“I looked.
There were four wheels
Beside the cherubim.
One beside each cherub.
The appearance of the wheels
Was like gleaming beryl.
As for their appearance,
The four looked alike.
They were something
Like a wheel
Within a wheel.
When they moved,
They moved
In any
Of the four directions
Without veering
As they moved.
But in whatever direction,
The front wheel faced,
The others followed
Without veering
As they moved.
Their entire body,
Their rims,
Their spokes,
Their wings,
The wheels
Were full
Of eyes all around.
The wheels
Of the four of them
Were called,
In my hearing.
‘The wheelwork.’”
This seems to be a description just like in chapter 1 of this work. Ezekiel explained that he saw four wheels beside the cherubim, but they were not lying on the earth as in chapter 1. These wheels appeared like gleaming beryl, some kind of emerald or aquamarine crystals. All the four wheels looked the same, as they seemed to be like wheels within wheels. They could move in any direction without veering away as they moved. They had awesome rims with eyes or spokes, as if they were an all seeing God. However, here they are given a specific name the ‘wheelwork.’
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