1Then I looked , and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone , as the appearance of the likeness of a throne . 2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen , and said , Go in between the wheels , even under the cherub , and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims , and scatter them over the city . And he went in in my sight . 3Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house , when the man went in ; and the cloud filled the inner court . 4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub , and stood over the threshold of the house ; and the house was filled with the cloud , and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory . 5And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court , as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh .
The Judgment on Jerusalem
6And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen , saying , Take fire from between the wheels , from between the cherubims ; then he went in , and stood beside the wheels . 7And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims , and took thereof , and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen : who took it , and went out . 8And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings . 9And when I looked , behold the four wheels by the cherubims , one wheel by one cherub , and another wheel by another cherub : and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone . 10And as for their appearances , they four had one likeness , as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel . 11When they went , they went upon their four sides ; they turned not as they went , but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went . 12And their whole body , and their backs , and their hands , and their wings , and the wheels , were full of eyes round about , even the wheels that they four had.
The Departure of the Glory of the Lord
13As for the wheels , it was cried unto them in my hearing , O wheel . 14And every one had four faces : the first face was the face of a 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 . 15And the cherubims were lifted up . This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar . 16And when the cherubims went , the wheels went by them : and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth , the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17When they stood , these stood ; and when they were lifted up , these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house , and stood over the cherubims . 19And the cherubims lifted up their wings , and mounted up from the earth in my sight : when they went out , the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’s house ; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above . 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar ; and I knew that they were the cherubims . 21Every one had four faces apiece , and every one four wings ; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings . 22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar , their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward .