Ezekiel 10:3

10:3 (The cherubim were standing on the south side ¹  of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

Ezekiel 30:3

30:3 For the day is near,

the day of the Lord is near;

it will be a day of storm clouds, ² 

it will be a time of judgment ³  for the nations.

Ezekiel 10:4

10:4 Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

Ezekiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ⁴ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 32:7

32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky;

I will darken its stars.

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon will not shine. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance; ⁶  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Ezekiel 1:4

1:4 As I watched, I noticed ⁷  a windstorm ⁸  coming from the north – an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, ⁹  such that bright light ¹⁰  rimmed it and came from ¹¹  it like glowing amber ¹²  from the middle of a fire.

Ezekiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ¹³  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ¹⁴  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 8:11

8:11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel ¹⁵  (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant ¹⁶  vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Ezekiel 34:12

34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ¹⁷ 

Ezekiel 38:16

38:16 You will advance ¹⁸  against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself ¹⁹  through you, O Gog.

[10:3]  ¹ tn Heb “right side.”

[30:3]  ² tn Heb “a day of clouds.” The expression occurs also in Joel 2:2 and Zeph 1:15; it recalls the appearance of God at Mount Sinai (Exod 19:9, 16, 18).

[30:3]  ³ tn Heb “a time.” The words “of judgment” have been added in the translation for clarification (see the following verses).

[30:18]  ³ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.

[32:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “will not shine its light.” For similar features of cosmic eschatology, see Joel 2:10; 4:15; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:5.

[38:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “go up.”

[1:4]  ⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[1:4]  ⁷ sn Storms are often associated with appearances of God (see Nah 1:3; Ps 18:12). In some passages, the “storm” (סְעָרָה, sÿ’arah) may be a whirlwind (Job 38:1, 2 Kgs 2:1).

[1:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “fire taking hold of itself,” perhaps repeatedly. The phrase occurs elsewhere only in Exod 9:24 in association with a hailstorm. The LXX interprets the phrase as fire flashing like lightning, but it is possibly a self-sustaining blaze of divine origin. The LXX also reverses the order of the descriptors, i.e., “light went around it and fire flashed like lightning within it.”

[1:4]  ⁹ tn Or “radiance.” The term also occurs in 1:27b.

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tc Or “was in it”; cf. LXX ἐν τῷ μέσῳ αὐτοῦ (en tw mesw autou, “in its midst”).

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn The LXX translates חַשְׁמַל (khashmal) with the word ἤλεκτρον (hlektron, “electrum”; so NAB), an alloy of silver and gold, perhaps envisioning a comparison to the glow of molten metal.

[1:28]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

[8:11]  ⁸ sn Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).

[8:11]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[34:12]  ⁹ sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.

[38:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “come up.”

[38:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “reveal my holiness.”