Ezekiel 1:26-28
“And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.”
What does Ezekiel 1:26-28 mean?
Ezekiel 1:26–28 (KJV) stands at the climax of Ezekiel’s opening vision, where the prophet—an exiled priest by the river Chebar in “the land of the Chaldeans” (Ezekiel 1:3)—is granted a revelation of the LORD’s glory. The chapter has already built a sense of overwhelming majesty…
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“And above the firmament that [was] over their heads [was] the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of…
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Most holy LORD God Almighty, I come before Thee with trembling reverence, drawn by the wonder of Thy revealed glory. Thy word declares, “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone.” Lord, my heart is…
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