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Ezekiel 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 - In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:2 - On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoi'achin),
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3 - the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chalde'ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:5 - And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:6 - but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:8 - Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:12 - And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:14 - And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:15 - Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:16 - As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:17 - When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18 - The four wheels had rims and they had spokes; and their rims were full of eyes round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:19 - And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:20 - Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:21 - When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

Vision of Divine Glory

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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