Ezekiel 1:1
A Vision of God’s Glory
1:1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.
Ezekiel 8:2
8:2 As I watched, I noticed
a form that appeared to be a man.
From his waist downward was something like fire,
and from his waist upward something like a brightness,
like an amber glow.
Ezekiel 8:10
8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure
of creeping thing and beast – detestable images
– and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.
Ezekiel 10:1
God’s Glory Leaves the Temple
10:1 As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.