the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there).

As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north -- an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.

As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.

At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:

Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, "Go shut yourself in your house.

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

Next, I noticed six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me in the morning:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Then some men from Israel's elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.

The word of the Lord came to me:

Say to them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

"Say to the rebellious house of Israel: 'Don't you know what these things mean?' Say: 'See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

The word of the Lord came to me:

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to seek the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.

The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:

The word of Lord came to me:

So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, "The city has been defeated!"

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied -- I heard a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

The word of the Lord came to me:

The word of the Lord came to me:

It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.

The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.