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 Lord continued to give me strength. He said to me, ‘Stand up now! Go out into the valley and I will speak to you there.’ 23So I got up and I went out to the valley. I saw the glory of the Lord in that place. It was like the glory that I had seen beside the Kebar river. I bent down low, with my face to the ground. Then a spirit came into me. He lifted me up and he made me stand on my feet. The Lord said to me, ‘Go into your house and shut the door. 25Son of man, people will tie you with ropes so that you cannot move. You will not be able to go out among the people. 26I will also stop your tongue from moving so that you cannot speak. You will not be able to warn the Israelites. They are people who refuse to obey me.

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 2:2A spirit came into me while he spoke. He made me stand up and I heard him speak to me.
• Ezekiel 37:10So I spoke the message that the Lord had commanded me to speak. Breath went into those dead bodies and they became alive. They stood up on their feet. They were as many as a great army.
• Daniel 10:8So I was there alone to see this great vision. All my strength disappeared. My face became very white. I was very weak.
• Ezekiel 4:1‘Son of man, take a large brick and put it in front of you. On the brick, draw a picture of the city, 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

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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