Ezekiel 10

Revised Geneva Translation

10 And as I looked, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the Cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone upon them, having the likeness of a throne.

² And He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said: “Go in between the wheels, under the Cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the Cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he went as I watched.

³ Now as the Cherubim stood upon the right side of the house, the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.

⁴ Then the Glory of the LORD went up from the Cherub, and stood over the door of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s Glory.

⁵ And the sound of the Cherubim’ wings was heard as far as the outer court, like the Voice of the Almighty God, when He speaks.

⁶ And when He had Commanded the man clothed with linen, saying: “Take fire from between the wheels, from between the Cherubim,” then He went in and stood beside the wheel.

⁷ And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from between the Cherubim, to the fire that was between the Cherubim, and took from it and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

⁸ And there appeared in the Cherubim, the likeness of a man’s hand under their wings.

⁹ And when I looked up, behold, four wheels were beside the Cherubim, one wheel by one Cherub and another wheel by another Cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a chrysolite stone.

¹⁰ And their appearance (there were four of the same) was as if one wheel had been in another wheel.

¹¹ When they went forth, they went upon their four sides. And they did not turn as they went but went only in their original direction. They did not turn as they went.

¹² And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes, all around, in the same four wheels.

¹³ And they cried to these wheels within my hearing, “O wheel!”

¹⁴ And every beast had four faces. The first face was the face of a Cherub. And the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

¹⁵ And the Cherubim were lifted up. This is the beast that I saw at the river Chebar.

¹⁶ And when the Cherubim moved, the wheels went beside them. And when the Cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the Earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.

¹⁷ When the Cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still. And when one was lifted up, the other also lifted themselves up. For the spirit of the beast was in them.

¹⁸ Then the Glory of the LORD departed from above the door of the house, and stood upon the Cherubim.

¹⁹ And the Cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the Earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were also beside them. And everyone stood at the entry of the gate of the LORD’s House, at the east side, and the Glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.

²⁰ This is the beast that I saw under the God of Israel, by the river Chebar. And I knew that they were the Cherubim.

²¹ Each one had four faces, and each one four wings, and the likeness of man’s hands under their wings,

²² and the likeness of their faces the same as the faces which I saw by the river Chebar. The appearance of the Cherubim was the same. They each went straight forward.