## looked like burning coals of fire, or like torches ##

Alternate translation: "were bright like coals in a hot fire, or like torches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## and there were flashes of lightning ##

Alternate translation: "and lightning came out from the fire."

## The living creatures were moving swiftly back and forth, and they looked like lightning! ##

Ezekiel compares the creatures with lightning because they move very fast like lightning. Alternate translation: "The living creatures were going forward and coming back so quickly that they looked like lightning!"