1. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year, while I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River, the sky opened, and I saw visions from God.
2. On the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin,
3. the Lord spoke his word to the priest Ezekiel, son of Buzi, in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of the Lord came over Ezekiel.
4. As I looked, I saw a storm coming from the north. There was an immense cloud with flashing lightning surrounded by a bright light. The middle of the lightning looked like glowing metal.
5. In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans,
6. but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7. Their legs were straight, their feet were like those of calves, and they glittered like polished bronze.
8. They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.
9. Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead, and they did not turn as they moved.
10. Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle.