Ezekiel 43:2

“And look, the glory of the Elohim of Israel was coming from the way of the east; and his sound was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.”
Ezekiel 43:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And look,וְהִנֵּהthe gloryכְּבוֹדof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwas comingבָּאfrom the wayמִדֶּרֶךְof the east;הַקָּדִיםand his soundוְקוֹלוֹwas like the soundכְּקוֹלof manyרַבִּיםwaters,מַיִםand the earthוְהָאָרֶץshoneהֵאִירָהwith his glory.מִכְּבֹדוֹ

Allusion · Revelation 1:15

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Both texts say that his voice was like the sound of many waters.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

קוֹלkolH6963φωνὴphōnēG5456“voice, sound”
מַיִםmayimH4325ὑδάτωνhydatōnG5204“water”
רַבִּיםrabimH7227πολλῶνpollōnG4183“much, great, many”

Ezekiel 43:2, word by word

the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod

glory

God's majesty and presence.

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of the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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was comingבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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from the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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of the eastקָּדִיםkadim

east

The direction where the sun rises.

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and his soundקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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of manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

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watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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and the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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shoneהֵאִירָהheira

give light

To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.

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The context

1And he led me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.

2 · This verse (above)

3And it was like the appearance of the vision that I saw, like the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and visions like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

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