Chebar

¹ In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

² On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

³ the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.

²⁰ These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

²¹ Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

²² Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.

³ The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

⁴ and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.