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Ezekiel 3:23
So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator (Ezekiel) responds to the command in Ezekiel 3:22 to proceed to the plain, where he encounters a visible manifestation of divine presence.
The words — The Hebrew terms וָ/אָקוּם (va./'a.Kum, "and I arose") and וָ/אֵצֵא (va./'e.Tze', "and I went out") track the narrator’s physical movement toward the specified location. כְּבוֹד יְהוָה (ke.Vod Yah.weh, "glory of Yahweh") denotes the visible divine presence waiting there.
The thread — The vision of divine glory recalls Ezekiel 1:28, while the physical collapse before God parallels the reaction recorded in Revelation 1:17.
Why it lands — The text records a sequence of obedience, encounter, and physical prostration that requires the reader to recognize the weight of divine presence. It demands attention to how revelation interrupts human activity and compels a bodily response.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 1:28 The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
- Revelation 1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Acts 7:55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Numbers 16:19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
- Numbers 16:42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Ezekiel 1:1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
- Ezekiel 9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
- Ezekiel 10:18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- Daniel 8:17 As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.