Ezekiel 3:23 (DRB)

Passage

And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:21 But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezekiel 3:22 And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.

Ezekiel 3:23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

Ezekiel 3:24 And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.

Ezekiel 3:25 And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rose", "went", "forth", "plain", "behold", "glory", "lord", and "stood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rose" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And the hand of the Lord was..." into verse 24's "And the spirit entered into me and...", so "rose" and "went" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rose" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.