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27 From what appeared to be his waist up, he looked like gleaming amber, flickering like a fire. And from his waist down, he looked like a burning flame, shining with splendor.

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27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.(A)

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As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.[a]

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  1. 1:4 Or like burnished metal; also in 1:27.

I looked, and I saw a windstorm(A) coming out of the north(B)—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,(C)

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I saw a figure that appeared to be a man.[a] From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like a burning flame. From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.[b]

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  1. 8:2a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads appeared to be fire.
  2. 8:2b Or like burnished metal.

I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.[a] From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.(A)

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 Or saw a fiery figure

29 For our God is a devouring fire.

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29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24

Dark clouds surround him.
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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Clouds(A) and thick darkness(B) surround him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(C)

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Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him.

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Our God comes(A)
    and will not be silent;(B)
a fire devours(C) before him,(D)
    and around him a tempest(E) rages.

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24 The Lord your God is a devouring fire; he is a jealous God.

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24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(A) a jealous God.(B)

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14 His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire. 15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.

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14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.(A) 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,(B) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.(C) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars,(D) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.(E) His face was like the sun(F) shining in all its brilliance.

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in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C)

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