1 Then I looked, and suddenly, on the dome over the heads of thek’ruvim, there appeared above them something like sapphire that seemed to take the form of a throne.
2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen; he said, “Go in between the wheels under thek’ruvim, fill both your hands with fiery coals from between thek’ruvim, and throw them on the city.” As I watched, he went.
3 Now thek’ruvimwere standing to the right of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner courtyard.
4 The glory ofAdonairose from above thekeruvto the threshold of the house, leaving the house filled with the cloud and the courtyard full of the brilliance ofAdonai’s glory.
5 The sound of the wings of thek’ruvimcould be heard even in the outer courtyard sounding like the voice of God,Shaddai, when he speaks.
6 When he ordered the man clothed in linen to take fire from between the wheels, from between thek’ruvim, he went in and stood next to a wheel;
7 and akeruvput out his hand from between thek’ruviminto the fire between thek’ruvim, took some of it, and put it in the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
8 Now there appeared among thek’ruvimthe form of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 I looked and saw four wheels next to thek’ruvim, one wheel next to onekeruvand another wheel next to anotherkeruv: the wheels had the color of beryl.
10 Their shape was the same for all four, like a wheel inside a wheel.
11 When they moved, they could go in any of the four directions without turning as they moved; rather, wherever the head looked, they followed without turning as they moved.
12 Their whole bodies, including their backs, hands and wings, and also the wheels, were full of eyes all around — even the wheels of the fourk’ruvim.
13 As for the wheels, I heard them called “the wheel apparatus.”
14 Every one [of thek’ruvim] had four faces: the first face was the face of akeruv, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 Then thek’ruvimrose. These were the living creatures I had seen by the K’var River.
16 When thek’ruvimmoved, the wheels went with them; and when thek’ruvimlifted their wings to rise off the ground, these wheels did not stop going with them.
17 When [thek’ruvim] stood still, [the wheels] stood still; and when the former rose, the latter rose with them; because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18 Now the glory ofAdonaileft the threshold of the house and halted above thek’ruvim.
19 Thek’ruvimlifted their wings and rose off the earth — I was watching as they went off with the wheels next to them. They paused at the entrance to the east gate ofAdonai’s house, with the glory of the God of Isra’el over them, from above.
20 This was the living creature I had seen beneath the God of Isra’el by the K’var River, so I knew they werek’ruvim.
21 Each of the four had four faces, and each had four wings, and what looked like a man’s hands was under their wings.
22 As for how their faces looked, they were the faces I had seen by the K’var River, identical in appearance. Each one moved straight ahead.