Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 1:27

"And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him." — Ezekiel 1:27 (ASV)

As the colour of amber. —See Ezekiel 1:4 regarding this same expression. Literally, as an eye of bright metal. The rest of the verse is simply an attempt, by various repetitions, to convey an idea of the exceeding brightness and glory of the vision, yet also with the notions of purity and holiness, of power and activity always associated with fire. (Daniel 7:9; Revelation 1:14–15; Revelation 4:5.)