Ezekiel 1:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

Ezekiel Sees the Lord’s Throne

1 On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year, while I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River, the sky opened, and I saw visions from God. ² On the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin, ³ the Lord spoke his word to the priest Ezekiel, son of Buzi, in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of the Lord came over Ezekiel.