Ezekiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ¹  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ²  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 2:8

2:8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

Ezekiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ³  watch closely and listen carefully to ⁴  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ⁵  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

[1:28]  ¹ sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.

[1:28]  ² tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

[44:5]  ³ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ⁵ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.