Isa 55:11, Eze 1:9, 12, Eze 10-11 | ESV | STEP | so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth ; it shall not return to me empty , but it shall accomplish that which I purpose , and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but ^ait shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Ezekiel 1:9

9 their wings touched one another. ^bEach one of them went straight forward, ^cwithout turning as they went.

Ezekiel 1:12

12 ^dAnd each went straight forward. ^eWherever the spirit ^{▼▼Or Spirit; also twice in verse 20 and once in verse 21} would go, they went, without turning as they went.

Ezekiel 10

The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple

1 Then I looked, and behold, ^gon the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something ^hlike a sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} in appearance like a throne. 2 And he said to ^jthe man clothed in linen, “Go in among ^kthe whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with ^lburning coals from between the cherubim, and ^mscatter them over the city.”

And he went in ⁿbefore my eyes. 3 Now the cherubim were standing ^oon the south side of the house, when the man went in, and ^pa cloud filled ^qthe inner court. 4 And ^rthe glory of the Lord ^swent up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house ^twas filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with ^uthe brightness of the glory of the Lord. 5 And ^vthe sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, ^wlike the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

6 And when he commanded ^xthe man clothed in linen, ^y“Take fire from between ^zthe whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 The cherubim appeared to have ^aathe form of a human hand under their wings.

9 ^abAnd I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and ^acthe appearance of the wheels was ^adlike sparkling ^aeberyl. 10 And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel. 11 ^afWhen they went, they went in any of their four directions ^{▼▼Hebrew to their four sides} ^ahwithout turning as they went, ^aibut in whatever direction the front wheel ^{▼▼Hebrew the head} faced, the others followed without turning as they went. 12 ^akAnd their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, ^{▼▼Or their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings} and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had. 13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing ^am“the whirling wheels.” 14 ^anAnd every one had four faces: ^aothe first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was ^apa human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 ^aqAnd the cherubim mounted up. These were ^arthe living creatures that I saw by ^asthe Chebar canal. 16 ^atAnd when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And ^auwhen the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them. 17 ^avWhen they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures ^{▼▼Or spirit of life} was in them.

18 ^axThen ^aythe glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 19 ^azAnd the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth ^babefore my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the ^bbeast gate of the house of the Lord, and ^bcthe glory of the God of Israel was over them.

20 ^bdThese were the living creatures that I saw ^beunderneath the God of Israel by ^bfthe Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. 21 ^bgEach had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings ^bhthe likeness of human hands. 22 ^biAnd as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. ^bjEach one of them went straight forward.

Ezekiel 11

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 ^bkThe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^blthe east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^bmtwenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^bnthe son of Azzur, and ^boPelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, ^bp“Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 ^bqwho say, ^br‘The time is not near ^{▼▼Or Is not the time near . . . ?} to build houses. ^btThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

5 And ^buthe Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^bvFor I know the things that come into your mind. 6 ^bwYou have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^bxYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^bythey are the meat, and ^bzthis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 ^caYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^cbgive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^ccexecute judgments upon you. 10 ^cdYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^ceand you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 ^cfThis city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, ^cgbut have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^chthat ^ciPelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^cjThen I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^ck“Ah, Lord God! ^clWill you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

Israel’s New Heart and Spirit

14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 ^cm“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, ^{▼▼Hebrew the men of your redemption} the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ^co‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet ^cpI have been a sanctuary to them for a while ^{▼▼Or in small measure} in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^crI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^csand I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, ^ctthey will remove from it all its ^cudetestable things and all its abominations. 19 ^cvAnd I will give them one heart, and ^cwa new spirit I will put within them. ^cxI will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^cyand give them a heart of flesh, 20 ^czthat they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^daAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 ^dbBut as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, ^dcI will ^{▼▼Hebrew To the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes; I will} bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”

22 ^deThen the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, ^dfand the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and ^dgstood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 ^dhAnd the Spirit lifted me up and brought me ^diin the vision by the Spirit of God ^djinto Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.