Ezekiel 3:23 (YLT)

Passage

And I rise and go forth unto the valley, and lo, there the honour of Jehovah is standing as the honour that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:21 And thou, because thou hast warned him--the righteous--that the righteous sin not, and he hath not sinned, he surely liveth, because he hath been warned; and thou thy soul hast delivered.'

Ezekiel 3:22 And there is on me there a hand of Jehovah, and He saith to me, `Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I do speak with thee.'

Ezekiel 3:23 And I rise and go forth unto the valley, and lo, there the honour of Jehovah is standing as the honour that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.

Ezekiel 3:24 And come into me doth a spirit, and causeth me to stand on my feet, and He speaketh with me, and saith unto me, `Go in, be shut up in the midst of thy house.

Ezekiel 3:25 `And thou, son of man, lo, they have put on thee thick bands, and have bound thee with them, and thou goest not forth in their midst;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rise", "forth", "valley", "honour", "jehovah", "standing", and "seen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rise" and "forth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And there is on me there a..." into verse 24's "And come into me doth a spirit...", so "rise" and "forth" 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 "rise" and "forth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.