Ezekiel 2:2
in Ezekiel 2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spake unto me.
KJV
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
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This verse in Ezekiel 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Vers. 2.) And the Spirit entered into me after He spoke to me and set me on my feet. And I heard Him speaking to me, saying: Son of man. LXX: And the Spirit came upon me, and took me up, and raised me, and set me on my feet: and I heard Him speaking to me, and He said to me: Son of man.
This site's exposition
stand upon thy feet
on Ezekiel 2:1-2
The address that will run through this book opens here, son of man, the Lord's constant name for the prophet that keeps his creaturely smallness in view even as he stands before the glory just described. The command to stand is not obeyed by the prophet's own strength; the spirit enters him and sets him on his feet, so that even his posture before God is a gift rather than an achievement. Gill notes that Ezekiel falls at the chapter's own hinge point and is raised again by the same hand, judgment and mercy meeting in two consecutive verses.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And the spirit entered into me - This spirit was different to that mentioned above, by which the wheels, etc., were moved. The spirit of prophecy is here intended; whose office was not merely to enable him to foresee and foretell future events, but to purify and refine his heart, and qualify him to be a successful preacher of the word of life. He who is sent by the God of all grace to convert sinners must be influenced by the Holy Ghost; otherwise he can neither be saved himself, nor become the instrument of salvation to others.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
what was being spoken to me Heb. מִדַבֵּר. What was being spoken with me.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּ֧בֹא | vatavo' | and it came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בִ֣י | vi | in me | ||
| ר֗וּחַ | ruach | a spirit | H7307 → | 378 times |
| כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ | kaasher | just when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֣ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִי | vataamideni | and it made stand up me | H5975 → | 521 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רַגְלָ֑י | raglai | feet my | H7272 → | 247 times |
| וָאֶשְׁמַ֕ע | vaeshma' | and I heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִדַּבֵּ֥ר | midaber | [one who] spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלָֽי׃ פ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַתָּ֧בֹאand it came
vatavo'H935 →2568 times
בִ֣יin me
vi
ר֗וּחַa spirit
ruachH7307 →378 times
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙just when
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֣רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִיand it made stand up me
vataamideniH5975 →521 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רַגְלָ֑יfeet my
raglaiH7272 →247 times
וָאֶשְׁמַ֕עand I heard
vaeshma'H8085 →1159 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
מִדַּבֵּ֥ר[one who] spoke
midaberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלָֽי׃ פto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
it leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- Titus 3:3–6
Through
Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
it leads to
- Romans 2:4
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
- Isaiah 42:24
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey…
- Romans 2:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.