Ezekiel 1 (NET)

Ezekiel 1:1¹In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:2²(On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:3³the Lord’ s message came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:4⁴As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north—an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:5⁵In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:6⁶but each had four faces and four wings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:7⁷Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:8⁸They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:9⁹their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:10¹⁰Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and also the face of an eagle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:11¹¹Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:12¹²Each moved straight ahead —wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:13¹³In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:14¹⁴The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:15¹⁵Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:16¹⁶The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:17¹⁷When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:18¹⁸Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:19¹⁹When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:20²⁰Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:21²¹When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:22²²Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:23²³Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:24²⁴When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings—it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:25²⁵Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:26²⁶Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:27²⁷I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 1:28²⁸like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions