²⁷I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.^k ²⁸Like the appearance of a rainbow^l in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.^m

This was the appearance of the likeness of the gloryⁿ of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,^o and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet

2He said to me, “Son of man,^a^p stand^q up on your feet and I will speak to you.^r”

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Footnotes

aThe Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

Cross references

k Eze 8:2
lSee Ge 9:13; Rev 10:1
mSee Rev 4:2
nSee Ex 16:7; See 24:16; Lk 2:9
oSee Ge 17:3; See Nu 14:5
pSee Job 25:6; Ps 8:4; See Eze 1:26; Da 7:13; 8:15
q Da 10:11; Ac 14:10; 26:16
r Ac 9:6