Ezekiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. 1  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw 2  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note 3  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives 4  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

1 sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.

2 tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

3 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

4 tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”