The sentry calls out, "Sir, I have been standing guard at my post day and night."

Suddenly, here they come! Riders on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, "Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshiped lie shattered on the ground."

I will climb my watchtower and wait to see what the LORD will tell me to say and what answer he will give to my complaint.

Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.

I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings,

Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being.

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

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

His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.

I recognized them as the same creatures which I had seen beneath the God of Israel at the Chebar River.

The living creatures began to fly, and the wheels went with them. The dazzling light of the presence of the God of Israel was over them.

He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

With his many thousands of mighty chariots the Lord comes from Sinai into the holy place.

He goes up to the heights, taking many captives with him; he receives gifts from rebellious people. The LORD God will live there.

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

who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.

Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being.

he looked up and saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran out to meet them. Bowing down with his face touching the ground,

And the LORD said to himself, "I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do.

Then the two men left and went on toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.

Abraham said, "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?" He said, "I will not destroy the city if I find twenty."

but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.

Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.

While Joshua was near Jericho, he suddenly saw a man standing in front of him, holding a sword. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you one of our soldiers, or an enemy?"

And the commander of the LORD's army told him, "Take your sandals off; you are standing on holy ground." And Joshua did as he was told.

The LORD said to Joshua, "I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers.

Some time later the LORD told me to go back to the Euphrates and get the shorts.

Then the LORD spoke to me again. He said,

The LORD said to me, "Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.

Jerusalem, look! Your enemies are coming down from the north! Where are the people entrusted to your care, your people you were so proud of ?

If you ask why all this has happened to you---why your clothes have been torn off and you have been raped---it is because your sin is so terrible.

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.

and among them there was what looked like a human being, wearing a robe that reached to his feet, and a gold band around his chest.