Jezekiel 10
1 Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.
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 with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in my sight.
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 And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
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 cherubs' wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.
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 it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels.
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 he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [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 cherubs [having] the likeness of men's hands under their wings.
(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)
9 And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
I saw four wheels next to the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels shone like topaz.
10 And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
All four wheels looked the same, and had a wheel within a wheel, set crossways.
11 When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went.
The cherubim could go in any direction they faced, moving without turning.
12 And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels.
The whole of their bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were covered in eyes, as were all four wheels.
13 And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing.
I heard the wheels being referred to as “the chariot wheels.”
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 cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
Then the cherubim rose up in the air. They were the beings I'd seen beside the River Kebar.
16 And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
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 stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because 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 departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
Then the glory of the Lord left the entrance to the Temple and stopped above the cherubim.
19 And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.
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 creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs.
These were the beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar. I knew that they were cherubim.
21 Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands.
Each had four faces and four wings and had what looked like human hands under their wings.
22 And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward.
Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.
