Ezekiel 3:23

Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

24Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:19And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

Joshua 5:14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

Ezekiel 1:3The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.

Ezekiel 8:4And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.

Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones.

Ezekiel 44:4And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:23-27

The People's Contumacy Predicted. ( b. c. 595.) 22 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. 23 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. 24 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. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold,… Read the whole commentary →

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