Ezekiel 10

1 And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

2 And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

And he said to the man clothed in linen, Go in between the wheels, under the winged ones, and get your two hands full of burning coals from between the winged ones and send them in a shower over the town. And he went in before my eyes.

3 Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.

Now the winged ones were stationed on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the inner square was full of the cloud.

4 Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.

5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

And the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all.

6 When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

And when he gave orders to the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the winged ones, then he went in and took his place at the side of a wheel.

7 Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.

And stretching out his hand to the fire which was between the winged ones, he took some of it and went out.

8 (The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

And I saw the form of a man's hands among the winged ones under their wings.

9 Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

And looking, I saw four wheels by the side of the winged ones, one wheel by the side of a winged one and another wheel by the side of another: and the wheels were like the colour of a beryl stone to the eye.

10 As for their appearance, all four had the same form, like a wheel within a wheel.

In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.

11 When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

When they were moving, they went on their four sides without turning; they went after the head in the direction in which it was looking; they went without turning.

12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.

And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.

13 I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”

As for the wheels, they were named in my hearing, the circling wheels.

14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

And the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar.

16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side.

17 When the cherubim stood still, the wheels also stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.

18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones.

19 As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

And the winged ones, lifting up their wings, went up from the earth before my eyes, with the wheels by their side: and they came to rest at the east doorway of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.

21 Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

22 Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.