KJV King James Version
And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which [is] on the east side of the city.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which [is] on the east side of the city.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
WEB World English Bible
The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
ASV American Standard Version
And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the honour of Jehovah goeth up from off the midst of the city, and standeth on the mountain, that is on the east of the city.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 11
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But [as for them] whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel [was] over them above.
23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which [is] on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Cross-references
Zechariah 14:4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.Ezekiel 8:4And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’S glory.Ezekiel 43:2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.Ezekiel 9:3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which [had] the writer’s inkhorn by his side;Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
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