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Then I looked, and behold, a likeness [of a man] with the appearance of fire; from His [a]loins downward He was like fire, and from His loins upward He had the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal (bronze).

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 The midsection of the body from the lower ribs to the hips.

The Spirit Carried Me in Visions

1-4 In the sixth year, in the sixth month and the fifth day, while I was sitting at home meeting with the leaders of Judah, it happened that the hand of my Master, God, gripped me. When I looked, I was astonished. What I saw looked like a man—from the waist down like fire and from the waist up like highly burnished bronze. He reached out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair. The Spirit swept me high in the air and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple’s inside court where the image of the sex goddess that makes God so angry had been set up. Right before me was the Glory of the God of Israel, exactly like the vision I had seen out on the plain.

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Then I looked, and behold, (A)a form that had the appearance of a man.[a] (B)Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like (C)gleaming metal.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
  2. Ezekiel 8:2 Or amber

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.

Then I looked, and behold, a likeness [of a man] with the appearance of fire; from His [a]loins downward He was like fire, and from His loins upward He had the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal (bronze). He stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of hair on my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol (image) of [b]jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.(A) And behold, the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel [who had loved and chosen them] was there, like the vision which I saw in the plain.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 The midsection of the body from the lower ribs to the hips.
  2. Ezekiel 8:3 God does not tolerate the transfer of the honor and worship that is due Him to any other being or object.

The Spirit Carried Me in Visions

1-4 In the sixth year, in the sixth month and the fifth day, while I was sitting at home meeting with the leaders of Judah, it happened that the hand of my Master, God, gripped me. When I looked, I was astonished. What I saw looked like a man—from the waist down like fire and from the waist up like highly burnished bronze. He reached out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair. The Spirit swept me high in the air and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple’s inside court where the image of the sex goddess that makes God so angry had been set up. Right before me was the Glory of the God of Israel, exactly like the vision I had seen out on the plain.

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Then I looked, and behold, (A)a form that had the appearance of a man.[a] (B)Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like (C)gleaming metal.[b] He (D)put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up (E)between earth and heaven and (F)brought me in (G)visions of God to Jerusalem, (H)to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, (I)where was the seat of the (J)image of jealousy, (K)which provokes to jealousy. And behold, (L)the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw (M)in the valley.

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
  2. Ezekiel 8:2 Or amber

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] He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the Lord very jealous. Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.

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Footnotes

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