1. And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth of the month, and I [am] in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.
2. In the fifth of the month--it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin--
3. hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.
4. And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.
5. And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,
6. and four faces [are] to each, and four wings [are] to each of them,
7. and their feet [are] straight feet, and the sole of their feet [is] as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;
8. and hands of man under their wings--on their four sides, and their faces and their wings--[are] to them four;
9. joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.
10. As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right [are] to them four, and the face of an ox on the left [are] to them four, and the face of an eagle [are] to them four.
11. And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.