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.)

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,

An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come!

Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near—tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains.

The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.

Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.

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,

When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

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,

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

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,

Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.

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

and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

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

You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.

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

Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers to bribe them to come to you from every direction for your harlotries.

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,

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’

What comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.’

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,

“As for you, son of man, make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And make a signpost; make it at the head of the way to the city.

You shall mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

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.

“Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand.

And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end,’

while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end.

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

You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!

You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands.

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.

They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.

“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,

“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

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

that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?

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,

With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.

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

“All who handle the oar,
The sailors and all the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,

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,

“A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They take away her wealth,
And her foundations are torn down.

‘Thus says the Lord,
“Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord God.

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,

For thus says the Lord God, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.

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,

“But as for you, son of man, your fellow citizens who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, ‘Come now and hear what the message is which comes forth from the Lord.’

They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

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

But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

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.’

Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”