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 opened^(B) and I saw visions of God.^(C)

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