# Ezekiel 02 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Ezekiel Overview]] | [[Ezekiel 01]] | [[Ezekiel 03]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### A Vision of God’s Glory [[#Verse 01.]] 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.  [[#Verse 02.]] (On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile—  [[#Verse 03.]] the Lord’s message came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there.) [[#Verse 04.]] As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north—an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.  [[#Verse 05.]] In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,  [[#Verse 06.]] but each had four faces and four wings.  [[#Verse 07.]] Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.  [[#Verse 08.]] They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, [[#Verse 09.]] their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. [[#Verse 10.]] Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and also the face of an eagle.  [[#Verse 11.]] Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.  [[#Verse 12.]] Each moved straight ahead—wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.  [[#Verse 13.]] In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.  [[#Verse 14.]] The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning. [[#Verse 15.]] Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.  [[#Verse 16.]] The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.  [[#Verse 17.]] When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.  [[#Verse 18.]] Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around. [[#Verse 19.]] When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.  [[#Verse 20.]] Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.  [[#Verse 21.]] When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. [[#Verse 22.]] Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.  [[#Verse 23.]] Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.  [[#Verse 24.]] When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings—it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. [[#Verse 25.]] Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.  [[#Verse 26.]] Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.  [[#Verse 27.]] I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,  [[#Verse 28.]] like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes