1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal,^(A) the heavens were opened^(B) and I saw visions of God.^(C)

³ the word of the Lord came^(A) directly to the priest Ezekiel^(B) son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans^(C) by the Chebar Canal. The Lord’s hand was on him there.^(D)