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.

(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile,

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.

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 in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, 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,

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,

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.”

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on that same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there.

‘Thus says the Lord God, “In the first month, on the first of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary.

Thus you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who goes astray or is naive; so you shall make atonement for the house.

“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like this, seven days for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering and the oil.”

By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”