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Ezekiel 43:2

The New Testament’s use of Ezekiel

3 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion3

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Rev 1:12–16

'His voice was like the voice of many waters' matches Ezek 43:2 nearly verbatim (LXX phōnē hydatōn pollōn). High verbal volume; the divine-glory association in Ezekiel transfers the theophanic voice directly to the risen Christ.

High confidence
Rev 19:6-10

The glory of God returning to the temple, 'his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.' Doublet with 1:24 reinforcing the 'many waters' theophanic acclamation of Rev 19:6. LXX phone hydaton pollon.

High confidence
Rev 14:1–5

The voice/glory of God 'like the sound of many waters' — directly behind 'a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters.' Verbal parallel (LXX phone hydaton pollon).

Medium confidence