He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair. Then in this vision God's spirit lifted me high in the air and took me to Jerusalem. He took me to the inner entrance of the north gate of the Temple, where there was an idol that was an outrage to God.

God said to the man wearing linen clothes, "Go between the wheels under the creatures and fill your hands with burning coals. Then scatter the coals over the city." I watched him go.

One of the creatures reached his hand into the fire that was there among them, picked up some coals, and put them in the hands of the man in linen. The man took the coals and left.

I saw that each creature had what looked like a human hand under each of its wings.

Then the dazzling light of the LORD's presence left the entrance of the Temple and moved to a place above the creatures.

Each of them had four faces, four wings, and what looked like a human hand under each wing.

Then one of the creatures flew down to me, carrying a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.