Ezekiel 1:3

New International Reader's Version

A message from the Lord came to me. I was by the Kebar River in Babylon. The power of the Lord came on me there. I am Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:46

The power of the Lord came on Elijah. He tucked his coat into his belt. And he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

2 Kings 3:15

But now bring me someone who plays the harp.” While that person was playing the harp, the Lord’s power came on Elisha.

Psalm 137:1

We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon. We wept when we remembered what had happened to Zion.

Jeremiah 1:2

A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It came in the 13th year that Josiah was king over Judah. Josiah was the son of Amon.

Jeremiah 1:4

A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,

Jeremiah 29:15

You might say, “The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.”

Ezekiel 1:1

I was 30 years old. I was with my people. We had been taken away from our country. We were by the Kebar River in the land of Babylon. On the fifth day of the fourth month, the heavens were opened. I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 10:15

The cherubim rose from the ground. They were the same living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River.

Ezekiel 12:13

I will spread out my net to catch him. He will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon. It is the land where the Chaldeans live. But he will not see it. He will die there.

Ezekiel 3:14

Then the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. My spirit was bitter. I was very angry. The power of the Lord was on me.

Ezekiel 3:15

I came to my people who had been brought as prisoners to Tel Aviv. It was near the Kebar River. I went to where they were living. There I sat among them for seven days. I was very sad and scared about everything that had happened.

Ezekiel 3:22

The power of the Lord was on me. He said, “Get up. Go out to the plain. I will speak to you there.”

Ezekiel 3:23

So I got up and went out to the plain. The glory of the Lord was standing there. It was just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River. So I fell with my face toward the ground.

Ezekiel 33:22

The evening before the man arrived, the power of the Lord came on me. He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened. I was no longer silent.

Ezekiel 37:1

The power of the Lord came on me. His Spirit brought me away from my home. He put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.

Ezekiel 40:1

It was the 14th year after Jerusalem had been captured. We had been brought to Babylon as prisoners. It was the tenth day of a month near the beginning of the 25th year after that. On that day the power of the Lord came on me. He took me back to my land.

Ezekiel 43:3

The vision I saw was like the one I had when he came to destroy the city. It was also like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River. I fell with my face toward the ground.

Ezekiel 8:1

It was the sixth year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. On the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting there with me. The power of the Lord and King came on me there.

Daniel 10:4

I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River. It was the 24th day of the first month.

Hosea 1:1

A message from the Lord came to Hosea, the son of Beeri. The message came while Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. It also came while Jeroboam was king of Israel. He was the son of Jehoash. Here is what the Lord said to him.

Joel 1:1

A message from the Lord came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. Here is what Joel said.

1 Timothy 4:1

The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them.

2 Peter 1:21

Prophecy never came simply because a prophet wanted it to. Instead, the Holy Spirit guided the prophets as they spoke. So, although prophets are human, prophecy comes from God.