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Ezekiel 43:2

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

KJV

Et ecce gloria Dei Israël ingrediebatur per viam orientalem : et vox erat ei quasi vox aquarum multarum, et terra splendebat a majestate ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἰδοὺ δόξα θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἤρχετο κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν πρὸς ἀνατολάς, καὶ φωνὴ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ὡς φωνὴ διπλασιαζόντων πολλῶν· καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐξέλαμπεν ὡς φέγγος ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης κυκλόθεν.

LXX

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.

ASV

וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה כְּבוֹד֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֖א מִ/דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַ/קָּדִ֑ים וְ/קוֹל֗/וֹ כְּ/קוֹל֙ מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים וְ/הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הֵאִ֥ירָה מִ/כְּבֹדֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה
h
noun · 69×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הָאִ֣יר
h'yr
verb · 42×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 1:15 · echo
    "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
    Ezekiel: his voice like the sound of many waters — Christ's voice

Themes

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:11 — So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
  • Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
  • Ezek 1:24 — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their w
  • Ezek 1:24 — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their w
  • Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
  • Ezek 3:23 — Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
  • Ezek 10:4 — Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
  • Ezek 10:18 — Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
  • Ezek 11:23 — And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
  • Ezek 11:23 — And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
  • Ezek 44:2 — Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
  • Isa 6:3 — And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
  • Isa 17:12 — Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
  • John 3:23 — And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
  • Lev 9:4 — Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.
  • Lev 9:6 — And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
  • Rev 1:15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
  • Rev 1:15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
  • Rev 14:2 — And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
  • Rev 14:2 — And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
  • Rev 18:1 — And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
  • Rev 18:1 — And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
  • Rev 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
  • Rev 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
  • Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
  • Zech 14:4 — And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and