2 It was the fifth year since King Jehoiachin had been taken into exile.)
3 There in Babylonia beside the River Chebar, I heard the Lord speak to me and I felt his power.
4 I looked up and saw a storm coming from the north. Lightning was flashing from a huge cloud, and the sky round it was glowing. Where the lightning was flashing, something shone like bronze.
5 At the centre of the storm, I saw what looked like four living creatures in human form,
6 but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7 Their legs were straight, and they had hoofs like those of a bull. They shone like polished bronze.
8 In addition to their four faces and four wings, they each had four human hands, one under each wing.