"As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance {was} like burning coals of fire, {and} like the appearanc…" — Ezekiel 1:13

Ezekiel 1:13 · KJV

“As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance {was} like burning coals of fire, {and} like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.”

— Ezekiel 1:13

Verse 12

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; {and} they turned not when they went.

Verse 14

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Ezekiel 1 — Context

Thus {were} their faces: and their wings {were} stretched upward; two {wings} of every one {were} joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. {stretched...: or, divided above}

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; {and} they turned not when they went.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance {was} like burning coals of fire, {and} like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

Cross References

Revelation 4:5

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and {there were} seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Psalms 104:4

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Ezekiel 1:7

And their feet {were} straight feet; and the sole of their feet {was} like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. {straight...: Heb. a straight foot}

Revelation 10:1

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow {was} upon his head, and his face {was} as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Genesis 15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. {a burning...: Heb. a lamp of fire}

Revelation 18:1

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

Daniel 10:5-6

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins {were} girded with fine gold of Uphaz: {a...: Heb. one man}

Matthew 28:3

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: