Ezekiel Chapter 1

• Ezekiel 1:1
  Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opene...
• Ezekiel 1:2
  In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
• Ezekiel 1:3
  the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.
• Ezekiel 1:4
  I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle o...
• Ezekiel 1:5
  Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.
• Ezekiel 1:6
  Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
• Ezekiel 1:7
  Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
• Ezekiel 1:8
  They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
• Ezekiel 1:9
  Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
• Ezekiel 1:10
  As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the fa...
• Ezekiel 1:11
  Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
• Ezekiel 1:12
  Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.
• Ezekiel 1:13
  As 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 dow...
• Ezekiel 1:14
  The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
• Ezekiel 1:15
  Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
• Ezekiel 1:16
  The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a whee...
• Ezekiel 1:17
  When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.
• Ezekiel 1:18
  As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
• Ezekiel 1:19
  When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
• Ezekiel 1:20
  Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was...
• Ezekiel 1:21
  When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the s...
• Ezekiel 1:22
  Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.
• Ezekiel 1:23
  Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered th...
• Ezekiel 1:24
  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...
• Ezekiel 1:25
  There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.
• Ezekiel 1:26
  Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a l...
• Ezekiel 1:27
  I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance o...
• Ezekiel 1:28
  As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance ...