The firstcreature[was] likea lion,and the secondcreaturelikea calf,and the thirdcreaturehada facelikethat of a man,and the fourthcreature[was] likea flyingeagle.
"Judahis a lion'swhelp;From the prey,my son,you have goneup. He couches,he liesdownas a lion,And as a lion,whodares rousehim up?
"Sauland Jonathan,belovedand pleasantin their life,And in their deaththey were not parted;They were swifterthaneagles,They were strongerthanlions.
By the transgressionof a landmanyare its princes,But by a manof understanding[and] knowledge,soit endures.
Yet those who waitfor the LORDWill gainnewstrength;They will mountup [with] wingslike eagles,They will runand not gettired,They will walkand not becomeweary.
As for the formof their faces,[each] had the faceof a man;all fourhad the faceof a lionon the rightand the faceof a bullon the left,and all fourhad the faceof an eagle.
Undertheir wingson their foursides[were] humanhands.As for the facesand wingsof the fourof them,
And eachonehad fourfaces.The firstface[was] the faceof a cherub,the secondface[was] the faceof a man,the thirdthe faceof a lion,and the fourththe faceof an eagle.
Eachonehad fourfacesand eachonefourwings,and beneaththeir wings[was] the formof humanhands.
"The first[was] like a lionand had [the] wingsof an eagle.I keptlookinguntilits wingswere plucked,and it was liftedup from the groundand madeto standon two feetlike a man;a humanmindalso was givento it.
"Thoughyou buildhighlike the eagle,Thoughyou setyour nestamongthe stars,From thereI will bringyou down,"declaresthe LORD.
"Behold,a peopleriseslike a lioness,And as a lionit liftsitself; It will not liedownuntilit devoursthe prey,And drinksthe bloodof the slain."
"He couches,he liesdownas a lion,And as a lion,whodares rousehim? Blessedis everyone who blessesyou, And cursedis everyone who cursesyou."
Brethren,do not be childrenin your thinking;yetin evilbe infants,but in your thinkingbe mature.
"The LORDwill bringa nationagainstyou from afar,from the endof the earth,as the eagleswoopsdown,a nationwhoselanguageyou shall not understand,
and beforethe throne[there was something] likea seaof glass,likecrystal;and in the centerand aroundthe throne,fourliving creaturesfullof eyesin frontand behind.
WhenHe brokethe secondseal,I heardthe secondliving creaturesaying,"Come."
WhenHe brokethe thirdseal,I heardthe thirdliving creaturesaying,"Come." I looked,and behold,a blackhorse;and he who saton it hada pair of scalesin his hand.
Whenthe Lamb brokethe fourthseal,I heardthe voiceof the fourthliving creaturesaying,"Come."
