1Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.
2On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,
3The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.
4And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum.
5And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.
6And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.
7And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.
