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 31:14
31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. 3 For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; 4 they will be among mere mortals, 5 with those who descend to the pit.
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 Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”
4 tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”
5 tn Heb “the sons of men.”