EZEKIEL 1: 4 “And I (Ezekiel) looked, and behold, a wind of storm came out of the north, a great cloud…”

“Ezekiel records in detail what he saw in the vision God gave him. While Ezekiel remained physically present with the exiles throughout the vision, he was oblivious to his surrounding, conscious only of the heavenly realities of his mind’s eye.”
“When we come to this description of this vision, we must confess the difficulty of trying to picture exactly what Ezekiel is trying to convey. The vision of Ezekiel 1 may be the most puzzling image in the entire Bible. Ezekiel could only describe the vision in relation to other more familiar concepts. Thus we find the frequent occurrence of words like “appearance,” “like” or “as.” In addition, Ezekiel was apparently awestruck by what he saw, and this affected the speech he used to describe the vision.”
“The description of the vision opens with a storm coming from the north. In the Bible, storms and the accompanying clouds are often associated with an appearance of God. The threatening storm came from the north, the location of Israel’s enemies. From Ezekiel’s perspective the invading armies were warriors from Babylon.