Ezekiel 3 · Verse 24

Ezekiel 3:24

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.
Ezekiel 3:24, King James Version

Ezekiel 3:24 in other translations

BSBThen the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
WEBThen the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
ASVThen the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
YLTAnd come into me doth a spirit, and causeth me to stand on my feet, and He speaketh with me, and saith unto me, ‘Go in, be shut up in the midst of thy house.
DARBYAnd the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
BBEThen 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.
WebsterThen the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.

What does Ezekiel 3:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. 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 representation was given of the city shut up by siege [Grotius]. Thereby God proved the obedience of His servant, and Ezekiel showed the reality of His call by proceeding, not through rash impulse, but by the directions of God [Calvin].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 The spirit - said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house - Hide thyself for the present. The reason is immediately subjoined.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 3:22-27

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.

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Ezekiel 3:24 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.

וַתָּבֹא\־va.ta.vo'-and it cameH935
בִ֣יviin me
ר֔וּחַRu.acha spiritH7307
וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִיva.ta.'a.mi.De.niand it made stand up meH5975
עַל\־'al-onH5921
רַגְלָ֑יrag.Laifeet myH7272
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
אֹתִי֙'o.Tiwith meH854
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
בֹּ֥אbo'goH935
הִסָּגֵ֖רhi.sa.Gershut yourself upH5462
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst ofH8432
בֵּיתֶֽךָ\׃bei.Te.khahouse yourH1004

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 3:24

  • Ezekiel 2:2

    And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

  • Daniel 10:19

    And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

  • Daniel 10:8-10

    Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

  • Ezekiel 37:10

    So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

  • Ezekiel 4:1-4

    Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the spirit.
2:2; 37:10; Da 10:8-10,19
Go.
4:1-4

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Context

  • Ezekiel 3:23

    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.

  • Ezekiel 3:24

    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.

  • Ezekiel 3:25

    But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

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Ezekiel 3:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces entró espíritu en mí, y afirmóme sobre mis pies, y hablóme, y díjome: Entra, y enciérrate dentro de tu casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’Esprit entra en moi et me fit tenir sur mes pieds; et il me parla, et me dit: Va, enferme-toi dans ta maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Geist kam in mich und stellte mich auf meine Füße. Und er redete mit mir und sprach zu mir: Gehe, schließe dich in deinem Hause ein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ingressus est in me spiritus, et statuit me super pedes meos, et locutus est mihi, et dixit ad me: Ingredere, et includere in medio domus tuæ.