1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the ^aexiles by the ^bChebar canal, ^cthe heavens were opened, and I ^dsaw ^evisions of God.¹ 2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the ^fexile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and ^gthe hand of the Lord was upon him there.