Ezekiel 8:2-4
The Message
The Spirit Carried Me in Visions
8 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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Ezekiel 8:2
English Standard Version
2 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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- Ezekiel 8:2 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
- Ezekiel 8:2 Or amber
Ezekiel 8:2
New Living Translation
2 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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Ezekiel 8:2-4
The Message
The Spirit Carried Me in Visions
8 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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Ezekiel 8:2-4
English Standard Version
2 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] 3 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. 4 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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- Ezekiel 8:2 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
- Ezekiel 8:2 Or amber
Ezekiel 8:2-4
New Living Translation
2 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] 3 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. 4 Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.
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