Ezekiel 10

1 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.

I looked up and saw what looked like a throne made of lapis lazuli beyond the expanse, way above the heads of the cherubim.

2 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.

Speaking from there the Lord told the man in linen, “Go in between the wheels underneath the cherubim. Collect as many burning coals as you can. Carry them from among the cherubim and scatter them all over the city.” I watched as he went in.

3 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.

The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner court.

4 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.

Then the Lord's glory rose up from above the cherubim and moved to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of the Lord's glory filled the courtyard.

5 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.

The noise made by the cherubim's wings could even be heard in the outer courtyard, and sounded like the voice of God Almighty.

6 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.

When the Lord ordered the man in linen, “Go and get some fire from in between the wheels, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.

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

Then one of the cherubim reached out and took some of the fire among them. He handed it to the man in linen, who took it and left.

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

(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)

9 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.

I saw four wheels next to the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like topaz.

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

All four wheels looked the same, and had a wheel within a wheel, set crossways.

11 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.

The cherubim could go in any direction they faced, moving without turning.

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

The whole of their bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were covered in eyes, as were all four wheels.

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

I heard the wheels being referred to as “the chariot wheels.”

14 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.

Each of them had four faces: the first face was a cherub's face, the second a man's face, the third a lion's face, and the fourth an eagle's face.

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

Then the cherubim rose up in the air. They were the beings I'd seen beside the River Kebar.

16 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.

When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved alongside them. Even when they opened their wings to take off, the wheels stayed beside them.

17 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.

When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped too. When they took off, the wheels did too, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

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

Then the glory of the Lord left the entrance to the Temple and stopped above the cherubim.

19 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.

As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and took off, with the wheels alongside them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord's Temple, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20 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.

These were the beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that they were cherubim.

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

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

22 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.

Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.