²⁷ I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.^(A)

⁴ I looked, and I saw a windstorm^(A) coming out of the north^(B)—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,^(C)

² I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.^[a] From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.^(A)

²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.”^[a](A)

²⁴ For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,^(A) a jealous God.^(B)

¹⁴ The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.^{(A) 15} His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,^(B) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.^{(C) 16} In his right hand he held seven stars,^(D) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.^(E) His face was like the sun^(F) shining in all its brilliance.

⁸ He will punish^(A) those who do not know God^(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.^(C)