[1][2] In this chapter, Ezekiel sees "God's Glory depart from the Temple".

[5] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q73 (4QEzeka; 50–25 BCE) with extant verses 5–22.

[6][7][8][9] There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC.

Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;

[10][a] The sapphire stone is said to be like a throne of lapis lazuli in the New International Version.