Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
- KJV Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
- BSB Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
- NASB But the Spirit entered me and set me up on my feet; and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
- NLT Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and shut yourself in.
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Quick answer
The Spirit sets Ezekiel on his feet and God tells him to shut himself inside his house. The prophet is given a strange, symbolic restriction.
Overview
Again the Spirit raises Ezekiel to receive God's command. The instruction to confine himself begins a series of sign-acts dramatizing Israel's coming siege and judgment. These enacted prophecies make God's message vivid and unavoidable. They show God using even the prophet's actions to communicate His word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 2:2The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.
- Dan 10:19He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”
- Dan 10:8–10So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Ezek 4:1–4“You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem.
- Ezek 37:10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
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