Ezekiel 1:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God.

² On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,

³ The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.