# Ezekiel 1:27

> From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.

— Ezekiel 1:27, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 593 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Ezekiel 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/4
- Ezekiel 8:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/8/2
- Hebrews 12:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/12/29
- Psalms 97:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/97/2
- Deuteronomy 4:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/4/24
- Psalms 50:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/50/3
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-thessalonians/1/8
- Revelation 1:14-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/14

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).