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Ezekiel 1:16

Verse 16 of 28. The 1st of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.

12Each one went straight forward. Where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.

13As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.

14The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

17When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.

18As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

19When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

20Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.