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Then I looked, and behold, a likeness [of a man] with the appearance of fire; from His [a]loins downward He was like fire, and from His loins upward He had the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal (bronze). He stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of hair on my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol (image) of [b]jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.(A) And behold, the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel [who had loved and chosen them] was there, like the vision which I saw in the plain.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 The midsection of the body from the lower ribs to the hips.
  2. Ezekiel 8:3 God does not tolerate the transfer of the honor and worship that is due Him to any other being or object.

I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.[a] From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.(A) He stretched out what looked like a hand(B) and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up(C) between earth and heaven and in visions(D) of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,(E) where the idol that provokes to jealousy(F) stood. And there before me was the glory(G) of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:2 Or saw a fiery figure