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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 said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.”
And he went in before my eyes.
And he went in before my eyes.
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 south side of the house, when the man went in, and a 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.
And the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house 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.
And 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.
And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in 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.
And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man 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 human hand under their wings.
(All the cherubim had what looked like human hands under their wings.)
And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling beryl.
I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl.
And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.
All 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 they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside.
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.
As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing “the whirling wheels.”
I heard someone refer to the wheels as “the whirling wheels.”
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the Chebar canal.
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River.
And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did 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 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 went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the entrance of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim.
And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was 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 were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the Chebar canal; and 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 had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands.
for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings.