Ezekiel 1–2

1Now it came to pass ^ain the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the ^†captives ^bby the river of Chebar, that ^cthe heavens were opened, and I saw ^dvisions of God. ²In the fifth day of the month, which was ^ddthe fifth year of ^eking Jehoiachin’s captivity, ³The word of the Lord came expressly unto ^†Ezekiel ^afthe priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans ^bby the river Chebar; and ^gthe hand of the Lord was there upon him.

^4hAnd I looked, and, behold, ⁱa whirlwind came ^jout of the north, a great cloud, and a fire ^†infolding itself, and ^ka brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof ^klas ^mthe colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. ⁵Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of ⁿfour living creatures. And ^othis was their appearance; they had ^pthe likeness of a man. ^6pAnd every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. ⁷And their feet were ^†straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled ^qlike ^mthe colour of burnished brass. ^8rAnd they had the hands of a man under their wings on ^stheir four sides; and ^rthey four had their faces and their wings. ^9*tTheir wings were ^ujoined one to another; ^vthey turned not when they went; ^wthey went every one straight forward. ¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, ^xthey four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. ¹¹Thus were their faces: and their wings were ^||stretched upward; ^ttwo wings of every one were joined one to another, and ^ytwo covered their bodies. ¹²And ^wthey went every one straight forward: ^zwhither the spirit was to go, they went; and ^vthey turned not when they went. ¹³As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning ^acoals of fire, and like the appearance of ^blamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. ¹⁴And the living creatures ^cran and returned as the appearance of ^da flash of lightning.

^15eNow as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. ^16eThe appearance of the wheels and their work was ^elike unto the colour of ^fa beryl: ^gand they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was ^gas it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. ^17hWhen they went, they went upon their four ⁱsides: and ^jthey turned not when they went. ¹⁸As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their ^||rings were ^kfull of ^ceyes round about them four. ^19lAnd when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and ^mwhen the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. ²⁰ⁿWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and ^mthe wheels were lifted up over against them: ^mfor the spirit ^||of the living creature was in the wheels. ^21oWhen those went, these went; and ^oowhen those stood, these stood; and ^mwhen those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up ^pover against them: ^mfor the spirit ^||of the living creature was in the wheels. ²²And the likeness of ^ppthe firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible ^qcrystal, stretched forth over their heads above. ²³And under the firmament were their wings ^rstraight, the one toward the other: every one had two, ^swhich covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. ²⁴And when they went, ^tI heard the noise of their wings, ^ulike the noise of great waters, as ^tvthe voice of ^wthe Almighty, the voice of ^xspeech, ^yas the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. ²⁵And there was a voice from ^pthe firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

²⁶And above ^pthe firmament that was over their heads was ^zthe likeness of a throne, ^zas the appearance of ^aa sapphire stone: and ^bupon the likeness of the throne was the likeness ^bas the appearance of a man above upon it. ²⁷And I saw ^cas the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, ^ccfrom the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and ^dit had brightness round about. ^28eAs the appearance of the bow ^fthat is in the cloud in the day of rain, ^dso was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of ^gthe glory of the Lord. ^hAnd when I saw it, ^hI fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

2And he said unto me, ^aSon of man, ^bstand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. ^2cAnd the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and ^bcset me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. ³And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious ^†nation that hath rebelled against me: ^dthey and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. ⁴For ^ethey are ^†impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. ⁵And they, ^fwhether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for ^fgthey are a rebellious house,) yet ^hshall know that there hath been a prophet among them. ⁶And thou, ^ason of man, ⁱbe not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though ^||kbriers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among ^lscorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor ⁱbe dismayed at their looks, though ^gthey be a rebellious house. ^7mAnd thou shalt speak my words unto them, ^fwhether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are ^†most rebellious. ⁸But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that ^grebellious house: open thy mouth, and ⁿeat that I give thee.

⁹And when I looked, behold, ^oan hand was sent unto me; and, lo, ^pa roll of a book was therein; ¹⁰And he spread it before me; and it was written ^qwithin and without: and ^rthere was written therein lamentations, and ^smourning, and woe.