Ezekiel 3:21-24
New English Translation
21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he[a] does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”
Isolated and Silenced
22 The hand[b] of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley,[c] and I will speak with you there.” 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,[d] and I threw myself face down.
24 Then a wind[e] came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord[f] spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.
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- Ezekiel 3:21 tn Heb “the righteous man.”
- Ezekiel 3:22 tn Or “power.” sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).
- Ezekiel 3:22 sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.
- Ezekiel 3:23 tn Or “canal.”
- Ezekiel 3:24 tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.
- Ezekiel 3:24 tn Heb “he.”
Ezekiel 3:21-24
American Standard Version
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the [a]plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the [b]plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. 24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
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- Ezekiel 3:22 Or, valley
- Ezekiel 3:23 Or, valley
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