When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings -- it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, "Go shut yourself in your house.

Next, I noticed six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

When the Lord commanded the man dressed in linen, "Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.

When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers' scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.

So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

"This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;