Ezekiel 1:5-25, Ezekiel 10:1-22 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Ezekiel 1:5-25

5 And within it there were figures with the likeness of ^afour living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the ^blikeness of a man. 6 And each of them had ^afour faces and ^bfour wings. 7 And their legs were straight, and ¹their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they sparkled like the gleam of ^aburnished bronze. 8 And under their wings on their ^afour sides were ^bhands of a man. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9 their wings touched one another; their faces did ^anot turn as they went; each ^bwent straight forward. 10 And as for the ^alikeness of their faces, each had the ^bface of a man; ¹all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and ¹all four had the face of an eagle. 11 And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and ^atwo covering their bodies. 12 And ^aeach went straight forward; ^bwherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 ¹As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of ^afire, ²like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning was ²flashing from the fire. 14 And the living creatures ^aran to and fro with the appearance of ^blightning.
15 Then I looked at the living creatures, and behold, there was one ^awheel on the earth beside the living creatures, ¹for each of the four of them. 16 The ^aappearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the gleam of ^bberyl, and all four of them had the same likeness, their appearance and workmanship being as if ¹one wheel were within another. 17 Whenever they went, they went in any of their four ¹directions without ^aturning as they went. 18 And as for their rims, they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were ^afull of eyes all around. 19 ^aAnd when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. And when the living creatures ^brose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 ^aWherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction, ¹where the spirit was about to go. And the wheels rose alongside of them; for the spirit of the living ²creatures was in the wheels. 21 ^aWhenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living ¹creatures was in the wheels.

The Vision of the Glory of Yahweh

22 Now ^aover the heads of the living ¹creatures there was something with the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome gleam of ²crystal, spread out over their heads above. 23 And underneath 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. 24 I also heard the sound of their wings like the ^asound of many waters as they went, like the ¹^bsound of ²the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the ^csound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25 And there came a sound from above the ^aexpanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

Ezekiel 10:1-22

Vision of Yahweh’s Glory Departing the Temple

Then I looked, and behold, in the ¹^aexpanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a ^bsapphire stone, in appearance in the likeness of a ^cthrone, appeared above them. 2 And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the ^awhirling wheels under the ¹cherubim and fill your hands with ^bcoals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
3 Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the ^ainner court. 4 Then the ^aglory of Yahweh rose up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the ^bhouse was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the ^cbrightness of the glory of Yahweh. 5 Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the ^avoice of ¹God Almighty when He speaks.
6 Now it happened that when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he entered and stood beside a wheel. 7 Then the cherub sent forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some up, and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 And the cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 Then I looked, and behold, ^afour wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a ¹^bTarshish stone. 10 As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel. 11 As they went, they went ^ain any of their four ¹directions without turning as they went; but they went in the direction which ²they faced, without turning as they went. 12 And their ^awhole body, their backs, their hands, their wings, and the ^bwheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. 13 The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. 14 And ^aeach one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 Then the cherubim rose up. They are the ^aliving creatures that I saw by the river Chebar. 16 Now as the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. 17 When ¹the cherubim ^astood still, ¹the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, ¹the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18 Then the glory of Yahweh departed from the threshold of the house and stood ^aover the cherubim. 19 When ^athe cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Yahweh, and the glory of the God of Israel ¹hovered over them.
20 These are the ^aliving creatures that I saw beneath the God of Israel by ^bthe river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. 21 ^aEach one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the likeness of human hands. 22 As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead.