Ezekiel continues to describe his vision.

## a windstorm ##

This is a storm that has a lot of wind.

## coming from the north ##

North is the direction to your left when you look toward the sun while it is rising.

## a great cloud with fire flashing within it ##

This could be translated as a new sentence: "The storm had a very large cloud with fire flashing in it."

## fire flashing ##

Possible meanings are 1) "flashing lightning" or 2) "constant lightning."

## and brightness surrounding it and inside of it ##

"and a very bright light was around the cloud and inside of it"

## the color of amber ##

Alternate translations: "bright yellow like amber" or "bright yellow" or "glowing yellow"

## amber ##

a hard yellow resin that is used as a beautiful decoration on jewelry

## In the middle ##

"Inside the storm"

## was the likeness of four living creatures ##

"there were things that looked like four creatures" or "there was what looked like four creatures"

## This was their appearance ##

"This is what the four creatures looked like"

## they had the likeness of a man ##

"the four creatures looked like people"

## but they had four faces each, and each of the creatures had four wings ##

"but each of them had four different faces and four wings"