Ezekiel 3:15

¹³ It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.

¹⁴ 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.

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

¹⁶ At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹⁷ “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
KJV: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
WEB: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
ASV: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
DARBY: And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.
BLB: And I came to the captivity at Tel-abib, those dwelling by the River Kebar, and I sat there [where] they were sitting, and I sat there seven days being desolate in their midst.

ÅB: Og jeg kom til de bortførte i Tel-Abib, de som bodde ved elven Kebar, og hvor de ellers bodde, og jeg satt der i syv dager iblant dem og stirret fram for meg.
OTB: Jeg kom til de landflyktige som bodde ved Kebar-elven ved Tel-abib, og jeg satt blant dem i syv dager, dypt bedrøvet.
B1930: Og jeg kom til de bortførte i Tel-Abib, de som bodde ved elven Kebar, og hvor de ellers bodde, og jeg satt der i syv dager iblandt dem og stirret frem for mig.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
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Job 2:13
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
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Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
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Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
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Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
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Jeremiah 23:9
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
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Ezekiel 10:15
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
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Ezekiel 3:23
So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
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