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Now it came to pass in the thirtiethyear, 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 sawvisions of God.
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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 riverChebar; 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 greatcloud, and a fireinfolding 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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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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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burningcoals 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 forthlightning.
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The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had onelikeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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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 terriblecrystal, stretched forth over their headsabove.
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And under the firmament were their wingsstraight, 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 greatwaters, 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 above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphirestone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a manabove upon it.
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And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round aboutwithin 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.