Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 1:4

A church father on this verse
“When you have been purified by the sweeping wind, to the extent that it has swept away every evil from you and everything of evil character in your soul, then you will begin to benefit from the great cloud that envelopes the sweeping wind.”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON EZEKIEL 1:12

Source: Septuagint

Original

4And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it.

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2On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin.

3And the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon me.

— Ezekiel 1:4 —

5And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them.

6And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.

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