Ezekiel 1:2-4

GOD’S WORD Translation

² On the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin, ³ the Lord spoke his word to the priest Ezekiel, son of Buzi, in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of the Lord came over Ezekiel.

⁴ As I looked, I saw a storm coming from the north. There was an immense cloud with flashing lightning surrounded by a bright light. The middle of the lightning looked like glowing metal.