1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by ^athe River Chebar, that ^bthe heavens were opened and I saw ^cvisions of God.  ‡

2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

4 Then I looked, and behold, ^aa whirlwind was coming ^bout of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.  ‡

5 ^aAlso from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And ^bthis was their appearance: they had ^cthe likeness of a man.  ‡