²²Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault,^d sparkling like crystal, and awesome. ²³Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. ²⁴When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing^e waters, like the voice^f of the Almighty,^b like the tumult of an army.^g When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

²⁵Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. ²⁶Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne^h of lapis lazuli,ⁱ and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.^j ²⁷I 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.^k ²⁸Like the appearance of a rainbow^l in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.^m

This was the appearance of the likeness of the gloryⁿ of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,^o and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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Footnotes

bHebrew Shaddai

Cross references

d Eze 10:1
eSee Ps 46:3; Eze 3:13
f Eze 10:5; 43:2; Da 10:6; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6
gSee 2 Ki 7:6
hSee 1 Ki 22:19; Isa 6:1; See Jer 3:17
iSee Ex 24:10
jSee ver 5; See Eze 2:1; See Rev 1:13
k Eze 8:2
lSee Ge 9:13; Rev 10:1
mSee Rev 4:2
nSee Ex 16:7; See 24:16; Lk 2:9
oSee Ge 17:3; See Nu 14:5