The word of YY came expressly unto Yechezkel the kohen, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of YY was there upon him.
It came also in the days of Yhoyakhim the son of Yoshiyah-yahu king of Yhudah, unto the end of the eleventh year of TZidkiyah-yahu the son of Yoshiyah-yahu king of Yhudah, unto the carrying away of Yerushalayim captive in the fifth month.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.