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Ancient Writings
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Introduction
EZECHIEL, whose name signifies the STRENGTH OF GOD, was of the priestly race;
and of the number of captives that were carried away to Babylon with king
JOACHIN. He was contemporary with JEREMIAS, and prophesied to the same effect
in Babylon, as JEREMIAS did in Jerusalem; and is said to have ended his days in
like manner, by martyrdom.
His "technical" description of the "glory of the Lord" inspired many fans of
the idea of "ancient astronauts". For example, Joseph Blumrich, an engineer
from NASA, inspired by this description came up with a patent for a flying
vehicle.
What do you think?
Armadio degli Argenti: Ezekiel's Vision of the Mystic Weel
by Fra Angelico
Here is the original, unaltered description from the Bible (Revised Standard
Version).
Ezechiel 1:1-28
1:1. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the
fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river
Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.
1:2. On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the
captivity of king Joachin,
1:3. The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Buzi in the
land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there
upon him.
1:4. And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great
cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the
midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the
resemblance of amber:
1:5. And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this
was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
1:6. Every one had four faces, and every one four wings.
1:7. Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the
sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.
1:8. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides: and
they had faces, and wings on the four sides,
1:9. And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another. They turned not
when they went: but every one went straight forward.
1:10. And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and
the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on
the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four.
1:11. And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of
every one were joined, and two covered their bodies:
1:12. And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the
spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.
1:13. And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was
like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was
the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright
fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.
1:14. And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
1:15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by
the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
1:16. And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the
appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance
and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
1:17. When they went, they went by their four parts: and they turned not when
they went.
1:18. The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful appearance: and
the whole body was full of eyes round about all the four.
1:19. And, when the living creatures went, the wheels also went together by
them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
also were lifted up with them.
1:20. Withersoever the spirit went, thither as the spirit went the wheels also
were lifted up withal, and followed it: for the spirit of life was in the
wheels.
1:21. When those went these went, and when those stood these stood, and when
those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together, and
followed them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
1:22. And over the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of the
firmament, the appearance of crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over
their heads above.
1:23. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the
other, every one with two wings covered his body, and the other was covered in
like manner.
1:24. And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as
it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice
of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings
were let down.
1:25. For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was over their
heads, they stood, and let down their wings.
1:26. And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a
throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone, and upon the likeness of the
throne, was the likeness of the appearance of a man above upon it.
1:27. And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire
within it round about: from his loins and upward, and from his loins downward,
I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.
1:28. As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day:
this was the appearance of the brightness round about.
Ezechiel 2:1-3
2:1. This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the Lord, and I saw,
and I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one that spoke, and he said
to me: Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak to thee.
2:2. And the spirit entered into me after that he spoke to me, and he set me
upon my feet: and I heard him speaking to me,
2:3. And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a
rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they, and their fathers, have
transgressed my covenant even unto this day.
Ezechiel 3:12-14
3:12. And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great
commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.
3:13. The noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against
another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the
noise of a great commotion.
3:14. The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness
in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me,
strengthening me.
Ezechiel 3:22-24
3:22. And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go
forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.
3:23. And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the
Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell
upon my face. 3:24. And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet:
and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of
thy house.
Ezechiel 8:1-4
1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the
Lord GOD fell there upon me.
2 Then I beheld, and, lo, a form that had the appearance of a man; below what
appeared to be his loins it was fire, and above his loins it was like the
appearance of brightness, like gleaming bronze.
3 He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the
Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God
to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces
north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I
saw in the plain.
Ezechiel 10:1-4
1 Then I looked, and behold, on the firmament that was over the heads of the
cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form
resembling a throne. 2 And he said to the man clothed in linen, "Go in among
the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim; fill your hands with burning coals
from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city." And he went in
before my eyes. 3 Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the
house, when the man went in; and a cloud filled the inner court. 4 And the
glory of the LORD went up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house; and
the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness
of the glory of the LORD. 5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was
heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
6 And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, "Take fire from between the
whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," he went in and stood beside a
wheel. 7 And a cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the
fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the
hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 The cherubim
appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings. 9 And I looked,
and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub;
and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling chrysolite. 10 And as for
their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a
wheel. 11 When they went, they went in any of their four directions without
turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced the
others followed without turning as they went. 12 And their rims, and their
spokes, and the wheels were full of eyes round about--the wheels that the four
of them had. 13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling
wheels. 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the
cherub, and the second face 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 mounted up.
These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar. 16 And when the
cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up
their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside
them. 17 When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up,
these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
18 Then the glory of the LORD went forth from the threshold of the house, and
stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted
up from the earth in my sight as they went forth, with the wheels beside them;
and they stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the LORD; and the
glory of the God of Israel was over them. 20 These were the living creatures
that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that
they were cherubim. 21 Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath
their wings the semblance of human hands. 22 And as for the likeness of their
faces, they were the very faces whose appearance I had seen by the river
Chebar. They went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 11:22-25
..22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them; and
the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the LORD went
up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east
side of the city. 24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision
by the Spirit of God into Chalde'a, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had
seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had
showed me.
Ezekiel 40:1-4
1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the
tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was conquered, on
that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, 2 and brought me in the
visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high
mountain, on which was a structure like a city opposite me. 3 When he brought
me there, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like bronze, with a
line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand; and he was standing in the
gateway. 4 And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear
with your ears, and set your mind upon all that I shall show you, for you were
brought here in order that I might show it to you; declare all that you see to
the house of Israel."
Ezekiel 43:1-6
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. 2 And behold, the
glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was
like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory. 3 And the
vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the
city, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon
my face. 4 As the glory of the LORD entered the temple by the gate facing east,
5 the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the
glory of the LORD filled the temple. 6 While the man was standing beside me, I
heard one speaking to me out of the temple;
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