Ezekiel 1:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year the [figurative] heaven opened and I saw visions from God.

¹ The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: »Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.«

² That night, God spoke to him and said: »Jacob! Jacob!« »Here I am,« Jacob answered.

¹⁰ They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky.

³ »Register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are qualified to work at the tent of meeting.

⁶ He said: »Listen to my words: ‘When there are prophets of Jehovah among you, I make myself known to them in visions or speak to them in dreams.

¹ I considered all this in my heart and declared that the righteous and their works are in the hand of God. No man knows if love or hatred awaits him in the future. ² The same thing comes to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears and refrains from an oath.

¹ This is the vision seen by Isaiah the son of Amoz. It is about Judah and Jerusalem at the time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.

⁵ »Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah as good. I have sent them out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. ⁶ »‘I will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them to this land again. I will build them up and not overthrow them. I will plant them and not uproot them. ⁷ »‘I will give them a heart (will) (desire) to know me. I am Jehovah! They will be my people, and I will be their God! They will return to me with their whole heart.

³ The word of Jehovah (YHWH) spoke to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi. It was in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of Jehovah came upon him.

¹⁵ I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles that lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned among them.

²³ I got up and went to the plain. Jehovah’s glory was standing there like the glory I saw by the Chebar River. So I immediately bowed down.

³ It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me in vision to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

¹⁵ The angels rose. These were the living creatures that I saw at the Chebar River.

²⁰ These are the living creatures that I saw under the God of Israel at the Chebar River. I realized that they were angels (cherubs).

²² Their faces looked exactly like the faces that I saw by the Chebar River. Each one went straight ahead.

²⁴ The Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

² In visions, God brought me to Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On the south side of the mountain were buildings that looked like those in a city.

³ This vision was like the one I saw when he came to destroy Jerusalem and like the one I saw by the Chebar River. I immediately bowed down.

¹ A vision appeared to me, Daniel, in the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar. It appeared after the first vision. ² I saw in the vision: I was in Shushan the castle (palace), which is in the province of Elam by the River Ulai.

²⁸ »In the last days I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions! (Ac 2:17; Isa 44:3)

¹⁰ »I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions. I taught lessons through the prophets.

¹⁶ Then Jesus was baptized and came up from the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened. He saw God’s Spirit coming down like a dove.

⁹ When they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what they saw, until the Son of man has risen from the dead.

¹⁰ When Jesus came out of the water he saw the heavens open and the Spirit descended on him like a dove.

²¹ When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. He prayed and heaven was opened.

²³ When Jesus began to teach he was about thirty years old. Jesus was the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

⁵¹ Jesus continued: »You will see the heavens opened and you will see the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.«

⁵⁶ He said, »Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.«

¹⁰ The disciple Ananias was in Damascus. The Lord spoke to Ananias in a vision: »Ananias.« He replied: »Yes, I am here, Lord.« ¹¹ The Lord said to him, »Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus for he is praying. ¹² »He has seen a man named Ananias in a vision. He came in and laid his hand on him that he might receive his sight.«

³ About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw a vision. An angel of God came to him and said, »Cornelius.«

¹¹ He saw heaven opened, something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners was descending to the earth.

¹ I must brag, although it does not do any good. I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

¹ After this I saw a door opened in heaven: and the first voice that I heard was talking to me like a trumpet. It said: »Come up here and I will show you things from the future.«

¹¹ I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.