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Now it came about in the thirtiethyear, on the fifth day of the fourthmonth, while I was by the riverChebaramong the exiles, the heavens were opened and I sawvisions of God.
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the word of the LORDcameexpressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the riverChebar; and there the hand of the LORDcame upon him.)
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As I looked, behold, a stormwind was coming from the north, a greatcloud with fireflashingforth continually and a brightlightaround it, and in its midst something like glowingmetal in the midst of the fire.
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As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.
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In the midst of the livingbeings there was something that looked like burningcoals of fire, liketorchesdartingback and forth among the livingbeings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.
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The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparklingberyl, and all four of them had the sameform, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were withinanother.
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Wherever** the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction . And the wheelsroseclosebeside them; for the spirit of the livingbeings was in the wheels.
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Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stoodstill, these stoodstill. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheelsroseclosebeside them; for the spirit of the livingbeings was in the wheels.
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Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, onetoward the other; eachone also had two wings covering its body on the oneside and on the other.
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I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundantwaters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an armycamp; whenever they stoodstill, they dropped their wings.
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Now above* the expanse that was over their heads there was somethingresembling a throne, like lapis*lazuli* in appearance; and on that whichresembled a throne, high* up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.
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Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upwardsomething like glowingmetal that looked like fireallaroundwithin it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I sawsomething like fire; and there was a radiancearound Him.
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As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainyday, so was the appearance of the surroundingradiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voicespeaking.