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Ezekiel 43:3
The 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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records his immediate response after witnessing the glory of the God of Israel approach from the east (Ezekiel 43:2). He stands at the temple threshold as the divine presence moves toward the eastern gate.
The words — The Hebrew מַרְאֶה (mar'eh), translated "vision" or "appearance," occurs four times in this verse to bind the current sighting to past revelations. The verb רָאִיתִי (ra'iti) appears twice, stressing the prophet's direct observation of these recurring manifestations.
The thread — Ezekiel links this sight to earlier visions by the River Kebar and to the judgment executioners detailed in Ezekiel 9:1 and Ezekiel 9:5. The motif of God's appointed destruction and overthrow also aligns with Jeremiah 1:10.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that God's returning glory operates with the same sovereign authority seen in previous judgments. Observers must recognize the unbroken continuity of divine action across distinct historical moments.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 9:1 Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
- Ezekiel 9:5 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
- Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- 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 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.
- Ezekiel 32:18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
- Ezekiel 8:4 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- 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 10:1 And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- Ezekiel 11:22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.