1 [1-3] I am Ezekiel — a priest and the son of Buzi. [1] Five years after King Jehoiachin of Judah had been led away as a prisoner to Babylonia, I was living near the Chebar River among those who had been taken there with him. Then on the fifth day of the fourth month [2] of the thirtieth year, [3] the heavens suddenly opened. The LORD placed his hand upon me [4] and showed me some visions.

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