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Abominations in the Temple

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month,[a] I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. The hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. I looked, and there I saw a figure that looked like a man.[b] From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like fire, and from his waist up, he had the appearance of a dazzling light, something like glowing metal.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:1 During the autumn of 592 bc
  2. Ezekiel 8:2 The translation like a man follows the Greek text. The Hebrew reads like fire. The two words look very similar in Hebrew.
  3. Ezekiel 8:2 Or electrum, a natural alloy of silver and gold, or amber