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The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but each of them had four faces and four wings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Shaddai">b</a></sup></span> like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.</p><p class="reg">This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the <span class="name">Lord</span>. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Chaldeans</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Shaddai</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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