1. Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was amongst the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2. In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3. the Lord’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Kasdim by the river Chebar; and the Lord’s hand was there on him.