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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. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/1.htm">New King James Version</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now it came about [when I was] in my thirtieth year [of life], on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the River Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year, while I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River, the sky opened, and I saw visions from God. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God. ( <a href="/isv/ezekiel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year of the exile to Babylon, while I was among the captives on the bank of the Chebar River, heaven opened up and I saw visions from God. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/ezekiel/1.htm">NET Bible</a> In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Kebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/web/ezekiel/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], on the fifth of the month, and I [am] in the midst of the expulsion by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, and I am in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it will be in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, in the fifth to the month, and I in the midst of the captivity by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and I shall see visions of God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it happened that, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives beside the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/1.htm">New American Bible</a> In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens opened, and I saw divine visions. — <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was in the thirtieth year in the fifth day of the fourth month, and I was within the captivity by the River Kebar, and the Heavens were opened and I saw visions of God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Now 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 Chobar; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/1.htm">Ezekiel's Vision by the River Kebar</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: biš·lō·šîm (Prep-b:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">In the thirtieth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ba·ḥă·miš·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">on the fifth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7243.htm" title="7243: bā·rə·ḇî·‘î (Prep-b, Art:: Number-oms) -- Fourth. Or rbiiy; from raba'; fourth; also a fourth.">of the fourth month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">while I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: ḇə·ṯō·wḵ- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">was among</a> <a href="/hebrew/1473.htm" title="1473: hag·gō·w·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Exiles, exile. Or golah; active participle feminine of galah; exile; concretely and collectively exiles.">the exiles</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: nə·har- (N-msc) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">the River</a> <a href="/hebrew/3529.htm" title="3529: kə·ḇār (N-proper-fs) -- A river of Bab. The same as kbar; length; Kebar, a river of Mesopotamia.">Kebar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: nip̄·tə·ḥū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’eh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and I saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/4759.htm" title="4759: mar·’ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A vision, a mirror. Feminine of mar'eh; a vision; also a mirror.">visions</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God.</a> 2On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/19-10.htm">Revelation 19:10</a> So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, <a href="/acts/10-10.htm">Acts 10:10-11</a> He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. <a href="/acts/22-17.htm">Acts 22:17-18</a> Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance / and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">2 Corinthians 12:2-4</a> I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows. / And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— / was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell. <a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a> As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. <a href="/john/1-51.htm">John 1:51</a> Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” <a href="/acts/7-55.htm">Acts 7:55-56</a> But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. / “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1-2</a> After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” / At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1</a> In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account. <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1</a> In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. <a href="/jeremiah/1-1.htm">Jeremiah 1:1-2</a> These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. / The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, <a href="/2_kings/24-10.htm">2 Kings 24:10-16</a> At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. / And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. / Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive. ... <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">2 Kings 25:1-7</a> So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ... <a href="/psalms/137-1.htm">Psalm 137:1</a> By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.in the thirtieth.<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a> From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.<a href="/luke/3-23.htm">Luke 3:23</a> And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,as I.<a href="/ecclesiastes/9-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:1,2</a> For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them… <a href="/jeremiah/24-5.htm">Jeremiah 24:5-7</a> Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good… captives.<a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Ezekiel 1:3</a> The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.<a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Ezekiel 3:15,23</a> Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days… <a href="/ezekiel/10-15.htm">Ezekiel 10:15,20,22</a> And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar… Chebar.<a href="/ezekiel/1-20.htm">Ezekiel 1:20</a> Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.the heavens.<a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a> And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:<a href="/luke/3-21.htm">Luke 3:21</a> Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,<a href="/john/1-51.htm">John 1:51</a> And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.I saw.<a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3</a> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.<a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel 11:24</a> Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.<a href="/genesis/15-1.htm">Genesis 15:1</a> After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Chebar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Exiles</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-12.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Kebar</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-31.htm">Month</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-46.htm">Open</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-46.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-34.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">River</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-31.htm">Thirtieth</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Visions</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Chebar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm">Exiles</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-14.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-6.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Kebar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Month</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">River</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm">Thirtieth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Visions</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 1</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.</a> 4. <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">His vision of four cherubim;</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/1-15.htm">of the four wheels;</a> 26. <a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm">and of the glory of God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>In the thirtieth year This phrase likely refers to Ezekiel's age at the time of his vision. The age of thirty was significant for priests in Israel, as it was the age at which they began their official duties (<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a>). Ezekiel, being from a priestly lineage, would have been acutely aware of this milestone, which adds a layer of personal significance to the timing of his prophetic call.on the fifth day of the fourth month This specific date is crucial for historical context, as it situates the vision in the Jewish calendar. The fourth month, Tammuz, corresponds to June-July in the Gregorian calendar. This precision underscores the historical reliability of the account and situates it during the Babylonian exile, a period of great turmoil and transformation for the Jewish people.while I was among the exiles Ezekiel was part of the group of Israelites taken into Babylonian captivity in 597 BC, during the second deportation under King Nebuchadnezzar. This context of exile is essential for understanding the book's themes of judgment and restoration. The exiles were in a foreign land, grappling with the loss of their homeland and temple, which profoundly influenced Ezekiel's message.by the River Kebar The River Kebar, likely a canal near the city of Nippur in Babylon, was a place where the Jewish exiles settled. Archaeological findings suggest that these canals were part of an extensive irrigation system, indicating the advanced nature of Babylonian infrastructure. This setting highlights the physical and spiritual displacement experienced by the exiles, as they lived in a land of foreign gods and customs.the heavens opened This phrase signifies a divine revelation, a moment when the barrier between the earthly and the heavenly realms is removed. Such occurrences in Scripture often precede significant prophetic messages or divine interventions (e.g., <a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a>, <a href="/acts/7-56.htm">Acts 7:56</a>). The opening of the heavens indicates that what follows is a direct communication from God, underscoring the authority and importance of Ezekiel's vision.and I saw visions of God Ezekiel's visions are central to his prophetic ministry, providing insight into God's plans and purposes. These visions often contain symbolic imagery and are meant to convey spiritual truths. The phrase "visions of God" suggests a profound encounter with the divine, similar to other prophetic experiences in the Bible (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah 6</a>, <a href="/daniel/7.htm">Daniel 7</a>). These visions reveal God's sovereignty, holiness, and the future restoration of His people, pointing ultimately to the coming of Christ and the establishment of His kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A priest and prophet, Ezekiel is the central figure in this verse. He is among the exiles in Babylon, and his prophetic ministry is marked by vivid visions and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_exiles.htm">The Exiles</a> These are the Israelites who have been taken captive to Babylon. Their situation is one of displacement and longing for their homeland. 3. <a href="/topical/k/kebar_river.htm">Kebar River</a> A canal or river in Babylon where the exiles, including Ezekiel, are located. It serves as the setting for Ezekiel's vision. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_thirtieth_year.htm">The Thirtieth Year</a> This likely refers to Ezekiel's age, marking the beginning of his prophetic ministry, which aligns with the age when priests began their service in the temple. 5. <a href="/topical/v/visions_of_god.htm">Visions of God</a> These are divine revelations given to Ezekiel, marking the beginning of his prophetic messages to the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_exile.htm">God's Presence in Exile</a> Even in times of displacement and hardship, God is present and reveals Himself to His people. This encourages believers to seek God's presence in their own times of trial. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_visions.htm">The Role of Visions</a> Visions are a means by which God communicates His will and purpose. Believers should be open to God's revelations, whether through Scripture, prayer, or other means. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_timing.htm">The Importance of Timing</a> Ezekiel's age and the timing of his vision highlight God's perfect timing in calling and equipping His servants. Trust in God's timing for your own life and ministry. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_unfavorable_circumstances.htm">Faithfulness in Unfavorable Circumstances</a> Ezekiel's faithfulness in exile serves as a model for maintaining faith and obedience, regardless of circumstances. Believers are called to remain steadfast in their faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 1</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_14_align_with_nt_on_sin.htm">How does Ezekiel’s teaching in chapter 14 align with or contradict the New Testament emphasis on personal responsibility for sin?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel's_creatures_fit_science.htm">How can the description of living creatures with multiple faces and wheels full of eyes (Ezekiel 1:5–18) be reconciled with any known scientific or natural phenomenon?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_cow_dung_align_with_purity_laws.htm">Ezekiel 4:12–15: How could using cow dung rather than human waste reconcile the apparent conflict with Jewish purity laws? </a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_1_about_ufos,_not_divine.htm">Could the bizarre imagery in Ezekiel 1 reflect extraterrestrial encounters or UFO sightings rather than divine revelation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) The thirtieth year.--On this date see Introduction, ? 4. It may be added here that the concurrence of the "fifth day of the month" in connection with this epoch, and with that of Jehoiachin's captivity in <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm" title="In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,">Ezekiel 1:2</a>, shows that the years of the two epochs began at the same time.Among the captives.--i.e., in the midst of the region where they were settled. The vision which follows was seen by Ezekiel only, and was probably vouchsafed to him in solitudes" The captives," or rather, the captivity, as it is in the original, is the same word as is used of Jehoiachin in the next verse, and yet must be somewhat differently understood in the two cases. Jehoiachin was actually in prison for many years; his people, within certain limits, were free. They were more than exiles, but less than prisoners. (On "the heavens were opened," comp. <a href="/matthew/3-16.htm" title="And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, see, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting on him:">Matthew 3:16</a>; <a href="/acts/7-56.htm" title="And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.">Acts 7:56</a>.)Visions of God.--Not merely great visions, as the Divine name is often added in Scripture to express greatness or intensity (see <a href="/genesis/10-9.htm" title="He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: why it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.">Genesis 10:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/36-6.htm" title="Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast.">Psalm 36:6</a>, marg., <a href="/psalms/80-10.htm" title="The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.">Psalm 80:10</a>, marg.; <a href="/jonah/3-3.htm" title="So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.">Jonah 3:3</a>, marg.; <a href="/acts/7-20.htm" title="In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:">Acts 7:20</a>, marg.), but Divine visions, visions sent from God, as in <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm" title="And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.">Ezekiel 8:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm" title="In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.">Ezekiel 40:2</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Now; literally, and. The use of the conjunction indicates here, as in <a href="/jonah/1-1.htm">Jonah 1:1</a>, that the narrative that follows links itself on to something that has gone before. In <a href="/exodus/1-1.htm">Exodus 1:1</a> and <a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1</a> it may point to a connection with the book that precedes it. Here the sequence is subjective. We may think of Ezekiel as retracing the years of his life till he comes to the thirtieth. Then, as it were, he pulls himself up. That must be the starting point of what he has to say. Our English use of "now" is nearly equivalent to this. In the thirtieth year. I incline, following Origen, Hengstenberg, Smend, and others, to refer the date to the prophet's own life. That year in Jewish reckoning was the age of full maturity. At that age the earlier Levites (<a href="/numbers/4-23.htm">Numbers 4:23, 20, 39, 43, 47</a>) had entered on their duties. It is probable, though no written rule is found, that it was the normal age for the functions of the priesthood. In the case of our Lord (<a href="/luke/3-23.htm">Luke 3:23</a>) and of the Baptist it appears to have been recognized as the starting point of a prophet's work. Jeremiah's call as a "child" (<a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6</a>; the word may, however, include adult manhood, as in <a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm">1 Samuel 30:17</a>; <a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">1 Kings 3:7</a>) was obviously exceptional. Other theories are: (1) That the years are reckoned from the era of Nabopolassar, the father of Nebuchadnezzar ( B.C. 625), dating from his throwing off the sovereignty of Assyria, and giving here the date B.C. 595 (Michaelis, Rosenmuller, Ewald, and others); but against this it may be urged (a) that there is no evidence that that era was in use in Ezekiel's time, and (b) that he nowhere else uses a double historical chronology. . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the thirtieth בִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (biš·lō·šîm) Preposition-b | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> Thirty, thirtieth year, שָׁנָ֗ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year in the fourth month, בָּֽרְבִיעִי֙ (bā·rə·ḇî·‘î) Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7243.htm">Strong's 7243: </a> Fourth, a fourth on the fifth בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five day, לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month while I וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I was among בְתֽוֹךְ־ (ḇə·ṯō·wḵ-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre the exiles הַגּוֹלָ֖ה (hag·gō·w·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> Exile, exiles by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the River נְהַר־ (nə·har-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> A stream, prosperity Kebar, כְּבָ֑ר (kə·ḇār) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3529.htm">Strong's 3529: </a> Chebar -- a river of Babylon the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky opened נִפְתְּחוּ֙ (nip̄·tə·ḥū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve and I saw וָאֶרְאֶ֖ה (wā·’er·’eh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see visions מַרְא֥וֹת (mar·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4759.htm">Strong's 4759: </a> A vision, a mirror of God. אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 1:1 Now it happened in the thirtieth year (Ezek. 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