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Abominations in the Temple and in Jerusalem

And then[a] in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me.[b] And the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there, and I saw,[c] and look! A figure like the appearance of a man;[d] from the appearance of his waist and below was fire, and from his waist and upward[e] was like the appearance of brightness,[f] like the outward appearance of[g] amber.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:1 Literally “and it happened”
  2. Ezekiel 8:1 Literally “to the face of me”
  3. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “looked”
  4. Ezekiel 8:2 Hebrew “fire”; but reading the BHS note 2b, “a man.”
  5. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “to above”
  6. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “shining metal”
  7. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “eye”