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Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.[a]

In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, Yahweh’s[b] word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
  2. 1:3 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

The Vision of the Chariot

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.(A) On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),(B) the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar, and the hand of the Lord was on him there.

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