Ezekiel 3:24
in Ezekiel 3Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
KJV
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
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This verse in Ezekiel 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(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.
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
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"Do not go out of thy house till I reveal the future to thee by signs and words," which God does in the following chapters, down to the eleventh. Thus a representation was given of the city shut up by siege [GROTIUS].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּבֹא־ | vatavo'- | and it came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בִ֣י | vi | in me | ||
| ר֔וּחַ | ruach | a spirit | H7307 → | 378 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 |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֹתִי֙ | ʾoti | with me | H854 → | 929 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֹּ֥א | bo' | go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הִסָּגֵ֖ר | hisager | shut yourself up | H5462 → | 91 times |
| בְּת֥וֹךְ | betokh | in [the] midst of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃ | beitekha | house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַתָּבֹא־and it came
vatavo'-H935 →2568 times
בִ֣יin me
vi
ר֔וּחַa spirit
ruachH7307 →378 times
וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִיand it made stand up me
vataamideniH5975 →521 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רַגְלָ֑יfeet my
raglaiH7272 →247 times
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
אֹתִי֙with me
ʾotiH854 →929 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
בֹּ֥אgo
bo'H935 →2568 times
הִסָּגֵ֖רshut yourself up
hisagerH5462 →91 times
בְּת֥וֹךְin [the] midst of
betokhH8432 →418 times
בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃house your
beitekhaH1004 →2046 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
Daniel 10:19“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 35:4
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Judges 6:23
But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
- Daniel 9:23
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
- Daniel 10:11–12
He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to…
- Isaiah 35:4
Through
Ezekiel 37:10So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
it leads to
- Revelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
- Revelation 11:11
Through
Ezekiel 2:2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
- Numbers 11:25–26
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit…
- Ezekiel 3:12
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.