<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="7970">thirtieth</s><sn="8141">year</s>, in the <sn="7243">fourth</s> month, in the <sn="2568">fifth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, as <sn="589">I</s> was <sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="1473">captives</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="5104">river</s> of <sn="3529">Chebar</s>, that the <sn="8064">heavens</s> were <sn="6605">opened</s>, and I <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="4759">visions</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>In the <sn="2568">fifth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> was the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3112">Jehoiachin</s> 's <sn="1546">captivity</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> came <sn="1961 1961">expressly</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3168">Ezekiel</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="941">Buzi</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="5104">river</s><sn="3529">Chebar</s>; and the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='4'>And I <sn="7200">looked</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, a <sn="7307 5591">whirlwind</s><sn="935">came</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6828">north</s>, a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="6051">cloud</s>, and a <sn="784">fire</s> enfolding <sn="3947">itself</s>, and a <sn="5051">brightness</s> was <sn="5439">about</s> it, and out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> thereof as the <sn="5869">color</s> of <sn="2830">amber</s>, out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of the <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Also out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> thereof came the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of <sn="702">four</s> living <sn="2416">creatures</s>. And <sn="2088">this</s> was their <sn="4758">appearance</s>; <sn="2007">they</s> had the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of a <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And every <sn="259">one</s> had <sn="702">four</s><sn="6440">faces</s>, and every <sn="259">one</s> had <sn="702">four</s><sn="3671">wings</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And their <sn="7272">feet</s> were <sn="3477">straight</s><sn="7272">feet</s>; and the <sn="3709">sole</s> of their <sn="7272">feet</s> was like the <sn="3709">sole</s> of a <sn="5695">calf</s> 's <sn="7272">foot</s>: and they <sn="5340">sparkled</s> like the <sn="5869">color</s> of <sn="7044">burnished</s><sn="5178">brass</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And they had the <sn="3027">hands</s> of a <sn="120">man</s><sn="4480 8478">under</s> their <sn="3671">wings</s><sn="5921">on</s> their <sn="702">four</s><sn="7253">sides</s>; and they <sn="702">four</s> had their <sn="6440">faces</s> and their <sn="3671">wings</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Their <sn="3671">wings</s> were <sn="2266">joined</s><sn="802">one</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="269">another</s>; they <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="3808">not</s> when they <sn="1980">went</s>; they <sn="1980">went</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="5676">straight</s><sn="6440">forward</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>As for the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of their <sn="6440">faces</s>, they <sn="702">four</s> had the <sn="6440">face</s> of a <sn="120">man</s>, and the <sn="6440">face</s> of a <sn="738">lion</s>, <sn="413">on</s> the right <sn="3225">side</s>: and they <sn="702">four</s> had the <sn="6440">face</s> of an <sn="7794">ox</s> on the left <sn="4480 8040">side</s>; they <sn="702">four</s> also had the <sn="6440">face</s> of an <sn="5404">eagle</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Thus were their <sn="6440">faces</s>: and their <sn="3671">wings</s> were <sn="6504">stretched</s><sn="4480 4605">upward</s>; <sn="8147">two</s> wings of every <sn="376">one</s> were <sn="2266">joined</s> one to <sn="376">another</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3680">covered</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1472">bodies</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="1980">went</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="5676">straight</s><sn="6440">forward</s>: <sn="834 8033">whither</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="1961">was</s> to <sn="1980">go</s>, they <sn="1980">went</s>; and they <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="3808">not</s> when they <sn="1980">went</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>As for the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of the living <sn="2416">creatures</s>, their <sn="4758">appearance</s> was like <sn="1197">burning</s><sn="1513">coals</s> of <sn="784">fire</s>, and like the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of <sn="3940">lamps</s>: <sn="1931">it</s> went up and <sn="1980">down</s><sn="996">among</s> the living <sn="2416">creatures</s>; and the <sn="784">fire</s> was <sn="5051">bright</s>, and out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="784">fire</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="1300">lightning</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the living <sn="2416">creatures</s><sn="7519">ran</s> and <sn="7725">returned</s> as the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of a flash of <sn="965">lightning</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Now as I <sn="7200">beheld</s> the living <sn="2416">creatures</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="212">wheel</s> upon the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="681">by</s> the living <sn="2416">creatures</s>, with his <sn="702">four</s><sn="6440">faces</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="4758">appearance</s> of the <sn="212">wheels</s> and their <sn="4639">work</s> was like unto the <sn="5869">color</s> of a <sn="8658">beryl</s>: and they <sn="702">four</s> had <sn="259">one</s><sn="1823">likeness</s>: and their <sn="4758">appearance</s> and their <sn="4639">work</s> was <sn="834">as</s> it <sn="1961">were</s> a <sn="212">wheel</s> in the <sn="8432">middle</s> of a <sn="212">wheel</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>When they <sn="1980">went</s>, they <sn="1980">went</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="702">four</s><sn="7253">sides</s>: and they <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="3808">not</s> when they <sn="1980">went</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>As for their <sn="1354">rings</s>, they were so <sn="1363">high</s> that they were <sn="3374">dreadful</s>; and their <sn="1354">rings</s> were <sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="5869">eyes</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> them <sn="702">four</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And when the living <sn="2416">creatures</s><sn="1980">went</s>, the <sn="212">wheels</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="681">by</s> them: and when the living <sn="2416">creatures</s> were lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, the <sn="212">wheels</s> were lifted <sn="5375">up</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="5921 834 8033">Whithersoever</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="1961">was</s> to <sn="1980">go</s>, they <sn="1980">went</s>, <sn="8033">thither</s> was their <sn="7307">spirit</s> to <sn="1980">go</s>; and the <sn="212">wheels</s> were lifted <sn="5375">up</s> over <sn="5980">against</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the living <sn="2416">creature</s> was in the <sn="212">wheels</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>When those <sn="1980">went</s>, these <sn="1980">went</s>; and when those <sn="5975">stood</s>, these <sn="5975">stood</s>; and when those were lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, the <sn="212">wheels</s> were lifted <sn="5375">up</s> over <sn="5980">against</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the living <sn="2416">creature</s> was in the <sn="212">wheels</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of the <sn="7549">firmament</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of the living <sn="2416">creature</s> was as the <sn="5869">color</s> of the <sn="3372">terrible</s><sn="7140">crystal</s>, stretched <sn="5186">forth</s><sn="5921">over</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="7549">firmament</s> were their <sn="3671">wings</s><sn="3477">straight</s>, the <sn="802">one</s><sn="413">toward</s> the <sn="269">other</s>: every <sn="376">one</s> had <sn="8147">two</s>, which <sn="3680">covered</s> on this <sn="2007">side</s>, and every <sn="376">one</s> had <sn="8147">two</s>, which <sn="3680">covered</s> on that <sn="2007">side</s>, <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1472">bodies</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And when they <sn="1980">went</s>, I <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of their <sn="3671">wings</s>, like the <sn="6963">noise</s> of <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, as the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="7706">Almighty</s>, the <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="1999">speech</s>, as the <sn="6963">noise</s> of a <sn="4264">host</s>: when they <sn="5975">stood</s>, they let <sn="7503">down</s> their <sn="3671">wings</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="7549">firmament</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>, when they <sn="5975">stood</s>, and had let <sn="7503">down</s> their <sn="3671">wings</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="4480 4605">above</s> the <sn="7549">firmament</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s> was the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of a <sn="3678">throne</s>, as the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of a <sn="5601">sapphire</s><sn="68">stone</s>: and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of the <sn="3678">throne</s> was the <sn="1823">likeness</s> as the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of a <sn="120">man</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it. </v>
<vn='27'>And I <sn="7200">saw</s> as the <sn="5869">color</s> of <sn="2830">amber</s>, as the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of <sn="784">fire</s> round <sn="5439">about</s><sn="1004">within</s> it, from the <sn="4480 4758">appearance</s> of his <sn="4975">loins</s> even <sn="4605">upward</s>, and from the <sn="4480 4758">appearance</s> of his <sn="4975">loins</s> even <sn="4295">downward</s>, I <sn="7200">saw</s> as it were the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of <sn="784">fire</s>, and it had <sn="5051">brightness</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>As the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of the <sn="7198">bow</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">is</s> in the <sn="6051">cloud</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="1653">rain</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> was the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of the <sn="5051">brightness</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. <sn="1931">This</s> was the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of the <sn="1823">likeness</s> of the <sn="3519">glory</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And when I <sn="7200">saw</s> it, I <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="6440">face</s>, and I <sn="8085">heard</s> a <sn="6963">voice</s> of one that <sn="1696">spoke</s>. </v>