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1. It was the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month of our captivity. I was by the Kebar River among the people who had been carried away as captives. The sky opened, and I saw visions of God.
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 in the thirtieth H7970 year H8141 , in the fourth H7243 month , in the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 , as I H589 was among H8432 the captives H1473 by H5921 the river H5104 of Chebar H3529 , that the heavens H8064 were opened H6605 , and I saw H7200 visions H4759 of God H430 .
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2. It was the fifth day of the month of the fifth year that King Jehoiachin had been a prisoner.
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2. In the fifth H2568 day of the month H2320 , which H1931 was the fifth H2549 year H8141 of king H4428 Jehoiachin H3112 's captivity H1546 ,
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3. The Lord spoke his word to Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Babylonians by the Kebar River. There he felt the power of the Lord.
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3. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came expressly H1961 H1961 unto H413 Ezekiel H3168 the priest H3548 , the son H1121 of Buzi H941 , in the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 by H5921 the river H5104 Chebar H3529 ; and the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 there H8033 upon H5921 him.
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4. When I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming from the north. There was a great cloud with a bright light around it and fire flashing out of it. Something that looked like glowing metal was in the center of the fire.
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4. And I looked H7200 , and, behold H2009 , a whirlwind H7307 H5591 came H935 out of H4480 the north H6828 , a great H1419 cloud H6051 , and a fire H784 enfolding itself H3947 , and a brightness H5051 was about H5439 it , and out of the midst H4480 H8432 thereof as the color H5869 of amber H2830 , out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 .
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5. Inside the cloud was what looked like four living creatures, who were shaped like humans,
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5. Also out of the midst H4480 H8432 thereof came the likeness H1823 of four H702 living creatures H2416 . And this H2088 was their appearance H4758 ; they H2007 had the likeness H1823 of a man H120 .
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6. but each of them had four faces and four wings.
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6. And every one H259 had four H702 faces H6440 , and every one H259 had four H702 wings H3671 .
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7. Their legs were straight. Their feet were like a calf's hoofs and sparkled like polished bronze.
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7. And their feet H7272 were straight H3477 feet H7272 ; and the sole H3709 of their feet H7272 was like the sole H3709 of a calf H5695 's foot H7272 : and they sparkled H5340 like the color H5869 of burnished H7044 brass H5178 .
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8. The living creatures had human hands under their wings on their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings,
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8. And they had the hands H3027 of a man H120 under H4480 H8478 their wings H3671 on H5921 their four H702 sides H7253 ; and they four H702 had their faces H6440 and their wings H3671 .
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9. and their wings touched each other. The living creatures did not turn when they moved, but each went straight ahead.
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9. Their wings H3671 were joined H2266 one H802 to H413 another H269 ; they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 ; they went H1980 every one H376 straight H5676 forward H6440 .
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10. Their faces looked like this: Each living creature had a human face and the face of a lion on the right side and the face of an ox on the left side. And each one also had the face of an eagle.
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10. As for the likeness H1823 of their faces H6440 , they four H702 had the face H6440 of a man H120 , and the face H6440 of a lion H738 , on H413 the right side H3225 : and they four H702 had the face H6440 of an ox H7794 on the left side H4480 H8040 ; they four H702 also had the face H6440 of an eagle H5404 .
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11. That was what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings that touched one of the other living creatures and two wings that covered its body.
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11. Thus were their faces H6440 : and their wings H3671 were stretched H6504 upward H4480 H4605 ; two H8147 wings of every one H376 were joined H2266 one to another H376 , and two H8147 covered H3680 H853 their bodies H1472 .
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12. Each went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, the living creatures would also go, without turning.
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12. And they went H1980 every one H376 straight H5676 forward H6440 : whither H834 H8033 the spirit H7307 was H1961 to go H1980 , they went H1980 ; and they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 .
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13. The living creatures looked like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire went back and forth among the living creatures. It was bright, and lightning flashed from it.
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13. As for the likeness H1823 of the living creatures H2416 , their appearance H4758 was like burning H1197 coals H1513 of fire H784 , and like the appearance H4758 of lamps H3940 : it H1931 went up and down H1980 among H996 the living creatures H2416 ; and the fire H784 was bright H5051 , and out of H4480 the fire H784 went forth H3318 lightning H1300 .
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14. The living creatures ran back and forth like bolts of lightning.
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14. And the living creatures H2416 ran H7519 and returned H7725 as the appearance H4758 of a flash of lightning H965 .
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15. Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground by each of the living creatures with its four faces.
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15. Now as I beheld H7200 the living creatures H2416 , behold H2009 one H259 wheel H212 upon the earth H776 by H681 the living creatures H2416 , with his four H702 faces H6440 .
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16. The wheels and the way they were made were like this: They looked like sparkling chrysolite. All four of them looked the same, like one wheel crossways inside another wheel.
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16. The appearance H4758 of the wheels H212 and their work H4639 was like unto the color H5869 of a beryl H8658 : and they four H702 had one H259 likeness H1823 : and their appearance H4758 and their work H4639 was as H834 it were H1961 a wheel H212 in the middle H8432 of a wheel H212 .
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17. When they moved, they went in any one of the four directions, without turning as they went.
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17. When they went H1980 , they went H1980 upon H5921 their four H702 sides H7253 : and they turned H5437 not H3808 when they went H1980 .
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18. The rims of the wheels were high and frightening and were full of eyes all around.
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18. As for their rings H1354 , they were so high H1363 that they were dreadful H3374 ; and their rings H1354 were full H4392 of eyes H5869 round about H5439 them four H702 .
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19. When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the ground, the wheels also were lifted up.
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19. And when the living creatures H2416 went H1980 , the wheels H212 went H1980 by H681 them : and when the living creatures H2416 were lifted up H5375 from H4480 H5921 the earth H776 , the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 .
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20. Wherever the spirit would go, the living creatures would go. And the wheels were lifted up beside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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20. Whithersoever H5921 H834 H8033 the spirit H7307 was H1961 to go H1980 , they went H1980 , thither H8033 was their spirit H7307 to go H1980 ; and the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 over against H5980 them: for H3588 the spirit H7307 of the living creature H2416 was in the wheels H212 .
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21. When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved. When the living creatures stopped, the wheels stopped. And when the living creatures were lifted from the ground, the wheels were lifted beside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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21. When those went H1980 , these went H1980 ; and when those stood H5975 , these stood H5975 ; and when those were lifted up H5375 from H4480 H5921 the earth H776 , the wheels H212 were lifted up H5375 over against H5980 them: for H3588 the spirit H7307 of the living creature H2416 was in the wheels H212 .
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22. Now, over the heads of the living creatures was something like a dome that sparkled like ice and was frightening.
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22. And the likeness H1823 of the firmament H7549 upon H5921 the heads H7218 of the living creature H2416 was as the color H5869 of the terrible H3372 crystal H7140 , stretched forth H5186 over H5921 their heads H7218 above H4480 H4605 .
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23. And under the dome the wings of the living creatures were stretched out straight toward one another. Each living creature also had two wings covering its body.
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23. And under H8478 the firmament H7549 were their wings H3671 straight H3477 , the one H802 toward H413 the other H269 : every one H376 had two H8147 , which covered H3680 on this side H2007 , and every one H376 had two H8147 , which covered H3680 on that side H2007 , H853 their bodies H1472 .
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24. I heard the sound of their wings, like the roaring sound of the sea, as they moved. It was like the voice of God Almighty, a roaring sound like a noisy army. When the living creatures stopped, they lowered their wings.
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24. And when they went H1980 , I heard H8085 H853 the noise H6963 of their wings H3671 , like the noise H6963 of great H7227 waters H4325 , as the voice H6963 of the Almighty H7706 , the voice H6963 of speech H1999 , as the noise H6963 of a host H4264 : when they stood H5975 , they let down H7503 their wings H3671 .
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25. A voice came from above the dome over the heads of the living creatures. When the living creatures stopped, they lowered their wings.
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25. And there was H1961 a voice H6963 from H4480 H5921 the firmament H7549 that H834 was over H5921 their heads H7218 , when they stood H5975 , and had let down H7503 their wings H3671 .
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26. Now above the dome there was something that looked like a throne. It looked like a sapphire gem. And on the throne was a shape like a human.
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26. And above H4480 H4605 the firmament H7549 that H834 was over H5921 their heads H7218 was the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678 , as the appearance H4758 of a sapphire H5601 stone H68 : and upon H5921 the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678 was the likeness H1823 as the appearance H4758 of a man H120 above H4480 H4605 upon H5921 it.
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27. Then I noticed that from the waist up the shape looked like glowing metal with fire inside. From the waist down it looked like fire, and a bright light was all around.
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27. And I saw H7200 as the color H5869 of amber H2830 , as the appearance H4758 of fire H784 round about H5439 within H1004 it , from the appearance H4480 H4758 of his loins H4975 even upward H4605 , and from the appearance H4480 H4758 of his loins H4975 even downward H4295 , I saw H7200 as it were the appearance H4758 of fire H784 , and it had brightness H5051 round about H5439 .
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28. The surrounding glow looked like the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. It seemed to look like the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, I bowed facedown on the ground and heard a voice speaking.
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28. As the appearance H4758 of the bow H7198 that H834 is H1961 in the cloud H6051 in the day H3117 of rain H1653 , so H3651 was the appearance H4758 of the brightness H5051 round about H5439 . This H1931 was the appearance H4758 of the likeness H1823 of the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 . And when I saw H7200 it , I fell H5307 upon H5921 my face H6440 , and I heard H8085 a voice H6963 of one that spoke H1696 .
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