Ezekiel 1:22–28

Vision of Divine Glory

²²Now ^aover the heads of the living ¹beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of ²crystal, spread out over their heads.

²³Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had ^atwo wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

²⁴I also heard the sound of their wings like the ^asound of abundant waters as they went, like the ^bvoice of ¹the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the ^csound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

²⁵And there came a voice from above the ^aexpanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

²⁶Now ^aabove the expanse that was over their heads there was something ^bresembling a throne, like ^1clapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a ^dman.

²⁷Then I ¹noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something ^alike ²glowing 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.

²⁸As the appearance of the ^arainbow ¹in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the ^bglory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I ^cfell on my face and heard a voice speaking.