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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!"