Ezekiel 1
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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by a the River Chebar, that b the heavens were opened and I saw c visions of God.
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On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
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the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and d the hand of the LORD was upon him there.
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Then I looked, and behold, e a whirlwind was coming f out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
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g Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And h this was their appearance: they had i the likeness of a man.
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Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
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Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves' feet. They sparkled j like the color of burnished bronze.
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k The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.
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Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight l forward.
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As for m the likeness of their faces, each n had the face of a man; each of the four had o the face of a lion on the right side, p each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, q and each of the four had the face of an eagle.
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Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and r two covered their bodies.
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And s each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, t like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.
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And the living creatures ran back and forth, u in appearance like a flash of lightning.
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Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, v a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.
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w The appearance of the wheels and their workings was x like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.
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As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were y full of eyes, all around the four of them.
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z When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
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Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, a for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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b The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome c crystal, stretched out d over their heads.
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And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.
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e When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, f like the noise of many waters, like g the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings.
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A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.
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h And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, i in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above j it.
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Also from the appearance of His waist and upward k I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
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l Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. m This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.
So when I saw it, n I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 3:15
Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.
Ezekiel 10:15
And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:16
When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immedi...
Mark 1:10
And immediately, coming up from the water, He s...
Luke 3:21
When all the people were baptized, it came to p...
Acts 7:56
And said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and t...
Acts 10:11
And saw heaven opened and an object like a grea...
Revelation 4:1
After these things I looked, and behold, a door...
Revelation 19:11
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white ho...
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Cross References
Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel. And there was u...
Numbers 12:6
Then He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a...
Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he ...
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lo...
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out the form of a hand, and took m...
Daniel 8:1
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazz...
Daniel 8:2
I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I...
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:46
Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
2 Kings 3:15
But now bring me a musician." Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel 3:22
Then the hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.
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Isaiah 21:1
The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Jeremiah 23:19
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury - A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 25:32
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, disaster shall go forth From nation to nation, And a great whirlwind shall be raised up From the farthest parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 13:11
Say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
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Jeremiah 1:14
Then the LORD said to me: "Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.
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Ezekiel 10:15
And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar.
Ezekiel 10:17
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
Ezekiel 10:20
This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.
Revelation 4:6 - 8
Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
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Ezekiel 10:8
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings.
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Ezekiel 10:14
Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
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Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Revelation 1:15
His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
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Ezekiel 10:8
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings.
Ezekiel 10:21
Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
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Ezekiel 1:12
And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
Ezekiel 10:20 - 22
This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.
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Ezekiel 10:14
Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Revelation 4:7
The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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Numbers 2:10
"On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur."
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Numbers 2:3
"On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah."
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Numbers 2:18
"On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud."
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Numbers 2:25
"The standard of the forces with Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai."
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Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Ezekiel 1:23
And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.
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Ezekiel 10:11
When they went, they went toward any of their four directions; they did not turn aside when they went, but followed in the direction the head was facing. They did not turn aside when they went.
Ezekiel 10:22
And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward.
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Psalms 104:4
Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
Revelation 4:5
And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.
Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Luke 17:24
For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
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Ezekiel 10:9
And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone.
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Ezekiel 10:9
And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone.
Ezekiel 10:10
As for their appearance, all four looked alike - as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
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Ezekiel 10:12
And their whole body, with their back, their hands, their wings, and the wheels that the four had, were full of eyes all around.
Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.
Revelation 4:6
Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
Revelation 4:8
The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!
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Ezekiel 10:16
When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.
Ezekiel 10:17
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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Ezekiel 10:17
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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Ezekiel 10:1
And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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Revelation 4:6
Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
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Ezekiel 10:1
And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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Ezekiel 3:13
I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.
Ezekiel 10:5
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
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Ezekiel 43:2
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.
Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Revelation 1:15
His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
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Cross References
Job 37:4
After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
Job 37:5
God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
Psalms 29:3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.
Psalms 29:4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Psalms 68:33
To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
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Ezekiel 10:1
And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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Cross References
Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel. And there was u...
Exodus 24:16
Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai...
Ezekiel 8:4
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was ...
Ezekiel 11:22
So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the...
Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the LORD went up from the mids...
Ezekiel 43:4
And the glory of the LORD came into the temple ...
Ezekiel 43:5
The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the...
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Ezekiel 8:2
Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire - from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.
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Ezekiel 8:2
Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire - from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.
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Genesis 9:13
I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Revelation 10:1
I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
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Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.
Ezekiel 8:4
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
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Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.
Daniel 8:17
So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end.
Acts 9:4
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, " Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
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