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 Elohim.
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.
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.
Their heart cried unto YY , O wall of the daughter of TZiyon, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Yerushalayim: and the hand of our Elohim was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not YY in TZiyon? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?