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# Ezekiel 10

Ezekiel 10 is chapter 10 of 48 in the Book of Ezekiel. Here are all 22 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Fire is taken from the midst of the wheels under the cherubims, and scattered over the city. A description of the cherubims.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Ezekiel 10 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And I saw, and behold, in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim, there appeared above them something like the sapphire stone, with the sight of the likeness of a throne.
2. And he spoke to the man who was clothed with linen, and he said: “Enter, between the wheels that are under the cherubim, and fill your hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubim, and pour them upon the city.” And he entered, in my sight.
3. Now the cherubim were standing before the right side of the house, when the man entered. And a cloud filled the inner court.
4. And the glory of the Lord was lifted up, from above the cherubim, to the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud. And the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord.
5. And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God speaking.
6. And when he had instructed the man who was clothed with linen, saying, “Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are between the cherubim,” he entered and stood next to the wheel.
7. And one cherub extended his hand, from the midst of the cherubim, to the fire that was between the cherubim. And he took and gave it into the hands of the one who was clothed with linen, and he accepted it and went forth.
8. And there appeared amid the cherubim the likeness of the hand of a man, under their wings.
9. And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim. One wheel was next to one cherub, and another wheel was next to another cherub. And the appearance of the wheels was like the sight of the chrysolite stone.
10. And in their appearance, each one of the four were similar, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.
11. And when they went, they advanced in four parts. And they did not turn as they went. Instead, to the place to which they were inclined to go at first, the rest also followed, and they did not turn back.
12. And their entire body, with their necks and their hands and their wings and the circles, were full of eyes all around the four wheels.
13. And in my hearing, he called these wheels: “constantly changing.”
14. Now each one had four faces. One face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and in the third was the face of a lion, and in the fourth was the face of an eagle.
15. And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature, which I had seen beside the river Chebar.
16. And when the cherubim advanced, the wheels also went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings in order to be raised up from the earth, the wheels did not remain behind, but they also were beside them.
17. When they were standing, these stood still. And when they were lifted up, these were lifted up. For the spirit of life was in them.
18. And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple, and stood above the cherubim.
19. And the cherubim, lifting up their wings, were raised up from the earth in my sight. And as they went away, the wheels also followed. And it stood at the entrance to the east gate of the house of the Lord. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
20. This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of Israel beside the river Chebar. And I understood that they were cherubim.
21. Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. And the likeness of the hand of a man was under their wings.
22. And, concerning the appearance of their faces, these were the same faces that I had seen beside the river Chebar, and the gaze and force of each one of them was to go before his face.

## Ezekiel 10 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et vidi: et ecce in firmamento quod erat super caput cherubim, quasi lapis sapphirus, quasi species similitudinis solii, apparuit super ea.
2. Et dixit ad virum qui indutus erat lineis, et ait: Ingredere in medio rotarum quæ sunt subtus cherubim, et imple manum tuam prunis ignis quæ sunt inter cherubim, et effunde super civitatem. Ingressusque est in conspectu meo.
3. Cherubim autem stabant a dextris domus cum ingrederetur vir, et nubes implevit atrium interius.
4. Et elevata est gloria Domini desuper cherub ad limen domus: et repleta est domus nube, et atrium repletum est splendore gloriæ Domini.
5. Et sonitus alarum cherubim audiebatur usque ad atrium exterius, quasi vox Dei omnipotentis loquentis.
6. Cumque præcepisset viro qui indutus erat lineis, dicens: Sume ignem de medio rotarum quæ sunt inter cherubim: ingressus ille stetit juxta rotam.
7. Et extendit cherub manum de medio cherubim ad ignem qui erat inter cherubim, et sumpsit, et dedit in manus ejus qui indutus erat lineis: qui accipiens egressus est.
8. Et apparuit in cherubim similitudo manus hominis subtus pennas eorum.
9. Et vidi: et ecce quatuor rotæ juxta cherubim: rota una juxta cherub unum, et rota alia juxta cherub unum: species autem rotarum erat quasi visio lapidis chrysolithi:
10. et aspectus earum similitudo una quatuor, quasi sit rota in medio rotæ.
11. Cumque ambularent, in quatuor partes gradiebantur, et non revertebantur ambulantes: sed ad locum ad quem ire declinabat quæ prima erat, sequebantur et ceteræ, nec convertebantur.
12. Et omne corpus earum, et colla, et manus, et pennæ, et circuli, plena erant oculis in circuitu quatuor rotarum.
13. Et rotas istas vocavit volubiles, audiente me.
14. Quatuor autem facies habebat unum: facies una, facies cherub, et facies secunda, facies hominis: et in tertio facies leonis, et in quarto facies aquilæ.
15. Et elevata sunt cherubim: ipsum est animal quod videram juxta fluvium Chobar.
16. Cumque ambularent cherubim, ibant pariter et rotæ juxta ea: et cum elevarent cherubim alas suas ut exaltarentur de terra, non residebant rotæ, sed et ipsæ juxta erant.
17. Stantibus illis stabant, et cum elevatis elevabantur: spiritus enim vitæ erat in eis.
18. Et egressa est gloria Domini a limine templi, et stetit super cherubim.
19. Et elevantia cherubim alas suas, exaltata sunt a terra coram me: et illis egredientibus, rotæ quoque subsecutæ sunt: et stetit in introitu portæ domus Domini orientalis, et gloria Dei Israël erat super ea.
20. Ipsum est animal quod vidi subter Deum Israël juxta fluvium Chobar, et intellexi quia cherubim essent.
21. Quatuor vultus uni, et quatuor alæ uni: et similitudo manus hominis sub alis eorum.
22. Et similitudo vultuum eorum, ipsi vultus quos videram juxta fluvium Chobar, et intuitus eorum, et impetus singulorum ante faciem suam ingredi.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 11: That is, by any of the four ways, forward, backward, to the right or to the left.
- Verse 13: That is, rolling wheels, galgal.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Aug 16, 2028 (computed): Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).