What Does Ezekiel 3:16 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word is not merely what arrives after silence; it is the event that turns silence into address.
THE MEANING
The verse meets you at the edge of a completed stretch: the word reaches you as a living address. Hebrew *davar* can mean both “word” and “matter,” so what arrives is not only information but a reality entering your present. The movement is from waiting to being addressed.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that a quiet stretch means you have been abandoned or that nothing is happening.
THE ROOT
דְּבַר־
devar
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
To speak; the noun *davar* also means a word, matter, or thing.
Hebrew *davar* can name both a word and a matter, joining speech with what is spoken about. The word that reaches you is not just sound or information; it is speech arriving as an event.
ALSO GROWS
dibber: to speak, say, or declare
דִּבֵּר
The verb grows from the same root, keeping the word connected to the act of speaking.
devarim: words, matters, or things
דְּבָרִים
The plural preserves the link between what is said and what is at stake.
THE PATTERN
God’s word reaches into the present as an active force that accomplishes, exposes, or establishes what it addresses.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.THE THREAD
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah uses the same Hebrew word, *davar*, for the word that goes out and accomplishes its work. Ezekiel shows that word arriving; Isaiah reveals that what reaches you carries action with it.
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