1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth dayof the month,
as I wasamong the captives by the river of Chebar, thatthe heavens were opened, and I saw
visions of God.
2 In the fifth dayof the month, which wasthe fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of
the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire
infolding itself, and a brightness wasabout it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of
amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 Also out of the midst thereof camethe likeness of four living creatures. And this wastheir
appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And their feet werestraight feet; and the sole of their feet waslike the sole of a calf's foot:
and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 And they hadthe hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their
faces and their wings.
9 Their wings werejoined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one
straight forward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on
the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of
an eagle.
11 Thus weretheir faces: and their wings werestretched upward; two wingsof every one were
joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; andthey
turned not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance waslike burning coals of fire,
andlike the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire
was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living
creatures, with his four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work waslike unto the colour of a beryl: and they
four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work wasas it were a wheel in the middle
of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: andthey turned not when they went.
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings werefull of
eyes round about them four.
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures
were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was theirspirit to go; and the
wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature wasin the wheels.
21 When those went, thesewent; and when those stood, thesestood; and when those were
lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
living creature wasin the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature wasas the colour of
the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 And under the firmament weretheir wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had
two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their
bodies.

24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the
voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let
down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that wasover their heads, when they stood, and
had let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament that wasover their heads wasthe likeness of a throne, as the
appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne wasthe likeness as the
appearance of a man above upon it.
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the
appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw
as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so wasthe appearance
of the brightness round about. This wasthe appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.
And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard
him that spake unto me.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation
that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, evenunto
this very day.
4 For they areimpudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they area rebellious
house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers
and thorns bewith thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor
be dismayed at their looks, though they bea rebellious house.
7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear: for they aremost rebellious.
8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious
house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 And when I looked, behold, an hand wassent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book wastherein;
10 And he spread it before me; and it waswritten within and without: and there waswritten
therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto
the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll
that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my
words unto them.
5 For thou artnot sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, butto the house
of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not
understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all
the house of Israel areimpudent and hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their
foreheads.

9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed
at their looks, though they bea rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in
thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto
them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear.
12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed
bethe glory of the LORD from his place.
13 I heardalso the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the
noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my
spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat
where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word
at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor
speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked manshall
die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way,
he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous mandoth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I
lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall
die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood
will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin,
he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the
plain, and I will there talk with thee.
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as
the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto
me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with
them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and
shalt not be to them a reprover: for they area rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are
a rebellious house.
1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city,
evenJerusalem:
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp
also against it, and set batteringrams against it round about.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it fora wall of iron between thee and the
city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it.