He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me ¹  the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” ² 

As I watched, I saw ¹  on the platform ²  above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings ¹  or birds or four-footed animals ²  or reptiles.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

I asked, “What is it?” And he replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain ¹  that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said, “This is their ‘eye’ ²  throughout all the earth.”

Now ¹  the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On ²  their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, ³  and their faces looked like men’s ⁴  faces.

I am like an owl ¹  in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl ²  among the ruins. ³ 

To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; ¹ 

He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One. ¹ 

To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

In the fire ¹  were what looked like ²  four living beings. ³  In their appearance they had human form, ⁴ 

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

As ¹  the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

Thus Jesus ¹  asked, ²  “What is the kingdom of God ³  like? ⁴  To ⁵  what should I compare it?

And tongues spreading out like a fire ¹  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,