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Ezekiel 10
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1Then I looked, and , behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.
1Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2And he said to the man clothed with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in my sight.
2He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” He went in as I watched.
3And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
4Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
4Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.
5And the sound of the cherubs' wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking.
5The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
6And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheelsfrom between the cherubs,that he went in, and stood near the wheels.
6It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside a wheel.
7And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [it], and went out.
7The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8And I saw the cherubs [having] the likeness of men's hands under their wings.
8The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
9And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
9I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
10And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four , as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
10As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.
11When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went.
11When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.
12And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels .
12Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.
13And these wheelswere called Gelgel in my hearing.
13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.
15And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
15The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
16And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
16When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.
17When they stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them.
17When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
18Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.
19And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above.
19The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
20This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs.
20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands .
21Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
22And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward.
22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.