King James Version
Ezekiel 3:22 in the King James Version says “And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk w...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.”
Ezekiel 3:22 · KJV
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“unto me Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“go forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“into the plain”
H1237properly, a split, i.e., a wide level valley between mountains
“and I will there talk”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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