Now it came to passin the thirtiethyear, in the fourth month , in the fifth day of the month, as I was amongthe captivesbythe riverof Chebar, that the heavenswere opened, and I sawvisionsof God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifthyearof kingJehoiachin's captivity, The wordof the LORDcame expresslyuntoEzekielthe priest, the sonof Buzi, in the landof the Chaldeansbythe riverChebar; and the handof the LORDwasthereuponhim. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwindcameout ofthe north, a greatcloud, and a fireenfolding itself, and a brightness was aboutit, and out of the midstthereof as the colorof amber, out of the midstof the fire. Also out of the midstthereof came the likenessof fourliving creatures. And this was their appearance; theyhad the likenessof a man. And every onehad fourfaces, and every onehad fourwings. And their feet were straightfeet; and the soleof their feet was like the soleof a calf's foot: and they sparkledlike the colorof burnishedbrass. And they had the handsof a manundertheir wingsontheir foursides; and they fourhad their facesand their wings. Their wings were joinedonetoanother; they turnednotwhen they went; they wentevery onestraightforward. As for the likenessof their faces, they fourhad the faceof a man, and the faceof a lion, onthe right side: and they fourhad the faceof an oxon the left side; they fouralso had the faceof an eagle. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretchedupward; two wings of every one were joinedone to another, and twocoveredtheir bodies. And they wentevery onestraightforward: whitherthe spiritwasto go, they went; and they turnednotwhen they went. As for the likenessof the living creatures, their appearance was like burningcoalsof fire, and like the appearanceof lamps: itwent up and downamongthe living creatures; and the firewas bright, and out ofthe firewent forthlightning. And the living creaturesranand returnedas the appearanceof a flash of lightning. Now as I beheldthe living creatures, beholdonewheelupon the earthbythe living creatures, with his fourfaces. The appearanceof the wheelsand their work was like unto the colorof a beryl: and they fourhad onelikeness: and their appearanceand their work was asit werea wheelin the middleof a wheel. When they went, they wentupontheir foursides: and they turnednotwhen they went. As for their rings, they were so highthat they were dreadful; and their rings were fullof eyesround aboutthem four. And when the living creatureswent, the wheelswentbythem: and when the living creatureswere lifted upfromthe earth, the wheelswere lifted up. Whithersoeverthe spiritwasto go, they went, thither was their spiritto go; and the wheelswere lifted upover againstthem: forthe spiritof the living creature was in the wheels. When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted upfromthe earth, the wheelswere lifted upover againstthem: forthe spiritof the living creature was in the wheels. And the likenessof the firmamentuponthe headsof the living creature was as the colorof the terriblecrystal, stretched forthovertheir headsabove. And underthe firmament were their wingsstraight, the onetowardthe other: every onehad two, which coveredon this side, and every onehad two, which coveredon that side, their bodies. And when they went, I heardthe noiseof their wings, like the noiseof greatwaters, as the voiceof the Almighty, the voiceof speech, as the noiseof a host: when they stood, they let downtheir wings. And there wasa voicefromthe firmamentthat was overtheir heads, when they stood, and had let downtheir wings. And abovethe firmamentthat was overtheir heads was the likenessof a throne, as the appearanceof a sapphirestone: and uponthe likenessof the throne was the likenessas the appearanceof a manaboveuponit. And I sawas the colorof amber, as the appearanceof fireround aboutwithinit, from the appearanceof his loinseven upward, and from the appearanceof his loinseven downward, I sawas it were the appearanceof fire, and it had brightnessround about. As the appearanceof the bowthatisin the cloudin the dayof rain, so was the appearanceof the brightnessround about. This was the appearanceof the likenessof the gloryof the LORD. And when I saw it , I felluponmy face, and I hearda voiceof one that spoke.