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The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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A Spiritual Journey
Commentators clarify that Ezekiel's journey was not a physical transportation but occurred "in vision by the Spirit of God." Scholar John Gill explains that Ezekiel remained in Chaldea the entire time, but his mind was supernaturally shown these events, highlighting the spiritual nature of prophetic experiences.
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16th Century
Protestant
Let us add also the next verse—
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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Presbyterian
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