Ezekiel 1:2-4

New Century Version

² It was the fifth day of the month of the fifth year that King Jehoiachin had been a prisoner. ³ The Lord spoke his word to Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Babylonians by the Kebar River. There he felt the power of the Lord.

⁴ When I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming from the north. There was a great cloud with a bright light around it and fire flashing out of it. Something that looked like glowing metal was in the center of the fire.