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and I saw,[a] and look! A figure like the appearance of a man;[b] from the appearance of his waist and below was fire, and from his waist and upward[c] was like the appearance of brightness,[d] like the outward appearance of[e] amber. And he sent out the form of a hand, and he took me by a lock of hair of my head, and the Spirit lifted me between earth and heaven, and it brought me to Jerusalem in visions of God to the doorway of the inner gate that faced north,[f] at which there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which was making jealous. And look! There was the glory of the God of Israel like the vision that I saw in the valley.

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  1. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “looked”
  2. Ezekiel 8:2 Hebrew “fire”; but reading the BHS note 2b, “a man.”
  3. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “to above”
  4. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “shining metal”
  5. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “eye”
  6. Ezekiel 8:3 Literally “the one facing north”

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