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Vision of Four Figures |
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Ezekiel 1:1
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Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on
the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles,
the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. |
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Ezekiel 1:2
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(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year
of King Jehoiachin's exile, |
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Ezekiel 1:3
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the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and
there the hand of the LORD came upon him.) |
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Ezekiel 1:4
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As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming
from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright
light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of
the fire. |
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Ezekiel 1:5
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Within it there were figures resembling four
living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form. |
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Ezekiel 1:6
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Each of them had four faces and four wings. |
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Ezekiel 1:7
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Their legs were straight and their feet were
like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze. |
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Ezekiel 1:8
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Under their wings on their four sides were human
hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, |
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Ezekiel 1:9
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their wings touched one another; their faces
did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. |
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Ezekiel 1:10
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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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Ezekiel 1:11
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Such were their faces. Their wings were spread
out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. |
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Ezekiel 1:12
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And each went straight forward; wherever the
spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. |
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Ezekiel 1:13
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In the midst of the living beings there was
something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and
forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing
from the fire. |
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Ezekiel 1:14
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And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts
of lightning. |
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Ezekiel 1:15
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Now as I looked at the living beings, behold,
there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four
of them. |
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Ezekiel 1:16
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The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship
was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance
and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. |
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Ezekiel 1:17
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Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their
four directions without turning as they moved. |
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Ezekiel 1:18
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As for their rims they were lofty and awesome,
and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about. |
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Ezekiel 1:19
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Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels
moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels
rose also. |
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Ezekiel 1:20
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Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would
go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of
the living beings was in the wheels. |
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Ezekiel 1:21
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Whenever those went, these went; and whenever
those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth,
the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in
the wheels. |
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Vision of Divine Glory |
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Ezekiel 1:22
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Now over the heads of the living beings there
was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over
their heads. |
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Ezekiel 1:23
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Under the expanse their wings were stretched
out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body
on the one side and on the other. |
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Ezekiel 1:24
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I also heard the sound of their wings like the
sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound
of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped
their wings. |
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Ezekiel 1:25
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And there came a voice from above the expanse
that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. |
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Ezekiel 1:26
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Now above the expanse that was over their heads
there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and
on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of
a man. |
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Ezekiel 1:27
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Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins
and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within
it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire;
and there was a radiance around Him. |
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Ezekiel 1:28
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As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds
on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. 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 voice speaking. |
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