Ezekiel 8:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Abominations in the Temple
8 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month,[a] I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. The hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. 2 I looked, and there I saw a figure that looked like a man.[b] From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like fire, and from his waist up, he had the appearance of a dazzling light, something like glowing metal.[c] 3 He reached out with what looked like a hand and seized me by a lock of hair. Then the Spirit[d] lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me to Jerusalem, while I was experiencing visions from God. He brought me to the entrance of the north gate into the inner courtyard of the Temple, where the idolatrous image of jealousy, which provokes jealousy, was located.
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- Ezekiel 8:1 During the autumn of 592 bc
- Ezekiel 8:2 The translation like a man follows the Greek text. The Hebrew reads like fire. The two words look very similar in Hebrew.
- Ezekiel 8:2 Or electrum, a natural alloy of silver and gold, or amber
- Ezekiel 8:3 Or the wind. This may be an experience like Elijah’s experience with the whirlwind.
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