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Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple
Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.
Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.
The LORD’s Glory Leaves the Temple
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.
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.
And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched.
Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.
The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard.
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the entrance of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD.
Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he entered and stood beside a wheel.
The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.
Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
Then 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 them and went out.
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)
Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone.
I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl.
As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel.
All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it.
When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.
The cherubim could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside.
Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them.
Both the cherubim and the wheels were covered with eyes. The cherubim had eyes all over their bodies, including their hands, their backs, and their wings.
The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.
I heard someone refer to the wheels as “the whirling wheels.”
And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar.
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River.
Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them.
When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them.
When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them.
When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim.
Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim.
When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD’S house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.
And 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.
These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim.
These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim,
Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.
for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings.