Study Desk

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God.

There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the Lord speak to me, and I felt his power.

So I came to Tel Abib beside the Chebar River, where the exiles were living, and for seven days I stayed there, overcome by what I had seen and heard.

So I went out into the valley, and there I saw the glory of the Lord , just as I had seen it beside the Chebar River. I fell face downward on the ground,

There I saw the dazzling light that shows the presence of Israel's God, just as I had seen it when I was by the Chebar River.

(They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air

I recognized them as the same creatures which I had seen beneath the God of Israel at the Chebar River.

Their faces looked exactly like the faces I had seen by the Chebar River. Each creature moved straight ahead.

This vision was like the one I had seen when God came to destroy Jerusalem, and the one I saw by the Chebar River. Then I threw myself face downward on the ground.