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Ezekiel 1:4

Ezekiel 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

a whirlwind: Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 1:13-14, Jeremiah 4:6, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 23:19, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:32; Habakkuk 1:8-9

a great: Ezekiel 10:2-4; Exodus 19:16-18, Exodus 24:16-17; Deuteronomy 4:11-12; 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, 2 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 7:1-3; Psalms 18:11-13, Psalms 50:3, Psalms 97:2-3, Psalms 104:3-4; Isaiah 19:1; Nahum 1:3-6; Habakkuk 3:3-5; Hebrews 12:29

infolding itself: Heb. catching itself

colour: Ezekiel 1:27, Ezekiel 8:2, Ezekiel 10:8-9; Revelation 1:15

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