Then I looked, and behold, (A)a form that had the appearance of a man.[a] (B)Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like (C)gleaming metal.[b] He (D)put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up (E)between earth and heaven and (F)brought me in (G)visions of God to Jerusalem, (H)to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, (I)where was the seat of the (J)image of jealousy, (K)which provokes to jealousy. And behold, (L)the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw (M)in the valley.

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
  2. Ezekiel 8:2 Or amber

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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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 Or saw a fiery figure