⁴ Then the man brought me by way of the north gate^(A) to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the Lord filling the temple^(B) of the Lord, and I fell facedown.^(C)

²⁸ Like the appearance of a rainbow^(A) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.^(B)

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory^(C) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,^(D) and I heard the voice of one speaking.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet^(A) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me^(B) and said: “Do not be afraid.^(C) I am the First and the Last.^(D)

²³ So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,^(A) and I fell facedown.^(B)

³ The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he^[a] came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. ⁴ The glory^(A) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.^{(B) 5} Then the Spirit^(C) lifted me up^(D) and brought me into the inner court, and the glory^(E) of the Lord filled the temple.^(F)

The North Gate

²⁰ Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court.

⁷ I will shake all nations, and what is desired^(A) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house^(B) with glory,^(C)’ says the Lord Almighty.

⁴⁰ By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables.

³ And they were calling to one another:

⁴ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.^(E)