Bible Strands
Ezekiel 3:22
And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Ezekiel immediately after concluding the warning protocol for the righteous. The divine speech occurs while the prophet remains in his current location before being directed to a new site.
The words — The imperative ק֥וּם (kum) literally means "arise" and initiates the command to leave the current position and proceed to the plain.
The thread — The pattern of rising and moving to a designated location for direct divine speech appears in Acts 9:6, Ezekiel 1:3, and Ezekiel 8:4.
Why it lands — The text demands physical movement as a prerequisite for receiving further revelation, establishing prophetic obedience as a response to divine summons rather than human initiative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
Cross-references
- Acts 9:6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- 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.
- Ezekiel 8:4 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- 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.