1Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3the word of Yehovah came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yehovah was there on him. 4And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness all around it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire. 5And out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man; 6and each one had four faces, and each one of them had four wings. 7And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze. 8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus: 9their wings were joined one to another; they did not turn when they went; they each went straight forward. 10As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle. 11And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12And they each went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they did not turn when they went. 13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14And the living creatures ran and returned like the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of their four faces. 16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17When they went, they went in their four directions: they did not turn when they went. 18As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around. 19And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there the spirit was to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched out over their heads above. 23And under the firmament their wings were straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered on that side, their bodies. 24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings. 26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, like the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness like the appearance of a man on it above. 27And I saw as it were glowing metal, like the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness all around him. 28Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yehovah. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one who spoke.