Ezekiel 1:4-14

New American Standard Bible

⁴ As I looked, behold, a ^(A)high wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing intermittently and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like ^(B)gleaming ^[a]metal in the midst of the fire. ⁵ And within it there were figures resembling ^(C)four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human ^(D)form. ⁶ Each of them had ^(E)four faces and ^(F)four wings. ⁷ Their legs were straight and ^[b]their feet were like a calf’s ^[c]hoof, and they sparkled like ^(G)polished bronze. ⁸ Under their wings on their ^(H)four sides were human ^(I)hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, ⁹ their wings touched one another; their faces did ^(J)not turn when they moved, each ^(K)went straight forward. ¹⁰ As for the ^(L)form of their faces, each had a human ^(M)face; ^[d]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and ^[e]all four had the face of an eagle. ¹¹ Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and ^(N)two covering their bodies. ¹² And ^(O)each went straight forward; ^(P)wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. ^13 [f]In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of ^(Q)fire, ^[g]like torches moving among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was ^[h]flashing from the fire. ¹⁴ And the living beings ^(R)ran back and forth like bolts of ^(S)lightning.