Ezekiel 1:16
Context1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction 1 was like gleaming jasper, 2 and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. 3
Ezekiel 8:5
Context8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 4 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
Ezekiel 22:30
Context22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 5


[1:16] 1 tc This word is omitted from the LXX.
[1:16] 2 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB); “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV); or “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).
[1:16] 3 tn Or “like a wheel at right angles to another wheel.” Some envision concentric wheels here, while others propose “a globe-like structure in which two wheels stand at right angles” (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:33-34). The description given in v. 17 favors the latter idea.