Ezekiel 1 (NET)

Ezekiel 1:1¹In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:56Ezek 11:24Matt 3:16Rev 19:11Acts 10:11Ezek 10:15Ezek 10:20Luke 3:21Rev 4:1Dan 8:1-2

Ezekiel 1:2²(On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:12-15Ezek 20:1Ezek 40:1Ezek 8:1Ezek 29:17Ezek 29:1Ezek 31:1

Ezekiel 1:3³the Lord’ s message came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 3:14Ezek 3:221 Kgs 18:462 Kgs 3:15Ezek 33:22Ezek 37:1Ezek 40:1Ezek 8:11 Tim 4:1Ezek 1:1

Ezekiel 1:4⁴As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north—an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:27Ezek 8:2Jer 23:19Exod 19:16-18Isa 21:1Jer 1:13-14Jer 25:322 Chr 5:13-6:12 Chr 7:1-3Deut 4:11-12

Ezekiel 1:5⁵In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 4:6-8Ezek 1:26Rev 6:6

Ezekiel 1:6⁶but each had four faces and four wings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:141 Kgs 6:24-27Exod 25:20Ezek 1:15Ezek 1:8-11Ezek 10:10Ezek 10:21-22Isa 6:2Rev 4:7-8

Ezekiel 1:7⁷Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 1:15Dan 10:6Ezek 1:13Ps 104:4Lev 11:3Lev 11:47

Ezekiel 1:8⁸They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:21Ezek 1:17Ezek 10:11Ezek 10:18Ezek 10:2Ezek 10:7-8Ezek 8:3Isa 6:6

Ezekiel 1:9⁹their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:221 Cor 1:102 Chr 3:11-12Ezek 1:11-12Ezek 10:11Luke 9:51Luke 9:62Prov 4:25-27

Ezekiel 1:10¹⁰Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and also the face of an eagle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:14Rev 4:71 Cor 9:9-101 Chr 12:81 Cor 14:20Dan 7:4Deut 28:49Isa 40:31Isa 46:8Job 39:27

Ezekiel 1:11¹¹Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:2Ezek 1:23Ezek 10:16Ezek 10:19

Ezekiel 1:12¹²Each moved straight ahead —wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:9Ezek 1:17Ezek 1:20-21Ezek 10:22Heb 1:14

Ezekiel 1:13¹³In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 104:4Rev 4:5Dan 10:5-6Ezek 1:7Gen 15:17Matt 28:3Rev 10:1Rev 18:1

Ezekiel 1:14¹⁴The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:27Zech 4:10Dan 9:21Luke 17:24Mark 13:27Matt 24:31Ps 147:15Zech 2:3-4

Ezekiel 1:15¹⁵Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 7:9Ezek 10:9Ezek 1:19-21Ezek 1:6Rev 4:7Ezek 10:13-17

Ezekiel 1:16¹⁶The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 10:6Ezek 10:9-11Eph 3:10Exod 39:13Job 9:10Ps 36:6Ps 40:5Rom 11:33

Ezekiel 1:17¹⁷When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:9Ezek 1:12Ezek 10:1-11Isa 55:11

Ezekiel 1:18¹⁸Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:12Rev 4:6Rev 4:8Isa 55:9Job 37:22-24Prov 15:3Ps 77:16-19Ps 97:2-5Zech 4:10

Ezekiel 1:19¹⁹When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:16Ezek 10:19Ps 103:20

Ezekiel 1:20²⁰Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:12Ezek 10:171 Cor 14:32Zech 6:1-8

Ezekiel 1:21²¹When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:17Ezek 1:19-20Rom 8:2

Ezekiel 1:22²²Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:1Ezek 1:26Rev 4:6Exod 24:10Job 37:22Rev 21:11Rev 4:3

Ezekiel 1:23²³Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:11-12Ezek 1:24Job 4:18Luke 17:10Ps 89:7

Ezekiel 1:24²⁴When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings—it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:2Dan 10:6Ps 29:3-9Rev 1:15Rev 19:6Ps 68:33Ps 18:13Job 37:4-5Job 37:22 Kgs 7:6

Ezekiel 1:25²⁵Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:22

Ezekiel 1:26²⁶Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:1Exod 24:10Rev 1:13Dan 10:18Ezek 1:22Dan 7:9-10Eph 1:21-22Heb 12:2Isa 54:11Isa 6:1

Ezekiel 1:27²⁷I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:4Ezek 8:2Heb 12:29Ps 97:2Deut 4:24Ps 50:32 Thess 1:8Rev 1:14-16

Ezekiel 1:28²⁸like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 10:1Rev 4:3Gen 17:3Ezek 3:23Acts 9:4Dan 8:17Exod 24:16Ezek 8:41 Cor 13:12Exod 33:18-23