Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 3:23

"Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face." — Ezekiel 3:23 (ASV)

A fresh revelation of the glory of the Lord, to impress upon Ezekiel another characteristic of his mission. Now he is to learn that there is a time to be silent as well as a time to speak, and that both are appointed by God. This represents forcibly the authoritative character and divine origin of the utterances of the Hebrew prophets.