en_tn/ezk/01/04.md

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  • Ezekiel continues to describe his vision.
  • a windstorm - This is a storm that has a lot of wind.
  • coming from the north - North is the direction to your left when you look toward the sun while it is rising.
  • a great cloud with fire flashing within it - This could be translated as a new sentence: "The storm had a very large cloud with fire flashing in it."
  • fire flashing - Possible meanings are 1) "flashing lightning" or 2) "constant lightning."
  • and brightness surrounding it and inside of it - "and a very bright light was around the cloud and inside of it"
  • the color of amber - Alternate translations: "bright yellow like amber" or "bright yellow" or "glowing yellow"
  • amber - a hard yellow resin that is used as a beautiful decoration on jewelry
  • In the middle - "Inside the storm"
  • was the likeness of four living creatures - "there were things that looked like four creatures" or "there was what looked like four creatures"
  • This was their appearance - "This is what the four creatures looked like"
  • they had the likeness of a man - "the four creatures looked like people"
  • but they had four faces each, and each of the creatures had four wings - "but each of them had four different faces and four wings"