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25 And there was[a] a sound from above the expanse that was above their heads, and when they stood[b] they lowered their wings. 26 And from above the expanse that was above their heads there was the likeness of a throne, looking like a sapphire,[c] and above the likeness of the throne was a likeness similar to[d] the appearance of a human on it, but above it.[e] 27 And I saw something like the outward appearance of amber, something like the appearance of fire, with a covering around it, from the likeness of his loins and upward.[f] And from the likeness of his loins and downward[g] I saw something like the appearance of fire, and it was radiant all around.[h] 28 Like the appearance[i] of a bow that is in the cloud on a rainy day,[j] such was the radiance[k] around it; thus was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:25 Or “it was”
  2. Ezekiel 1:25 Literally “at their standing”
  3. Ezekiel 1:26 Literally “the appearance of a stone of sapphire”
  4. Ezekiel 1:26 Or “like”
  5. Ezekiel 1:26 Literally “from to above”
  6. Ezekiel 1:27 Literally “to above”
  7. Ezekiel 1:27 Literally “to down”
  8. Ezekiel 1:27 Literally “brightness was for it around”
  9. Ezekiel 1:28 Or “likeness”
  10. Ezekiel 1:28 Literally “the day of the rain”
  11. Ezekiel 1:28 Or “brightness”

25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings. 26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire[a] stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above. 27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. 28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

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  1. 1:26 or, lapis lazuli