False Prophets Condemned

Movement They didn’t turn as they went; each went straight ahead. Wherever the windh went, they went, not turning from their course. 9b, 12 The living creatures ran back and forth like bolts of lightning. 14 Wheels seen as I looked at the living creatures. 15 Placement On the ground beside each creature with its four faces Appearance & Workmanship Like sparkling topaz, their appearance was as if one wheel were within another wheel. All four of the wheels looked alike. 16 Movement Wherever the spirit went, the wheels would go. 20 They went in any of the four directions without turning. 17 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; 19, 21 were lifted off the ground, the wheels were lifted up along beside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels; 19–21 stood still, the wheels would as well. Rims Lofty and awesome, all four of them filled with eyes all around. 18 Covering Something like a vaulti was over the head of the living creatures, like the awesome gleam of icej spread out over their heads. 22

23 Beneath the vault their wings went straight, each to its neighbor. Each one had two wings covering its body. 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings beating. It was like the sound of many waters, like the sound of the Almighty, the sound of a tumult like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 When they stood still and their wings relaxed, a voice came from above the vault that was over their heads. 26 Above the vault that was over there heads there was something like a throne with an appearance like sapphire.k High above on the thronelike seat was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that his appearance from the waist upward was like glowing metal, like fire all around it. And the appearance of his waist and downward looked something like fire, and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 The brilliant light around him looked like a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. This appearance resembled the glory of the L. I looked, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.

2Ezekiel

The Call of Ezekiel To Be a Courageous Spokesman

1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” 2 As he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and made me stand on my feet. And I continued listening to the one speaking to me. 3 He said to me, “Son of man,

h Or “the spirit.” i “Vault”: a self-supporting arched roof. j Or “crystal.” k Or “lapis lazuli.”