, going wherever the spirit was to go, and they did not turn when they went.