Ezekiel 3:23
in Ezekiel 3So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
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ASV
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
KJV
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
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This verse in Ezekiel 3
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A fresh revelation of the glory of the Lord, to impress upon Ezekiel another characteristic of his mission. Now he is to learn that there is “a time to be silent” as well as “a time to speak,” and that both are appointed by God. This represents forcibly the authoritative character and divine origin of the utterances of the Hebrew prophets.
This site's exposition
go out to the plain
on Ezekiel 3:22-24
The LORD’s hand comes on Ezekiel with the command “go out to the plain.” On the plain “the glory of the LORD was present there,” and he fell facedown as at the first vision. The Spirit “entered me and set me on my feet,” the same words as Ezekiel 2:2.
This site's exposition
went out to the plain
Ezekiel went out to the plain, and “the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar.” He fell facedown again, as he had at the first vision.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 23.) And I arose ((Vulg. arose)) and went out into the field, and behold there the glory of the Lord was standing, as the glory that I saw by the river Chobar. At the Lord's command, it enters and at the Lord's command, it goes out, and it sits among those who sit; for those who stand could not hear him. And going out into the width of the field, he saw the standing glory of the Lord, which he had seen before walking and lifting itself up, and sometimes standing. Because next to the river of this age, called Chobar, which can be interpreted as very serious, glory was seen: which signifies that all the glory of this world overflows and does not have a stable position. But the standing and enduring glory of the Lord, when seen with the standing Prophet in the field, could not stand nor be seen amidst the captives.
(Verse 24.) And I fell upon my face, and the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in, and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house. Unable to bear the weight of the glory of the Lord standing, he fell on his face, so that he could be lifted up by the entering spirit. The spirit stood him upon his feet, and spoke to him, saying: Enter and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 12 · Written before 604.
proposed
"And rising I went out into the plain, and behold, there the glory of the Lord stood, like the glory which I saw beside the river Chebar." The prophet saw in the plain the glory of the Lord, which he had seen beside the river Chebar in the midst of the Israelites, because that same majesty appeared to the Gentiles which had first revealed itself to the elect among the Jewish people through the revealing Spirit. "And I fell upon my face." Having seen the glory of the Lord, the prophet falls on his face, because although a man may be elevated to understand sublime things, nevertheless from the contemplation of God's majesty he understands the weakness of his own condition; and he who sees himself to be ashes and dust before God's eyes has, as it were, no standing.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
We are not now to expect such visions, but we must own that we have a favour done us no way inferior if we so by faith behold the glory of the Lord as to be changed into the same image, by the Spirit of the Lord; and this honour have all his saints.
Then I arose and went forth into the plain,....
1 more voice on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These verses are fitly joined by some translators to the foregoing chapter, as being of a piece with it and a continuation of the same vision. The prophets received the word from God that they might deliver it to the people of God, furnished themselves that they might furnish them with the knowledge of the mind and will of God. Now here the prophet is taught, I.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאָקוּם֮ | vaakum | and I arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וָאֵצֵ֣א | vaetze' | and I went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַבִּקְעָה֒ | habikah | the plain | H1237 → | 20 times |
| וְהִנֵּה־ | vehineh- | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| כְּבוֹד־ | kevod- | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֹמֵ֔ד | ʾomed | [was] standing | H5975 → | 521 times |
| כַּכָּב֕וֹד | kakavod | like the glory | H3519 → | 200 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָאִ֖יתִי | raiti | I had seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נְהַר־ | nehar- | [the] river of | H5104 → | 119 times |
| כְּבָ֑ר | kevar | Kebar | H3529 → | 8 times |
| וָאֶפֹּ֖ל | vaepol | and I fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנָֽי׃ | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וָאָקוּם֮and I arose
vaakumH6965 →628 times
וָאֵצֵ֣אand I went out
vaetze'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַבִּקְעָה֒the plain
habikahH1237 →20 times
וְהִנֵּה־and there!
vehineh-H2009 →843 times
שָׁ֤םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
כְּבוֹד־[the] glory of
kevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֹמֵ֔ד[was] standing
ʾomedH5975 →521 times
כַּכָּב֕וֹדlike the glory
kakavodH3519 →200 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָאִ֖יתִיI had seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
עַל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
נְהַר־[the] river of
nehar-H5104 →119 times
כְּבָ֑רKebar
kevarH3529 →8 times
וָאֶפֹּ֖לand I fell
vaepolH5307 →435 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פָּנָֽי׃face my
panaiH6440 →2123 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
Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 10:8–10
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Daniel 8:17–18
As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 44:6
Through
Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
it leads to
- Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 10:1
Through
Acts 7:55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
it leads to
- Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Mark 16:19
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 12; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.