According to a dictionary definition, the verb 'transcend' means 'be superior to', 'surpass' or 'pass beyond the limit of anything'. 'Transcendence' means 'being beyond all limitations'. When we say that God is transcendent, we mean that he is beyond any limitations, that he is superior to everything, surpasses everything. When Isaiah had his great vision of the presence of God in the Temple, he became aware of the holy transcendence of God who was like no other. Ezekiel had a similar understanding. To Ezekiel, God was 'wholly other'. God was what he was (Exodus 3: 14), beyond any limitations of place and time, beyond description in human language. In the introductory vision of the book, in Ezekiel 1, a bewildering description is given of the heavenly chariot-throne of God which appeared from a great storm cloud. It is almost impossible to puzzle out the vision because of the complexity and symbolism of what is described and the passage leaves us with the impression of the indescribable transcendence of God. The understanding of Ezekiel and Isaiah of the transcendence of God complements the understanding of Jeremiah and Hosea of the imminence or nearness of God to those who know him as closely as a loving father or loving husband.