Ezekiel 8:3 “He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my…”

Ezekiel 8:3

He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And 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.

World English Bible

He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north, where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

American Standard Version

And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he stretched out the likenes of an had, and tooke me by an hearie locke of mine head, and the Spirit lift me vp betweene the earth, and the heauen, and brought mee by a Diuine vision to Ierusalem, into the entry of ye inner gate that lieth toward the North, where remained the idole of indignation, which prouoked indignation.

Darby Translation

And he stretched forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entry of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Young's Literal Translation

And He putteth forth a form of a hand, and taketh me by a lock of my head, and lift me up doth a spirit between the earth and the heavens, and it bringeth me in to Jerusalem in visions of God, unto the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where [is] the seat of the figure of jealousy that is making jealous,

Bible in Basic English

And he put out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the image of envy.

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Cross references

“he put”

Ezekiel 2:9 Daniel 5:5 Daniel 10:10 Daniel 10:18

Ezekiel 2:9 · BSB

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

Daniel 5:5 · BSB

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Daniel 10:10 · BSB

Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

Daniel 10:18 · BSB

Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

“the spirit”

Ezekiel 11:1 Ezekiel 11:24 Ezekiel 40:2 Ezekiel 3:14 1 Kings 18:12 2 Kings 2:16

Ezekiel 11:1 · BSB

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Be…

Ezekiel 11:24 · BSB

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

Ezekiel 40:2 · BSB

In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

Ezekiel 3:14 · BSB

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

1 Kings 18:12 · BSB

I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

2 Kings 2:16 · BSB

“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of t…

“to the door”

Ezekiel 8:5 2 Kings 16:14

Ezekiel 8:5 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.

2 Kings 16:14 · BSB

He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

“the image”

Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 7:20 2 Kings 21:7 Jeremiah 7:30 Jeremiah 32:34

Ezekiel 5:11 · BSB

Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I…

Ezekiel 7:20 · BSB

His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

2 Kings 21:7 · BSB

Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of…

Jeremiah 7:30 · BSB

For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

Jeremiah 32:34 · BSB

They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

“provoketh”

Deuteronomy 32:16 Deuteronomy 5:9 Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 4:24 Deuteronomy 6:15 Deuteronomy 32:21

Deuteronomy 32:16 · BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

Deuteronomy 5:9 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

Deuteronomy 4:24 · BSB

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB

For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Also

Ezekiel 3:12

Ezekiel 3:12 · BSB

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.

4And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

Read Ezekiel 8