Ezekiel 8:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 As I looked, I beheld a figure that had the form of a man. From the area of his waist downward, he appeared to be like fire, and upward from his waist, he seemed to have a brilliance like gleaming amber. 3 He stretched forth what appeared to be a hand and grasped me by a lock of my hair. A Spirit then lifted me up between earth and heaven, and in divine visions he brought me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner north gate, where stood the idol that arouses one to jealousy.[a] 4 The glory of the God of Israel was present before me, like the vision I had seen in the valley.
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- Ezekiel 8:3 The idol that arouses one to jealousy: a mysterious object that excites the wrath of God, whose love for Israel has been betrayed. Tammuz (v. 14), the Adonis of the Greeks, was the god of the first flowering and the spring vegetation in Mesopotamia.
Ezekiel 8:2-4
New International Version
2 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) 3 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. 4 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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- Ezekiel 8:2 Or saw a fiery figure
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