Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground in David's City, and his son Jotham succeeded him as king.

The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz recorded all the other things that King Uzziah did during his reign.

Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground, but because of his disease he was not buried in the royal tombs. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, as blue as the sky.

God did not harm these leading men of Israel; they saw God, and then they ate and drank together.

So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?"

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God.

but there was still a sound coming from above the dome over their heads.

The figure seemed to be shining like bronze in the middle of a fire. It shone all over with a bright light

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.

He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

The LORD says, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?

Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.

I looked at the dome over the heads of the living creatures and above them was something that seemed to be a throne made of sapphire.

While I was looking, thrones were put in place. One who had been living forever sat down on one of the thrones. His clothes were white as snow, and his hair was like pure wool. His throne, mounted on fiery wheels, was blazing with fire,

"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,

To those who win the victory I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and now sit by my Father on his throne.

At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.

the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns down in front of the throne and say,

I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne; it was covered with writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

The Lamb went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

They called out to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the eyes of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb!

That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.

because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

A day is coming when people will sing, "Give thanks to the LORD! Call for him to help you! Tell all the nations what he has done! Tell them how great he is!

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."

Show your greatness in the sky, O God, and your glory over all the earth.

There is no one like the LORD our God. He lives in the heights above,

which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world.

Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next.

As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud

shining with the dazzling light of the LORD's presence, and they could not go back in to perform their duties.

The temple was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God, and no one could go into the temple until the seven plagues brought by the seven angels had come to an end.