1:22 Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, 1 glittering awesomely like ice, 2 stretched out over their heads.
1 tn Or “like a dome” (NCV, NRSV, TEV).
2 tn Or “like crystal” (NRSV, NLT).
3 tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).
4 tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.
5 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Or “image.”
5 sn By referring to every high hill…all the mountaintops…under every green tree and every leafy oak Ezekiel may be expanding on the phraseology of Deut 12:2 (see 1 Kgs 14:23; 2 Kgs 16:4; 17:10; Jer 2:20; 3:6, 13; 2 Chr 28:4).