Ezekiel 10

The LORD’s Glory Leaves the Temple

110 In my vision I saw what appeared to be a throne of blue lapis lazuli above the crystal surface over the heads of the cherubim. 2Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take ahandful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched. 3The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard. 4Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the door of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD. >The moving wings of the cherubim sounded like the voice of God Almighty* and could be heard even in the outer courtyard. 5The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, 6Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels. 7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took thern and went out. 8(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.) 9I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled Les at6-17 like beryl. 10All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second; wheel turning crosswise within it. The cherubim could move in any of the four directions 10:14 I they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced,,,.4.— never turning aside. 2Both the cherubim and the wheels were covered with eyes. The cheru- Ezek 1:18 bim had eyes all over their bodies, including their hands, their backs, and their wings. 11I Rev 4:6, 8 heard someone refer to the wheels as “the whirling wheels.” ‘Each of the four cherubimhad 40.14 four faces: the first was the face of an ox,* the second was a human face, the third was the i Kas 7:27-30, 36 : zek 1:6, 10; 10:21 face of a lion, and the fourth was the face of an eagle. Rev 4:7 *8Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside 10:15 — the Kebar River. 16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they say 3-6, 19°21 lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them. 7 When the cherubim stopped, the Ezek 1:12 wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living be- 10:18 ings was in the wheels. Ps 18:10 18Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the door of the Temple and hovered above ee 4:20 the cherubim. 19And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the LORD’s Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 20These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by 23k 1:6, 8; 10:14: the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim, 21for each had four faces and four wings and 41:18-20 what looked like human hands under their wings. 22And their faces were just like the faces 1o:22 4410.12 of the beings I had seen at the Kebar, and they traveled straight ahead, just as the others had. _ 10:20 Ezek 1:5, 26; 10:15 Judgment on Israel’s Leaders Lek 8:3; 43:5