Ezekiel 11 · Verse 23

Ezekiel 11:23

And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
Ezekiel 11:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 11:23 in other translations

BSBAnd the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
WEBThe LORD’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
ASVAnd the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
YLTAnd the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that is on the east of the city.
DARBYAnd the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
BBEAnd the glory of the Lord went up from inside the town, and came to rest on the mountain on the east side of the town.
WebsterAnd the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

What does Ezekiel 11:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. The Shekinah glory now moves from the east gate (Eze 10:4, 19) to the Mount of Olives, altogether abandoning the temple. The mount was chosen as being the height whence the missiles of the foe were about to descend on the city. So it was from it that Jesus ascended to heaven when about to send His judgments on the Jews; and from it He predicted its overthrow before His crucifixion (Mt 24:3). It is also to be the scene of His return in person to deliver His people (Zec 14:4), when He shall come by the same way as He went, "the way of the east" (Eze 43:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 The glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city - This vision is no mean proof of the long-suffering of God. He did not abandon this people all at once; he departed by little and little. First, he left the temple Secondly, he stopped a little at the gate of the city. Thirdly, he departed entirely from the city and went to the Mount of Olives, which lay on the east side of the city. Having tarried there for some time to see if they would repent and turn to him - Fourthly, he departed to heaven. The vision being now concluded, the prophet is taken away by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, and there announces to the captive Israelites what God had showed him in the preceding visions, and the good that he had spoken concerning them; who at first did not seem to profit much by them, which the prophet severely reproves.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 11:22-25

Here is the departure of God's presence from the city and temple. It was from the Mount of Olives that the vision went up, typifying the ascension of Christ to heaven from that very mountain. Though the Lord will not forsake his people, yet he may be driven away from any part of his visible church by their sins, and woe will be upon them when He withdraws his presence, glory, and protection.

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Ezekiel 11:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֙עַל֙vai.Ya.'aland it went upH5927
כְּב֣וֹדke.Vod[the] glory ofH3519
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom overH5921
תּ֣וֹךְTokh[the] middle ofH8432
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙vai.ya.'a.Modand it stood stillH5975
עַל\־'al-overH5921
הָהָ֔רha.Harthe mountainH2022
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
מִקֶּ֥דֶםmi.Ke.dem[was] from [the] eastH6924
לָעִֽיר\׃la.'Irof the cityH5892

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 11:23

  • Zechariah 14:4

    And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

  • Ezekiel 8:4

    And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

  • Ezekiel 43:2

    And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

  • Ezekiel 10:4

    Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

  • Matthew 23:37-24:2

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. …

  • Ezekiel 10:18

    Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

  • Ezekiel 9:3

    And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

  • Ezekiel 43:4

    And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the glory.
8:4; 9:3; 10:4,18; 43:4; Zec 14:4; Mt 23:37-39; 24:1,2
which.
43:2

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Context

  • Ezekiel 11:22

    Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Ezekiel 11:23

    And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  • Ezekiel 11:24

    Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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Ezekiel 11:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la gloria de Jehová se fué de en medio de la ciudad, y paró sobre el monte que está al oriente de la ciudad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la gloire de l’ Éternel monta du milieu de la ville, et se tint sur la montagne qui est à l’orient de la ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas erhob sich aus der Mitte der Stadt und stellte sich auf den Berg, welcher gegen Osten der Stadt ist
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ascendit gloria Domini de medio civitatis, stetitque super montem qui est ad orientem urbis.