<p class="bodytext">Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

<p class="bodytext">He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirtieth year,<n id="1" /> on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles<n id="2" /> at the Kebar River,<n id="3" /> the heavens opened<n id="4" /> and I saw a divine vision.<n id="5" />

As I watched, I noticed<n id="1" /> a form that appeared to be a man.<n id="2" /> From his waist downward was something like fire,<n id="3" /> and from his waist upward something like a brightness,<n id="4" /> like an amber glow.<n id="5" />

So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure<n id="1" /> of creeping thing and beast &#8211; detestable images<n id="2" /> &#8211; and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As I watched, I saw<n id="1" /> on the platform<n id="2" /> above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain.<n id="1" /> This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the <sc>Lordsc>. When I saw<n id="2" /> it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.p>

<p class="bodytext">As I watched, I noticed<n id="1" /> four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub;<n id="2" /> the wheels gleamed like jasper.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">A wind<n id="1" /> lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord&#8217;s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.<n id="2" />