Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 1:2

A church father on this verse
“Whenever God is going to reveal some sight beyond all expectation to his servants, he leads them out of the cities to a place free from tumult.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS 3:25

Source: Septuagint

Original

2On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin.

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1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the midst of the captivity by the river of Chebar; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

— Ezekiel 1:2 —

3And the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon me.

4And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it.

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