Ezekiel 43 · Verse 3

Ezekiel 43:3

And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
Ezekiel 43:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:3 in other translations

BSBThe vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
WEBIt was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
ASVAnd it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
YLTAnd according to the appearance is the appearance that I saw, as the appearance that I saw in my coming in to destroy the city, and the appearances are as the appearance that I saw at the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.
DARBYAnd the appearance of the vision that I saw was according to the vision that I had seen when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar: and I fell upon my face.
BBEAnd the vision which I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came for the destruction of the town: and like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
WebsterAnd it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Kebar; and I fell upon my face.

What does Ezekiel 43:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. when I came to destroy the city--that is, to pronounce God's word for its destruction. So completely did the prophets identify themselves with Him in whose name they spake.

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

Ezekiel 43:3 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.

וּכְמַרְאֵ֨הu.khe.mar.'Ehand like [the] appearance ofH4758
הַמַּרְאֶ֜הha.mar.'Ehthe visionH4758
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֗יתִיra.'I.tiI sawH7200
כַּמַּרְאֶ֤הka.mar.'Eh[was] like the visionH4758
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
בְּבֹאִי֙be.vo.'Iwhen came IH935
לְשַׁחֵ֣תle.sha.Chetto destroyH7843
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וּמַרְא֕וֹתu.mar.'otand visionsH4759
כַּמַּרְאֶ֕הka.mar.'Ehlike the visionH4758
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
אֶל\־'el-toH413
נְהַר\־ne.har-[the] river ofH5104
כְּבָ֑רke.VarKebarH3529
וָאֶפֹּ֖לva.'e.Poland I fellH5307
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פָּנָֽי\׃pa.Naiface myH6440

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 43:3

  • Ezekiel 9:1

    He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

  • Ezekiel 9:5

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

  • Ezekiel 32:18

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

  • Ezekiel 1:3-28

    The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. …

  • 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 10:1-22

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 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. …

  • 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 8:4

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

  • Ezekiel 11:22-23

    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. 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.

  • Revelation 11:3-6

    And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
according to the appearance.
1:4-28; 8:4; 9:3; 10:1-22; 11:22,23
to destroy the city. or, to prophesy that the city should bedestroyed.
9:1,5; 32:18; Jer 1:10; Re 11:3-6
the river.
1:3; 3:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 43:3

    And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  • 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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Ezekiel 43:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la visión que vi era como la visión, como aquella visión que vi cuando vine para destruir la ciudad: y las visiones eran como la visión que vi junto al río de Chebar; y caí sobre mi rostro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’aspect de la vision que je voyais était comme la vision que j’avais vue quand je vins pour détruire la ville; et les visions étaient comme la vision que je vis près du fleuve Kebar; et je tombai sur ma face.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Ansehen des Gesichtes das ich sah, war wie das Gesicht, welches ich gesehen hatte, als ich kam, um die Stadt zu verderben; und es waren Gesichte wie das Gesicht, welches ich am Flusse Kebar gesehen hatte. Und ich fiel nieder auf mein Angesicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et vidi visionem secundum speciem quam videram quando venit ut disperderet civitatem, et species secundum aspectum quem videram juxta fluvium Chobar: et cecidi super faciem meam.