- Their words aren’t heard, their voices aren’t recorded, But their silence fills the earth: unspoken truth is spoken everywhere. God makes a huge dome for the sun—a superdome! The morning sun’s a new husband leaping from his honeymoon bed, The daybreaking sun an athlete racing to the tape.
- Over the heads of the living creatures was something like a dome, shimmering like a sky full of cut glass, vaulted over their heads. Under the dome one set of wings was extended toward the others, with another set of wings covering their bodies. When they moved I heard their wings—it was like the roar of a great waterfall, like the voice of The Strong God, like the noise of a battlefield. When they stopped, they folded their wings.
- And then, as they stood with folded wings, there was a voice from above the dome over their heads. Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne, sky-blue like a sapphire, with a humanlike figure towering above the throne. From what I could see, from the waist up he looked like burnished bronze and from the waist down like a blazing fire. Brightness everywhere! The way a rainbow springs out of the sky on a rainy day—that’s what it was like. It turned out to be the Glory of God! When I saw all this, I fell to my knees, my face to the ground. Then I heard a voice. * * *
The Temple, Filled with the Presence of God
When I next looked, oh! Above the dome over the heads of the cherubim-angels was what looked like a throne, sky-blue, like a sapphire!
Ezekiel 1.22
GOD'S WORD® Translation
Something like a dome was spread over the heads of the living creatures. It looked like dazzling crystal.
Good News Translation
Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.
In the Bible, Ezekiel 1:22-28 describes a vision of living creatures under a dome. The creatures have wings that stretch out toward each other and cover their bodies.
Ezekiel 1.26 CEB - Above the dome over their heads, there
Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis lazuli in the form of a throne. Above the form of the throne there was a form.
Something like a dome was spread over the heads of the living creatures. It looked like dazzling crystal.
Good News Translation
Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.
In the Bible, Ezekiel 1:22-28 describes a vision of living creatures under a dome. The creatures have wings that stretch out toward each other and cover their bodies.
Ezekiel 1.26 CEB - Above the dome over their heads, there
Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis lazuli in the form of a throne. Above the form of the throne there was a form.
What does Ezekiel see?
- A dome that sparkles like ice and is frightening
- A sky that looks like crystal
- A throne that looks like a sapphire gem
- A shape like a human on the throne
- A brightness around the throne that looks like a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day
What does Ezekiel hear?
- The sound of the creatures' wings, like the roaring of the sea
- A voice from above the dome
What does this vision mean?
- Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures may represent cherubim, who are God's throne bearers
- Ezekiel's vision may symbolize that God is in charge and enthroned in heaven
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