Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ver. 2. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness.] Of a man, likely. This was the Lord Christ, whose eyes are like a flaming fire, Rev 1:14 and even our God (as well as the Jews' God) is a consuming fire. Heb 12:29 Here, in the fire, was set forth his vengeance against the wicked; in his brightness upwards, his majesty, say some; his clemency, say others.
As the colour of amber.] Or, Of a coal intensely hot, as Eze 1:27