Yechezkel - Chapter 10

1. And I saw, and behold on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim, [a thing] like a sapphire stone; like the appearance of a throne appeared upon them.

2. And He said to the man clothed in linen, and He said, "Come between the wheels under the cherub, and fill your hands with fiery coals from the cherubim, and cast [them] upon the city," and he came, before my eyes.

3. Now the cherubim were standing at the right of the House when the man came, and the cloud filled the inner court.

4. Then the glory of the Lord lifted itself from upon the cherub onto the threshold of the House, and the House was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord.

5. And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard until the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

6. And it came to pass when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the wheels, from among the cherubim," he came and stood beside the wheel.

7. And the cherub extended his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and he picked [it] up and gave [it] into the hands of the one clothed in linen, and he took [it] and left.

8. And there appeared to be to the cherubim a form of a human hand under their wings.

9. And I saw, and behold four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub and one wheel beside one cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the appearance of crystal.

10. As for their appearance-the four of them had one likeness, as a wheel would be within a wheel.

11. When they went, they would go toward their four sides, they would not turn when they would go, for [to] the place where the head would turn, after him they would go; they would not turn when they went.

12. And all their flesh and their backs and their hubs and their wings, and the wheels were full of colors all around, [so it was] to their four wheels.

13. To the wheels, to them was called hagalgal to my ears.

14. Now each one had four faces; the face of one was the face of the cherub, and the face of the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15. And the cherubim were lifted; it was the living being that I had seen by the river Chebar.

16. And when the cherubim went, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubirn would lift their wings to rise off the earth, the wheels, too, did not turn away from [being] beside them.

17. When they stood, they would stand, and when they would rise, they would rise with them, for the will of the living being was in them.

18. Then the glory of the Lord went out from upon the threshold of the House, and it stood on the cherubim.

19. And the cherubim raised their wings and lifted themselves from the earth, before my eyes, when they left, and the wheels corresponded to them, and it stood at the entrance of the eastern gate of the House of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them from above.

20. It was the living being that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

21. Four faces each for every one, and four wings for every one, and the likeness of the hands of a man was beneath their wings.

22. As for the likeness of their faces-those were the faces that I saw by the river Chebar-their appearance and themselves; each one would go in the direction he was facing.