Ezekiel 3:22
in Ezekiel 3And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
KJV
And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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This verse in Ezekiel 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 22.) And there, the hand of the Lord came upon me and He said to me: rise up, go out into the field, and there I will speak with you. This phrase, \"there,\" which we have translated from the Hebrew and is not found in the Septuagint, is intentionally placed and undoubtedly signifies a specific location. For earlier we read: And I came to the captivity at Tel-abib, to those who dwelt near the river Chebar (Ezekiel 3:15).
This site's exposition
go forth into the plain
on Ezekiel 3:22-24
The Lord calls Ezekiel out to open ground, away from the house he has been sitting in, and there the glory reappears exactly as he first saw it by the Chebar, so the plain becomes a second Chebar rather than a lesser encounter. Ezekiel's response repeats his response in chapter one, he falls on his face, and the spirit again enters him and sets him on his feet, the same two-stage pattern of collapse and lifting that will recur through the book. Fairbairn notes the repetition is not wasted ink: each fresh commission in Ezekiel is grounded in a fresh sight of the glory, never assumed from the first vision alone.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Arise, go forth into the plain - Into a place remote from observation and noise; a place where the glory of God might have sufficient room to manifest itself, that the prophet might see all its movements distinctly.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתְּהִ֥י | vatehi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עָלַ֛י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יַד־ | yad- | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלַ֗י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| ק֥וּם | kum | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| צֵא֙ | tze' | go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַבִּקְעָ֔ה | habikah | the plain | H1237 → | 20 times |
| וְשָׁ֖ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֲדַבֵּ֥ר | ʾadaber | I will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אוֹתָֽךְ׃ | ʾotakh | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
וַתְּהִ֥יand it was
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
עָלַ֛יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יַד־[the] hand of
yad-H3027 →1618 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלַ֗יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
ק֥וּםarise
kumH6965 →628 times
צֵא֙go out
tze'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַבִּקְעָ֔הthe plain
habikahH1237 →20 times
וְשָׁ֖םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
אֲדַבֵּ֥רI will speak
ʾadaberH1696 →1141 times
אוֹתָֽךְ׃with you
ʾotakhH854 →929 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 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 3:15
But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 20:7–9
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Ezekiel 37:1
Through
Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Ezekiel 1:3
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
- Ezekiel 33:22
Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened…
- Jeremiah 7:32
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead…
- Ezekiel 8:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.