Ezekiel 1:22-28

Vision of Divine Glory

22 Now 1over the heads of the living [a]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of [b]crystal, spread out over * their heads.
23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had 2two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.
24 I also heard the sound of their wings like the 3sound of abundant waters as they went, like the 4voice of [c]the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the 5sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.
25 And there came a voice from above the 6expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.
26 Now 7above * the expanse that was over their heads there was something 8resembling a throne, like [d]9lapis * lazuli * in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high * up, was a figure with the appearance of a 10man.
27 Then I [e]noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something 11like [f]glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him.
28 As the appearance of the 12rainbow [g]in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the 13glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I 14fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.

Cross References 14

  • 1. Ezekiel 10:1
  • 2. Ezekiel 1:6, 11
  • 3. Ezekiel 43:2; Revelation 1:15; Revelation 19:6
  • 4. Ezekiel 10:5
  • 5. 2 Kings 7:6; Daniel 10:6
  • 6. Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 10:1
  • 7. Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 10:1
  • 8. Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Daniel 7:9
  • 9. Exodus 24:10; Isaiah 54:11
  • 10. Ezekiel 43:6, 7; Revelation 1:13
  • 11. Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 8:2
  • 12. Genesis 9:13; Revelation 4:3; Revelation 10:1
  • 13. Exodus 24:16; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:22, 23; Ezekiel 43:4, 5
  • 14. Genesis 17:3; Ezekiel 3:23; Daniel 8:17; Revelation 1:17

Footnotes 7

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