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Ezekiel 1:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ezekiel 1:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 On the fifth of that month, in the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, 3 the word of the Lord came in a dramatic way[a] upon Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans,[b] by the Kebar Canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
The Glory of the Lord Appears
4 As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north. There was a large cloud, with fire flashing through it, and there was a bright light all around it. In the middle of it, there was something that looked like glowing metal[c] in the middle of the fire.
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- Ezekiel 1:3 Or in a powerful way. The Hebrew uses an intensive verb form.
- Ezekiel 1:3 The Chaldeans were the ethnic group ruling Babylon.
- Ezekiel 1:4 Perhaps electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver, or perhaps amber
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