Ezekiel 3:24

Ezekiel 3:24 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself within your house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Context of Ezekiel 3:24

22The hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out to the plain, and I will speak to you.” 23So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory and brilliance of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell face downward. Then the Spirit entered me and made me stand on my feet; He spoke and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house. 25As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them. 26And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk and you cannot be a man who rebukes the people, for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:24 word by word

וַתָּבֹא־בִ֣י ר֔וּחַ וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִי עַל־רַגְלָ֑י וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר אֹתִי֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֹּ֥א הִסָּגֵ֖ר בְּת֥וֹךְ בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into me, and setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• me upon my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with me, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• thyself withinתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:24

• Ezekiel 2:2Then as He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.
• Ezekiel 37:10So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
• Daniel 10:8So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my normal appearance turned to a deathly pale, and I grew weak and faint [with fright].
• Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The spirit - said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house - Hide thyself for the present. The reason is immediately subjoined.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24“Shut” in the privacy of his own chamber he is to receive a message from Yahweh. This “shutting up,” however, and the “bands” (Ezekiel 3:25, used figuratively) were signs of the manner in which Ezekiel‘s countrymen would close their ears, hindering him as far as in them lay from delivering the message of the Lord. With this verse commences a series of symbolic actions enjoined to the prophet in order to foretell the coming judgments of Jerusalem Ezekiel…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-27Verses 22-27 Let us own ourselves for ever indebted to the mediation of Christ, for the blessed intercourse between God and man; and a true believer will say, I am never less alone than when thus alone. When the Lord opened Ezekiel's mouth, he was to deliver his message boldly, to place life and death, the blessing and the curse, before the people, and leave them to their choice.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25Ezekiel was like a prisoner of God. He was shut inside his house and tied with ropes. It is not clear whether these ropes were real. Some think the other exiles tied him because they were hostile toward him. Others think this is a strong picture that shows their opposition and how his movements were restricted among them. His captivity was complete. God also limited his speech (Ezekiel 3:26–27). This unusual situation was meant to be a sign to the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. set me upon my feet--having been previously prostrate and unable to rise until raised by the divine power. shut thyself within ... house--implying that in the work he had to do, he must look for no sympathy from man but must be often alone with God and draw his strength from Him [Fairbairn]. "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…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 3:24

• Prophets

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings