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the word of the Lord came in a dramatic way[a] upon Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans,[b] by the Kebar Canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

The Glory of the Lord Appears

As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north. There was a large cloud, with fire flashing through it, and there was a bright light all around it. In the middle of it, there was something that looked like glowing metal[c] in the middle of the fire.

In the middle of it I saw what looked like four living creatures. This was what they looked like. Each of them had a human appearance,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:3 Or in a powerful way. The Hebrew uses an intensive verb form.
  2. Ezekiel 1:3 The Chaldeans were the ethnic group ruling Babylon.
  3. Ezekiel 1:4 Perhaps electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver, or perhaps amber