Book 26 : EZEKIEL - Chapter 001
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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the
captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened,
and I saw visions of God
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In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of
king Jehoiachin's captivity
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The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest,
the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river
Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him
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And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north,
a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of
amber, out of the midst of the fire
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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the
likeness of a man
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And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings
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And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet
was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the
colour of burnished brass
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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their
four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings
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Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when
they went; they went every one straight forward
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As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of
a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they
four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also
had the face of an eagle
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Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward;
two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two
covered their bodies
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit
was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went
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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of
lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the
fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of
a flash of lightning
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Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon
the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces
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The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the
colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their
appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle
of a wheel
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When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they
turned not when they went
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As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;
and their rings were full of eyes round about them four
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And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them:
and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth,
the wheels were lifted up
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Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was
their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against
them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels
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When those went, these went; and when those stood, these
stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the
wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
living creature was in the wheels
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And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living
creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched
forth over their heads above
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And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one
toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this
side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their
bodies
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And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the
noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice
of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let
down their wings
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And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their
heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings
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And above the firmament that was over their heads was the
likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone:
and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the
appearance of a man above upon it
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And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire
round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even
upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I
saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness
round about
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As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day
of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.
This 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 a
voice of one that spake
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