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  1:1 ¶
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the midst of the captivity by the river of Chebar{gr.Chobar}; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. |
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1:1 ¶
Now it came to passº
in the thirtiethº
year,º
in the fourthº
[month], in the fifthº
[day] of the month,º
as Iº
[was] amongº
the captivesº
byº
the riverº
of Chebar,º
[that] the heavensº
were opened,ºº
and I sawºº
visionsº
of Elohim.º |
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1:2
On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of king Jehoiakim{gr.Joakim}. |
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In the fifthº
[day] of the month,º
whichº
[was] the fifthº
yearº
of kingº
Jehoiachin'sº
captivity,º |
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1:3
And the word of the Lord came to Jezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chebar{gr.Chobar}; and the hand of the Lord was upon me. |
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The wordº
of Yahwehº
came expresslyº
untoº
Ezekielº
the priest,º
the sonº
of Buzi,º
in the landº
of the Chaldeansº
byº
the riverº
Chebar;º
and the handº
of Yahwehº
wasº
thereº
uponº
him. |
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1:4 ¶
And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and [there was] brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it. |
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And I looked,ºº
and, behold,º
a whirlwindºº
cameºº
out ofº
the north,º
a greatº
cloud,º
and a fireº
infoldingºº
itself,º
and a brightnessº
[was] aboutº
it, and out of the midstºº
thereof as the colourº
of amber,º
out of the midstºº
of the fire.º |
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1:5
And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them. |
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Also out of the midstºº
thereof [came] the likenessº
of fourº
living creatures.º
And thisº
[was] their appearance;º
theyº
had the likenessº
of a man.º |
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And each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] four wings. |
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And every oneº
had fourº
faces,º
and every oneº
had fourº
wings.º |
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1:7
And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and [there were] sparks, like gleaming brass, and their wings were light. |
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And their feetº
[were] straightº
feet;º
and the soleº
of their feetº
[was] like the soleº
of a calf'sº
foot:º
and they sparkledºº
like the colourº
of burnishedº
brass.º |
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1:8
And the hand of a man was under their wings on their four sides. |
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And [they had] the handsº
of a manº
underºº
their wingsº
onº
their fourº
sides;º
and they fourº
had their facesº
and their wings.º |
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And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went everyone straight forward. |
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Their wingsº
[were] joinedºº
oneº
toº
another;º
they turnedºº
notº
when they went;ººº
they wentººº
every oneº
straightº
forward.º |
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And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right of the four; and the face of a calf on the left of the four; and the face of an eagle to the four. |
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As for the likenessº
of their faces,º
they fourº
had the faceº
of a man,º
and the faceº
of a lion,º
onº
the right side:º
and they fourº
had the faceº
of an oxº
on the left side;ºº
they fourº
also had the faceº
of an eagle.º |
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1:11
And the four had their wings spread out above; each one [had] two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies. |
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Thus [were] their faces:º
and their wingsº
[were] stretchedºº
upward;ºº
twoº
[wings] of every oneº
[were] joinedºº
oneº
to another,º
and twoº
coveredººº
their bodies.º |
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And each one went straight forward: wherever the spirit was going they went, and turned not back. |
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And they wentººº
every oneº
straightº
forward:º
whitherºº
the spiritº
wasº
to go,ººº
they went;ººº
[and] they turnedºº
notº
when they went.ººº |
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And in the midst of the living creatures [there was] an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning. |
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As for the likenessº
of the living creatures,º
their appearanceº
[was] like burningºº
coalsº
of fire,º
[and] like the appearanceº
of lamps:º
itº
went up and downºº
amongº
the living creatures;º
and the fireº
was bright,º
and out ofº
the fireº
went forthºº
lightning.º |
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1:14
And the living creaturesº
ranºº
and returnedºº
as the appearanceº
of a flash of lightning.º |
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1:15 ¶
And I looked, and, behold, the four [had each] one wheel on the ground near the living creatures. |
1:15 ¶
Now as I beheldºº
the living creatures,º
beholdº
oneº
wheelº
upon the earthº
byº
the living creatures,º
with his fourº
faces.º |
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And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their work was as it were a wheel in a wheel. |
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The appearanceº
of the wheelsº
and their workº
[was] like unto the colourº
of a beryl:º
and they fourº
had oneº
likeness:º
and their appearanceº
and their workº
[was] asº
it wereº
a wheelº
in the middleº
of a wheel.º |
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They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went; |
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When they went,ººº
they wentººº
uponº
their fourº
sides:º
[and] they turnedºº
notº
when they went.ººº |
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neither did their backs [turn]: and they were high: and I beheld them, and the backs of them four were full of eyes round about. |
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As for their rings,º
they were so highº
that they were dreadful;º
and their ringsº
[were] fullº
of eyesº
round aboutº
them four.º |
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And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures lifted themselves off the earth. the wheels were lifted off. |
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And when the living creaturesº
went,ººº
the wheelsº
wentººº
byº
them:º
and when the living creaturesº
were lifted upºº
fromºº
the earth,º
the wheelsº
were lifted up.ºº |
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Wherever the cloud happened to be, there was the spirit ready to go: the wheels went and were lifted up with them; because the spirit of life was in the wheels. |
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Whithersoeverººº
the spiritº
wasº
to go,ººº
they went,ººº
thitherº
[was their] spiritº
to go;ººº
and the wheelsº
were lifted upºº
over againstº
them: forº
the spiritº
of the living creatureº
[was] in the wheels.º |
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When those went, [the wheels] went; and when those stood, [the wheels] stood; and when those lifted themselves off the earth, they were lifted off with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels. |
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When those went,ººº
[these] went;ººº
and when those stood,ºº
[these] stood;ºº
and when those were lifted upºº
fromºº
the earth,º
the wheelsº
were lifted upºº
over againstº
them: forº
the spiritº
of the living creatureº
[was] in the wheels.º |
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And the likeness over the heads of the living creatures was as a firmament, as the appearance of crystal, spread out over their wings above. |
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And the likenessº
of the firmamentº
uponº
the headsº
of the living creatureº
[was] as the colourº
of the terribleºº
crystal,º
stretched forthºº
overº
their headsº
above.ºº |
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And their wings were spread out under the firmament, reaching one to the other; two [wings] to each, covering their bodies. |
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And underº
the firmamentº
[were] their wingsº
straight,º
the oneº
towardº
the other:º
every oneº
had two,º
which coveredºº
on this side,º
and every oneº
had two,º
which coveredºº
on that side,ºº
their bodies.º |
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And I heard the sound of their wings when they went, as the sound of much water: and when they stood, their wings were let down. |
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And when they went,ººº
I heardººº
the noiseº
of their wings,º
like the noiseº
of greatº
waters,º
as the voiceº
of Shaddai,º
the voiceº
of speech,º
as the noiseº
of an host:º
when they stood,ºº
they let downºº
their wings.º |
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And lo! a voice from above the firmament |
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And there wasº
a voiceº
fromºº
the firmamentº
thatº
[was] overº
their heads,º
when they stood,ºº
[and] had let downºº
their wings.º |
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1:26 ¶
that was over their head, [there was] as the appearance of a sapphire stone, [and] the likeness of a throne upon it: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as an appearance of a man above. |
1:26 ¶
And aboveºº
the firmamentº
thatº
[was] overº
their headsº
[was] the likenessº
of a throne,º
as the appearanceº
of a sapphireº
stone:º
and uponº
the likenessº
of the throneº
[was] the likenessº
as the appearanceº
of a manº
aboveºº
uponº
it. |
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And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upwards, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about. |
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And I sawºº
as the colourº
of amber,º
as the appearanceº
of fireº
round aboutº
withinº
it, from the appearanceºº
of his loinsº
even upward,º
and from the appearanceºº
of his loinsº
even downward,º
I sawºº
as it were the appearanceº
of fire,º
and it had brightnessº
round about.º |
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As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of brightness round about. |
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As the appearanceº
of the bowº
thatº
isº
in the cloudº
in the dayº
of rain,º
soº
[was] the appearanceº
of the brightnessº
round about.º
Thisº
[was] the appearanceº
of the likenessº
of the gloryº
of Yahweh.º
And when I sawºº
[it], I fellºº
uponº
my face,º
and I heardºº
a voiceº
of one that spake.ºº |
