Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the Lord came upon him.)

I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.

At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell on me there.

Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he entered and stood beside a wheel.

Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Furthermore, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

“Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ declares the Lord God),

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,

saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me saying,

Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

The Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

Again the word of the Lord came to me saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

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

Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

The word of the Lord came again to me saying,

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

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

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

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.”

Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the refugees came. And He opened my mouth at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened and I was no longer speechless.

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord; yet they have come out of His land.’

So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

The word of the Lord came again to me saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east.