Dual Panel1In the thirtieth <07970> year <08141>, on the fifth <02568> day of the fourth <07243> month <02320>, while I <0589> was among <08432> the exiles <01473> at the Kebar <03529> River <05104>, the heavens <08064> opened <06605> and I saw <07200> a divine <0430> vision <04759>.
2(On the fifth <02568> day of the month <02320>– it was <01931> the fifth <02549> year <08141> of King <04428> Jehoiachin’s <03112> exile <01546>–
3the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> the priest <03548> Ezekiel <03168> the son <01121> of Buzi <0941>, at the Kebar <03529> River <05104> in <05921> the land <0776> of the Babylonians <03778>. The hand <03027> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> on <05921> him there <08033>).
4As I watched <07200>, I noticed <02009> a windstorm <05591> <07307> coming <0935> from <04480> the north <06828>– an enormous <01419> cloud <06051>, with lightning flashing <0784>, such that bright light <05051> rimmed <03947> it and came from <08432> it like glowing amber <02830> from the middle <08432> <08432> of a fire <0784>.
5In the fire <08432> were what looked like <01823> four <0702> living beings <02416>. In their <02007> appearance <04758> they had human <0120> form <01823>,
6but each <0259> had four <0702> faces <06440> and four <0702> wings <03671>.
7Their legs <07272> were straight <03477>, but the soles <03709> of their feet <07272> were like calves <05695>’ feet <07272>. They gleamed <05869> <05340> like polished <07044> bronze <05178>.
8They had human <0120> hands <03027> under <08478> their wings <03671> on <05921> their four <0702> sides <07253>. As for the faces <06440> and wings <03671> of the four <0702> of them,
9their wings <03671> touched <02266> each other <0269> <0413> <0802>; they did not <03808> turn <05437> as they <0376> moved <01980>, but went <01980> straight <05676> ahead <06440>.
10Their faces <06440> had this appearance <01823>: Each of the four <0702> had the face <06440> of a man <0120>, with the face <06440> of a lion <0738> on <0413> the right <03225>, the face <06440> of an ox <07794> on the left <08040> and also the face <06440> of an eagle <05404>.
11Their wings <03671> were spread <06504> out above <04605> them; each <0376> had two <08147> wings touching <02266> the wings of one of the other <0376> beings on either side and two <08147> wings covering <03680> their bodies <01472>.
12Each <0376> moved <01980> straight <05676> ahead <06440>– wherever <0834> the spirit <07307> would go <01980>, they would go <01980>, without <03808> turning <05437> as they went <01980>.
13In the middle of the living beings <02416> was something like <04758> burning <01197> coals <01513> of fire <0784> or like <04758> torches <03940>. It moved back <01980> and forth among <0996> the living <02416> beings. It was bright <05051>, and lightning <01300> was flashing out <03318> of the fire <0784> <0784>.
14The living beings <02416> moved <07519> backward and forward <07725> as quickly as flashes of lightning <0965>.
15Then I looked <07200>, and I saw <02009> one <0259> wheel <0212> on the ground <0776> beside <0681> each of the four <0702> beings <02416>.
16The appearance <04758> of the wheels <0212> and their construction <04639> was like gleaming <05869> jasper <08658>, and all four <0702> wheels looked <04758> alike <01823>. Their structure <04639> was <01961> like a wheel <0212> within <08432> a wheel <0212>.
17When they moved <01980> they would go <01980> in <05921> any of the four <0702> directions <07253> they faced without <03808> turning <05437> as they moved <01980>.
18Their rims <01354> were high <01363> and awesome <03374>, and the rims <01354> of all four <0702> wheels were full <04392> of eyes <05869> all around <05439>.
19When the living beings <02416> moved <01980>, the wheels <0212> beside <0681> them moved <01980>; when the living beings <02416> rose up <05375> from <05921> the ground <0776>, the wheels <0212> rose up <05375> too.
20Wherever the spirit <07307> would go <01980>, they would go <01980>, and the wheels <0212> would rise up <05375> beside <05980> them because <03588> the spirit <07307> of the living <02416> being was in the wheel <0212>.
21When the living beings moved <01980>, the wheels moved <01980>, and when they stopped moving <05975>, the wheels stopped <05975>. When they rose up <05375> from <05921> the ground <0776>, the wheels rose up <05375> from the ground; the wheels <0212> rose up beside <05980> them because <03588> the spirit <07307> of the living being <02416> was in the wheel <0212>.
22Over <05921> the heads <07218> of the living beings <02416> was something like <01823> a platform <07549>, glittering awesomely <03372> like ice <07140>, stretched out <05186> over <05921> their heads <07218>.
23Under <08478> the platform <07549> their wings <03671> were stretched out, each <0802> toward <0413> the other <0269>. Each <0376> of the beings also had two <08147> wings covering <03680> its <02007> body <01472>.
24When they moved, I heard <08085> the sound <06963> <06963> of their wings <03671>– it was like the sound <06963> of rushing waters <04325>, or the voice <06963> of the Almighty <07706>, or the tumult <01999> of an army <04264>. When they stood <05975> still, they lowered <07503> their wings <03671>.
25Then there was <01961> a voice <06963> from above <05921> the platform <07549> over <05921> their heads <07218> when they stood <05975> still <03671> <07503>.
26Above <04605> the platform <07549> over <05921> their heads <07218> was something like <04758> a sapphire <05601> <068> shaped like <01823> a throne <03678>. High above on <05921> the throne <03678> was a form <01823> that appeared <04758> to be a man <0120>.
27I saw <05869> <07200> an amber glow <02830> like <04758> a fire <0784> enclosed <01004> all around <05439> from his waist <04975> up <04605>. From his waist <04975> down <04295> I saw <07200> something that looked like <04758> fire <0784>. There was a brilliant light <05051> around <05439> it,
28like <0834> the appearance <04758> of a rainbow <07198> in the clouds <06051> after the rain <01653>. This was the appearance <04758> of the surrounding <05439> brilliant light <05051>; it <01931> looked <04758> like <01823> the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068>. When I saw <07200> it, I threw <05307> myself face <06440> down <05921>, and I heard <08085> a voice <06963> speaking <01696>.