Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1

1The time of Ezekiel's prophecy by the river Chebar. 4His vision of four cherubims and four wheels, 26and of the glory of God above them.

1NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month , in the fifth day of the month, as ^aI was among the ¹captives by the river of ^bChebar, that ^cthe heavens were opened, and ^dI saw visions of God.

a Ec. 9.1,2. Da. 1.6. 1Pe. 5.9. v.3. ch. 3.15,23. b ch. 3.15,23. c Mat. 3.16. Ac. 7.56; 10.1. Jn. 1.51. Re. 19.11. d Ge. 15.1. Nu. 12.6. He. 1.1. ch. 8.3; 40.2. v.28.

2In the fifth day of the month, which was the ^efifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

e ch. 8.1; 20.1; 29.1,17; 31.1; 33.1; 40.1. 2Ki. 24.12-15.

3The ^fword of the LORD came expressly unto ²Ezekiel ^gthe priest, the son of Buzi, ^hin the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and ⁱthe hand of the LORD was there upon him.

f He. 5.4. Je. 1.2,4. Ho. 1.1. Joel 1.1. Jonah 1.1. Mi. 1.1. ch. 2.3. g Je. 1.1. h 2Ti. 4.17. He. 13.5. i ch. 8.1; 33.22; 37.1; 40.1; 3.8,14,22. 1Ki. 18.46. 2Ki. 3.15. Ac. 11.21. Re. 1.10. Ju. 13.25.

4¶And I looked, and, behold, a ^jwhirlwind came out of the north, ^ka great cloud, and a fire ^3*infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as ^lthe colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

j Is. 21.1. Ps. 58.9; 83.15. Na. 1.3. Je. 23.19; 25.32; 1.13; 4.6; 6.1. Job 38.1. k Ps. 18.12; 50.3; 97.2,3. Zep. 1.15. De. 4.24. ch. 39.9. Is. 60.8. l v.13,27. ch. 8.2. Re. 1.15.

5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of ^mfour living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

m Re. 4.6-9; 5.6,11,14. ch. 10.1,8. He. 1.14. Zec. 6.1. 2Ki. 6.17.

6And every one had ⁿfour faces, and every one had ^ofour wings.

n v.10. ch. 14.21. Re. 4.7. 1Ki. 6.24. Ex. 25.17,20. o Is. 6.2. Re. 4.8. v.11. Da. 9.21. Ps. 18.10.

7And ^ptheir feet were ⁴straight feet; and ^qthe sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of ^r*burnished brass.

p He. 12.13. Ps. 103.20. 2Co. 1.12. 1Th. 2.10. q ch. 10.14. Ga. 6.9. r Da. 10.6. Re. 1.15. Ps. 104.4. v.13. Ps. 69.9.

8And they had ^sthe hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

s Ec. 9.10. ch. 10.8,21. Is. 6.6. 1Co. 15.58. Ju. 13.18. Ps. 115.1.

9Their wings were ^tjoined one to another; ^uthey turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

t v.11. Ps. 122.3; 133.1. 1Co. 1.10. Ep. 4.2-16. Col. 2.19. Ac. 4.32. u v.12. ch. 10.11,12,17. Lu. 9.62.

10As for the likeness of their faces, ^vthey 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.

v v.15,19,20. ch. 10.11. Re. 4.7. Lu. 15.10. 2Ki. 19.35. Ps. 103.20. Pr. 14.4. 1Pe. 1.12. Ps. 18.10. Nu. 2.3,10,18,25.

11Thus were their faces: and ^wtheir wings were ⁵stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two ^xcovered their bodies.

w v.23,24. ch. 10.16. Is. 6.2. x ch. 10.19. Is. 6.2.

12And ^ythey went every one straight forward: ^zwhither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

y v.9,12,17. 2Co. 1.12. Lu. 9.62. He. 10.38,39. z v.20. Zec. 4.6. Mat. 4.1,11. He. 1.14.

13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was ^alike burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: ^bit went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

a v.4,7. ch. 10.2. Ps. 18.12,13. Mat. 28.2,3. Re. 4.5. Da. 10.6. b Ge. 15.17. v.12,20,21. Zec. 4.6. Jn. 15.5.

14And the living creatures ^cran and returned as the appearance of ^da flash of lightning.

c Ps. 103.20; 147.15. Da. 9.21. Mat. 24.27,31. Zec. 4.10; 2.4. d Da. 10.6.

15¶Now ^eas I beheld the living creatures, behold ^fone wheel ^gupon the earth by the living creatures, with his ^hfour faces.

e ch. 10.2,6. f v.16,19,20. ch. 10.9. g v.20,21. ch. 10.17. h v.6,10. Re. 4.7.

16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto ⁱthe colour of a beryl: and they four ^jhad one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were ^ka wheel in the middle of a wheel.

i Da. 10.6. ch. 10.9,10. j Ps. 145.17. Ro. 8.28. Ho. 2.21,22. Am. 3.6. k Ps. 104.24. Ro. 11.33. Ps. 36.6; 92.5.

17When they went, they went upon their four sides: and ^lthey turned not when they went.

l v.9,12. ch. 10.11. Is. 55.11. 2Ki. 19.33.

18As for their rings, ^mthey were so high that they were dreadful; and their ⁶rings were ⁿfull of eyes round about them four.

m Is. 55.9. Ro. 11.33. Ps. 36.6. Job 21.7-17. Hab. 1.2,3. n ch. 10.12. Re. 4.6. 2Ch. 16.9. Pr. 15.3. Zec. 4.10.

19And ^owhen the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

o ch. 10.16,17. v.15,20. Ezr. 1.5. Is. 55.11. ch. 37.10. Zec. 11.8; 4.6.

20^pWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: ^qfor the spirit ⁷of the living creature was in the wheels.

p v.12. ch. 10.17. 1Co. 14.32. q 1Co. 3.5. Ep. 1.11. Col. 3.11. 1Sa. 10.6. Ro. 8.2.

21^rWhen those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit ⁸of the living creature was in the wheels.

r v.19,20. Ps. 103.20. ch. 10.17. Zec. 6.1-8; 4.6.

22And ^sthe likeness of the ^*firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the ^tterrible ^ucrystal, stretched forth ^vover their heads above.

s ch. 10.1,15,20. v.25,26. Re. 4.2,3. 1Ti. 6.16. Ex. 24.10. t Job 37.22. u Re. 4.6. v Ep. 1.10,22. Phi. 2.9. 1Pe. 3.22. He. 4.15.

23And under the ^*firmament were ^wtheir wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and ^xevery one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

w v.11,12,24. x Is. 6.2. Ps. 89.7. Job 4.18. Lu. 17.10.

24And when they went, ^yI heard ^zthe noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the ^avoice of ^bthe Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of ^can host: when they ^dstood, they let down their wings.

y Ho. 14.9. Mat. 13.11. Re. 2.7. ch. 3.27. z ch. 10.5; 43.2. Da. 10.6. Re. 1.15. Ps. 18.13. Mi. 6.9. Is. 26.9,11. a Job 37.2-5. Ps. 29.3,4; 68.33. b Ge. 17.1. c 2Ki. 7.6. d Ps. 103.20. v.25.

25And there was ^ea voice from the ^*firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

e v.28. ch. 2.1-3.

26¶And above the ^*firmament that was ^fover their heads was the ^glikeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of ^ha man above upon it.

f Mat. 28.18. Ep. 1.21,22. Phi. 2.9-11. 1Pe. 3.22. ch. 10.1. g Ps. 45.6. Da. 7.9. Is. 6.1. ch. 10.1. Mat. 25.31. He. 1.8; 8.1; 12.2. Re. 4.2,3. Ex. 24.10. h Is. 6.1. Re. 1.13; 3.21; 4.2,3; 14.14. Da. 10.5. ch. 40.3. Ps. 110.1. Is. 9.6,7.

27And I saw ⁱas the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from 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 it had brightness round about.

i v.4. De. 4.24. He. 12.29. Is. 59.17,18. ch. 8.2. Ps. 50.3; 97.2,3. 2Th. 1.8.

28As ^jthe appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the ^klikeness of the glory of the LORD. ^lAnd when I saw it , ^mI fell upon my face, and ⁿI heard a voice of one that spake.

j Re. 4.3; 10.1. Ge. 9.13-16. Is. 54.8-10. k 1Ki. 8.10,11. Ex. 16.7,10; 24.16,17; 33.20-23. Nu. 12.8. ch. 3.23. 1Co. 13.12. l Jos. 5.14. m ch. 11.2; 3.23; 8.4. Da. 8.17. Ac. 9.4. Re. 1.17,18. Job 42.5,6. Is. 6.5. Mat. 17.6. Le. 9.24. Ge. 17.3. Nu. 14.5. n Ac. 9.4. Mat. 5.4; 11.28.