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a message from the LORD came directly to Buzi's son Ezekiel, the priest, by the Chebar River in the land of the Chaldeans. The hand of the LORD rested upon him there. Verse ConceptsCommunicationLordship, Human And DivineHand Of GodProphets, Lives OfGod's HandOut Of The NorthGod's Hands On PeopleGod Spoke By The ProphetsInspirationRevelation Through Prophets

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year of the exile to Babylon, while I was among the captives on the bank of the Chebar River, heaven opened up and I saw visions from God. Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualMonthRevelation, In OtRivers And StreamsThirtyVisionsProphetic VisionsMonth 4The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenThose Who Saw Visions

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib by the Chebar River and sat down among them for seven days, appalled. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsWeeksPeople AppalledRivers As Places Of Prayer

So I got up, went to the valley, and there was the glory of the LORD, standing there just like I had seen at the Chebar River. So I fell on my face. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation Ofequipping, spiritualGod's Glory In Israel

The cherubim arose. These were the same beings that I had seen at the Chebar River. Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpCherubim

As to the likeness of their faces, they were like what I had seen on the bank of the Chebar River. They each moved straight ahead. Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesNot Turning Aside

His appearance in the vision that I was having was similar to what I observed in the vision where he had come to destroy the city, and also like the visions that I saw by the Chebar River. I fell flat on my face Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemVisions From God

So the God of Israel incited King Pul of Assyria (also known as King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), who took them prisoner and brought the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River, where they remain to this day. Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaExile Of Israel To Assyria

As a result, during the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took the Israelis off to Assyria, placing them in Halah, along the Habor River in Gozan, and in cities ruled by the Medes. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsColonizationExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing Cities

After this, the king of Assyria carried Israel off into exile in Assyria, settling them in Halah, on the Habor River in Gozan, and in cities controlled by the Medes, Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsExile Of Israel To Assyria

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