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et factum est in tricesimo anno in quarto mense in quintamensis cum essem in medio captivorum iuxta fluvium Chobaraperti sunt caeli et vidi visiones Dei

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in quinta mensis ipse est annus quintus transmigrationisregis Ioachin

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factum est verbum Domini ad Hiezecihel filium Buzisacerdotem in terra Chaldeorum secus flumen Chobar et facta estsuper eum ibi manus Domini

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et vidi et ecce ventus turbinis veniebat ab aquilone etnubes magna et ignis involvens et splendor in circuitu eius etde medio eius quasi species electri id est de medio ignis

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et ex medio eorum similitudo quattuor animalium et hicaspectus eorum similitudo hominis in eis

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et quattuor facies uni et quattuor pinnae uni

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et pedes eorum pedes recti et planta pedis eorum quasiplanta pedis vituli et scintillae quasi aspectus aeriscandentis

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et manus hominis sub pinnis eorum in quattuor partibus etfacies et pinnas per quattuor partes habebant

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iunctaeque erant pinnae eorum alterius ad alterum nonrevertebantur cum incederent sed unumquodque ante faciem suamgradiebatur

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similitudo autem vultus eorum facies hominis et faciesleonis a dextris ipsorum quattuor facies autem bovis asinistris ipsorum quattuor et facies aquilae ipsorum quattuor

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et facies eorum et pinnae eorum extentae desuper duaepinnae singulorum iungebantur et duae tegebant corpora eorum

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et unumquodque coram facie sua ambulabat ubi erat impetusspiritus illuc gradiebantur nec revertebantur cum ambularent

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et similitudo animalium aspectus eorum quasi carbonum ignisardentium et quasi aspectus lampadarum haec erat visiodiscurrens in medio animalium splendor ignis et de igne fulgoregrediens

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et animalia ibant et revertebantur in similitudinemfulguris coruscantis

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cumque aspicerem animalia apparuit rota una super terramiuxta animalia habens quattuor facies

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et aspectus rotarum et opus earum quasi visio maris et unasimilitudo ipsarum quattuor et aspectus earum et opera quasisit rota in medio rotae

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per quattuor partes earum euntes ibant et non revertebanturcum ambularent

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statura quoque erat rotis et altitudo et horribilisaspectus et totum corpus plenum oculis in circuitu ipsarumquattuor

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cumque ambularent animalia ambulabant pariter et rotaeiuxta ea et cum elevarentur animalia de terra elevabantur simulet rotae

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quocumque ibat spiritus illuc eunte spiritu et rotaepariter levabantur sequentes eum spiritus enim vitae erat inrotis

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cum euntibus ibant et cum stantibus stabant et cum elevatisa terra pariter elevabantur et rotae sequentes ea quia spiritusvitae erat in rotis

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et similitudo super caput animalium firmamenti quasiaspectus cristalli horribilis et extenti super capita eorumdesuper

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sub firmamento autem pinnae eorum rectae alterius adalterum unumquodque duabus alis velabat corpus suum et alterumsimiliter velabatur

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et audiebam sonum alarum quasi sonum aquarum multarum quasisonum sublimis Dei cum ambularent quasi sonus erat multitudinisut sonus castrorum cumque starent dimittebantur pinnae eorum

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nam cum fieret vox supra firmamentum quod erat super caputeorum stabant et submittebant alas suas

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et super firmamentum quod erat inminens capiti eorum quasiaspectus lapidis sapphyri similitudo throni et supersimilitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis desuper

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et vidi quasi speciem electri velut aspectum ignisintrinsecus eius per circuitum a lumbis eius et desuper et alumbis eius usque deorsum vidi quasi speciem ignis splendentisin circuitu

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velut aspectum arcus cum fuerit in nube in die pluviae hicerat aspectus splendoris per gyrum

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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

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In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

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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.

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And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

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And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

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And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

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Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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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.

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Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

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As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like 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.

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

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Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

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The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

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As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

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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.

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Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

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And under the firmament were their 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.

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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.

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And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

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And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

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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.

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As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the 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.

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