1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, I was with the exiles at the Chebar River when the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
2 (It happened on the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin’s deportation.
3 The Lord’s word burst in on the priest Ezekiel, Buzi’s son, in the land of Babylon at the Chebar River. There the Lord’s power overcame him.)
4 As I watched, suddenly a driving storm came out of the north, a great cloud flashing fire, with brightness all around. At its center, in the middle of the fire, there was something like gleaming amber.
5 And inside that were forms of four living creatures. This was what they looked like: Each had the form of a human being,
6 though each had four faces and four wings.