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On the fifth day of the month—this was the fifth year[a] of King Jehoiachin’s exile(A) the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar. There the hand of the Lord came upon him.(B)

As I watched, a great stormwind came from the North,[b] a large cloud with flashing fire, a bright glow all around it, and something like polished metal gleamed at the center of the fire.(C)

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  1. 1:2 The fifth day…the fifth year: the end of July, 593 B.C.; cf. v. 1.
  2. 1:4 The North: Zaphon, the traditional abode of the gods; see notes on Jb 37:22; Ps 48:3; Is 14:13–15.

On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin(A) the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel(B) the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.[a] There the hand of the Lord was on him.(C)

I looked, and I saw a windstorm(D) coming out of the north(E)—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:3 Or Chaldeans