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Ezekiel 11:24
And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel addresses the exiles in Babylon immediately after witnessing the Lord's glory depart Jerusalem and stand over the eastern mountain. The narrative moment marks the conclusion of a visionary sequence and the prophet's return to his audience.
The words — The Hebrew ר֫וּחַ (rûaḥ) functions as the active agent that lifts and carries the prophet. The verb נְשָׂא (nśā) literally means "to lift up," describing the Spirit's physical and visionary transport back to Chaldea.
The thread — The Spirit lifting Ezekiel appears in Ezekiel 3:12, 8:3, and 11:1, consistently initiating divinely directed journeys. The return to the exiles in Ezekiel 11:24 terminates the vision so the reported content can be delivered.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note that prophetic movement originates from divine action, not human planning. It demands that visionary experience conclude so its content may be communicated to those who require it.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 3:12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
- Ezekiel 8:3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 11:1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- Ezekiel 1:3 the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
- Acts 10:16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
- Genesis 17:22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
- Genesis 35:13 Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
- 2 Kings 2:16 “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
- Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Ezekiel 3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.