and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. This description (and also in verse 19) becomes the inspiration for the construction of the "Ezekiel Airship". "Beryl" or "topaz": some kind of "precious, gold-colored stone". Verse 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. This description (and also in verse 16) becomes the inspiration for the construction of the "Ezekiel Airship". Verse 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. "Sapphire" (Hebrew: ספיר ): "a kind of gem"; "lapis lazuli" (Ezekiel 28:13). records "a pavement of sapphire" under the feet of God. Verse 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. Ezekiel saw a human form that shines as if with "fire" (Hebrew: hasmal). Verse 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. The brightness surrounding the human form in Ezekiel's vision looks like a rainbow, and as soon as he sees it, Ezekiel falls prostrate, because he recognizes it as 'the appearance of the likeness of the glory' of Yahweh. The whole report of the vision uses 'the unmistakable symbols of Yahweh's presence for an Israelite reader'. See also Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 24, 2 Chronicles 36, Isaiah 6, Jeremiah 29, Ezekiel 10, Ezekiel 11, John 12, Revelation 4, Revelation 21 Notes References Sources External links Jewish Ezekiel 1 Hebrew with Parallel English Ezekiel 1 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary Christian Ezekiel 1 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate 01 Theophanies in the