Ezekiel 3:12

Ezekiel 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!”

Context of Ezekiel 3:12

10Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears. 11And depart, go to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Then the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13I heard also the noise of the wings of the living beings that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and the noise of a great rushing. 14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

Ezekiel 3:12 word by word

וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי ר֔וּחַ וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אַחֲרַ֔י ק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ גָּד֑וֹל בָּר֥וּךְ כְּבוֹד־יְהוָ֖ה מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• rushingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• Blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:12

• Ezekiel 3:14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Ezekiel 2:2And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me.
• Ezekiel 8:3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
• Ezekiel 11:1Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
• Ezekiel 40:1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was smitten, in the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.
• 1 Kings 18:12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I have gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
• 2 Kings 2:16And they said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
• Acts 8:39And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
• Acts 2:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
• Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
• Psalms 72:18Blessedbe the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
• Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word.
• Psalms 148:2Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
• Isaiah 6:3And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Revelation 5:11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living beings and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
• Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Then the Spirit took me up - This, as Calmet remarks, has been variously understood. An impetuous wind carried him to the place where his brethren sojourned. The Holy Spirit, which filled his heart, transported him in a moment to the place where the captives were. Or, he was so transported with heavenly ardour in his mind, that he ran immediately off, and seemed to fly to the place where God commanded him to go. The promptitude and impetuosity of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I heard behind me - The commission having been given, and the prophet transported to the place of his ministry, the chariot of the vision passes away with the proper tokens Ezekiel 1:24-25. A voice from above the firmament is now heard proclaiming the divine glory. From his place - The place where the glory of the Lord had revealed itself in the vision. The words are to be joined to “saying:” put a comma after Lord.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 This mission made the holy angels rejoice. All this was to convince Ezekiel, that the God who sent him had power to bear him out in his work. He was overwhelmed with grief for the sins and miseries of his people, and overpowered by the glory of the vision he had seen. And however retirement, meditation, and communion with God may be sweet, the servant of the Lord must prepare to serve his generation. The Lord told the prophet he had appointed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!: In the Hebrew text, this sentence is difficult. It appears in an unexpected place, and its grammar is unusual. Because of this, translators are not certain how best to understand it. The Berean Standard Bible includes an alternate reading in a footnote: “sound behind me as the glory of the LORD rose from its place!” This alternate reading comes from changing one Hebrew letter. A small change like…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Ac 8:39). Ezekiel's abode heretofore had not been the most suitable for his work. He, therefore, is guided by the Spirit to Tel-Abib, the chief town of the Jewish colony of captives: there he sat on the ground, "the throne of the miserable" (Ezr 9:3; La 1:1-3), seven days, the usual period for manifesting deep grief (Job 2:13; see Psa 137:1), thus winning their confidence by sympathy in their sorrow. He is accompanied by the cherubim which had been…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 3:12

• God
• Praise
• 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