The Bible, King James version, Book 26: Ezekiel

This eBook was produced by David Widger
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.





Book 26        Ezekiel

26:001:001 Now 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.

26:001:002 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of
           king Jehoiachin's captivity,

26:001:003 The 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.

26:001:004 And 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.

26:001:005 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
           creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the
           likeness of a man.

26:001:006 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

26:001:007 And 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.

26:001:008 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their
           four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

26:001:009 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when
           they went; they went every one straight forward.

26:001:010 As 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.

26:001:011 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward;
           two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two
           covered their bodies.

26:001:012 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit
           was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

26:001:013 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
           was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of
           lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the
           fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

26:001:014 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of
           a flash of lightning.

26:001:015 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon
           the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

26:001:016 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the
           colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their
           appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle
           of a wheel.

26:001:017 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they
           turned not when they went.

26:001:018 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;
           and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

26:001:019 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them:
           and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth,
           the wheels were lifted up.

26:001:020 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was
           their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against
           them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

26:001:021 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these
           stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the
           wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
           living creature was in the wheels.

26:001:022 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living
           creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched
           forth over their heads above.

26:001:023 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one
           toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this
           side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their
           bodies.

26:001:024 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the
           noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice
           of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let
           down their wings.

26:001:025 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their
           heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

26:001:026 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the
           likeness of a throne, as the appeara