Ezekiel 1:1-8 ▼

1 And it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was in the midst of the captivity by the River Kebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

2 On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the captivity of king Jehoiachin—

3 the word of YHWH came directly to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar; And there the hand of YHWH was upon him.

4 And I looked, and behold, a wind of a tempest was coming from the north, and a great cloud and fire taking hold of it, and a brightness to it all around, and in the midst of it was like the color of amber, from the midst of the fire.

5 And in the midst of it was the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: The likeness of a man was unto them,

6 with four faces for each one, and four wings for each one unto them.

7 And their feet were straight feet, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of the foot of a calf, and they sparkled like an eye of polished bronze.

8 And the hands of a man were under their wings on four of their sides. And the faces and wings were unto the four of them,