1:1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

1:2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

1:3The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

1:4And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

1:5Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

1:6And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

1:7And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

1:8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

1:9Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

1:10As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.