Bible Verses About Visions

they touched one another with their wings; they did not turn when they moved, but each one moved straight forward;

as for the appearance of their faces, they had human faces [in front], each of the four had a lion's face on the right, each of the four had a bull's face on the left, and each of the four had an eagle's face [toward the rear] -

thus their faces. As for their wings, each had two that stretched upward and joined those of others, and two more that covered their bodies.

Each [living creature] moved in the direction of any of its faces; in whichever direction the spirit wanted to go, they went, without turning as they moved -

thus the appearance of the living creatures. With them was something that looked like fiery coals burning the way torches do, with the fire flashing here and there between the living creatures; the fire had a brilliance, and out of the fire went lightning.

The living creatures kept speeding here and there like flashes of lightning.

I looked and saw what seemed like a man made of fire. From what appeared to be his waist downward was fire, and from his waist upward was what appeared to be a gleaming amber-colored brilliance.

The form of a hand was put out, which took me by a lock of my hair; and a spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me, in these visions from God, to Yerushalayim, to the entrance of the inner [courtyard] gate that faces north. There stood the idol that [arouses God's] jealousy and provokes [his] zealous indignation.

There before me was the glory of the God of Isra'el, as in the vision I had seen in the valley.

Then he said to me, "Human being, raise your eyes toward the north." I raised my eyes toward the north and saw, north of the Altar Gate, this image that [arouses God's] jealousy in the entryway.

He asked me, "Human being, do you see what they are doing, the horribly disgusting practices that the house of Isra'el is committing here, so that I must distance myself from my own sanctuary? But you will see even worse abominations."

He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard; and when I looked, I saw a hole in the wall.

He said to me, "Human being, dig into the wall." After digging in the wall, I saw a door.

"Go in," he said, "and see the wicked practices they are engaged in here."

So I went in and looked, and there, carved on the walls all around, were every kind of reptile and repulsive animal, along with all the idols of the house of Isra'el.

Standing in front of them were seventy of the leading men of the house of Isra'el - in the center stood Ya'azanyahu the son of Shafan. Each man had his incense-burner in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

Then he said to me, "Human being, did you see what the leaders of the house of Isra'el are doing in the dark, each one in the room of his own carved image, because they say, 'ADONAI can't see us; ADONAI has left the land.'?"

He also said to me, "You will see even worse abominations that they are doing."

He brought me to the entrance of the north gate to ADONAI's house; and there before me were women weeping for Tammuz.

Then a spirit lifted me up and brought me, in the vision, by the Spirit of God, to the exiles in the land of the Kasdim; after which the vision I had seen left me.

So I told the exiles everything ADONAI had shown me.

With the hand of ADONAI upon me, ADONAI carried me out by his Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

He had me pass by all around them - there were so many bones lying in the valley, and they were so dry!

He asked me, "Human being, can these bones live?" I answered, "Adonai ELOHIM! Only you know that!"

Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones! Say to them, 'Dry bones! Hear what ADONAI has to say!