So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled the house.
- BSB Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- NKJV The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
- NASB And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.
- NLT Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.
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Quick answer
The Spirit lifts Ezekiel into the inner court, and the glory of Yahweh fills the house. God's presence completely fills his temple.
Overview
Caught up by the Spirit, Ezekiel sees the glory of the Lord fill the whole temple, just as it filled the tabernacle and Solomon's temple at their dedication (Exodus 40:34, 1 Kings 8:11). The filling signals God's full acceptance of and dwelling in his house. This fullness anticipates Christ, in whom all the fullness of God dwells (Colossians 2:9), and the church filled with God's Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- 2 Cor 12:2–4I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
- Ezek 11:24Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
- 1 Kgs 8:10–11And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
- Ezek 8:3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
- Ezek 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
- Ezek 44:4Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.
- Acts 8:39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
- Ezek 3:12–14Then 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.
- Ezek 10:4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
- 1 Kgs 18:12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
- 2 Chr 5:14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
- Song 1:4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
- Isa 6:3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- Exod 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Ezek 40:2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
- Hag 2:7–9And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- 2 Kgs 2:16And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
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