2 On the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin,
3 the Lord spoke his word to the priest Ezekiel, son of Buzi, in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of the Lord came over Ezekiel.
4 As I looked, I saw a storm coming from the north. There was an immense cloud with flashing lightning surrounded by a bright light. The middle of the lightning looked like glowing metal.
5 In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans,
6 but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7 Their legs were straight, their feet were like those of calves, and they glittered like polished bronze.
8 They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.