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Ezek. 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire ηinfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

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catching.

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a whirlwind.

Isa. 21:1• ¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. (Isa. 21:1)

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Jer. 1:13‑14• ¹³And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething-pot, and its face is from the north.
¹⁴And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (Jer. 1:13‑14)

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Jer. 4:6• ⁶Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction. (Jer. 4:6)

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Jer. 6:1• ¹Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction. (Jer. 6:1)

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Jer. 23:19• ¹⁹Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked. (Jer. 23:19)

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Jer. 25:9,32• ⁹behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
³²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. (Jer. 25:9,32)

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Hab. 1:8‑9• ⁸And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
⁹They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand. (Hab. 1:8‑9)

a great.

Ezek. 10:2‑4• ²And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
³And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
⁴And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. (Ezek. 10:2‑4)

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Ex. 19:16‑18• ¹⁶And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
¹⁷And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
¹⁸And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly. (Ex. 19:16‑18)

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Ex. 24:16‑17• ¹⁶And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
¹⁷And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. (Ex. 24:16‑17)

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Deut. 4:11‑12• ¹¹And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
¹²And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice. (Deut. 4:11‑12)

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2 Chron. 5:13‑14• ¹³--it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,
¹⁴and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God. (2 Chron. 5:13‑14)

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2 Chron. 6:1• ¹Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. (2 Chron. 6:1)

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2 Chron. 7:1‑3• ¹And when Solomon had ended praying, the fire came down from the heavens and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
²And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.
³And all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, and bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped and thanked Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (2 Chron. 7:1‑3)

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Psa. 18:11‑13• ¹¹He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
¹²From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
¹³And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:11‑13)

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Psa. 50:3• ³Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (Psa. 50:3)

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Psa. 97:2‑3• ²Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
³A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about. (Psa. 97:2‑3)

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Psa. 104:3‑4• ³Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. (Psa. 104:3‑4)

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Isa. 19:1• ¹The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt are moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt melteth in the midst of it. (Isa. 19:1)

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Nah. 1:3‑6• ³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
⁴He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
⁵The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
⁶Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. (Nah. 1:3‑6)

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Hab. 3:3‑5• ³+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise.
⁴And his brightness was as the light; Rays came forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
⁵Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet. (Hab. 3:3‑5)

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Heb. 12:29• ²⁹For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)

infolding itself.

Heb. catching itself.

colour.

Ezek. 1:27• ²⁷And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (Ezek. 1:27)

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Ezek. 8:2• ²And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the look of glowing brass. (Ezek. 8:2)

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Ezek. 10:8‑9• ⁸And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
⁹And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone. (Ezek. 10:8‑9)

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Rev. 1:15• ¹⁵and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters; (Rev. 1:15)

• It is fire... which characterizes the display of His destructive judgment as the God of heaven. (“Notes on Ezekiel 1-3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itselff, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brassg, out of the midst of the fire.

JND Translation Notes

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f

Or "mingled," as Ex. 9.24.

g

An unknown substance; some think a mixture of gold and silver. so in ver. 27; and ch. 8.2; see Rev. 1.15.