⁴ On April 23,^[a] as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,

¹⁴ The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

² In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.^[a]

³ (The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians,^[a] and he felt the hand of the Lord take hold of him.)