Bible Strands
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!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Spirit lifts Ezekiel while he receives a commission to speak to the exiles. This event occurs between the divine command to deliver the message and the subsequent vision of the living creatures.
The words — רַ֣עַשׁ (Ra.'ash) means "rumbling," describing the loud noise Ezekiel hears behind him. בָּר֥וּךְ (ba.Rukh) translates to "blessed," introducing the declaration about the Lord's glory.
The thread — The Spirit's physical lifting of the prophet recurs in Ezekiel 8:3 and 11:1 during later visions, while Acts 8:39 describes the Spirit carrying Philip away after a baptism.
Why it lands — The text records a voice praising God's glory in His dwelling place, requiring the reader to acknowledge divine presence and authority before continuing a prophetic mission.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Acts 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- 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.
- Acts 2:2 Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- 1 Kings 18:12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
- Ezekiel 3:14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Samuel 4:21 And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 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 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.