Ezekiel 40:1

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ¹  was struck down, on this very day, ²  the hand ³  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁴ 

Ex 12:41; 2Ki 25:1-30; Jer 39:1-18; Jer 52:1-34; Eze 1:2; Eze 1:3; Eze 3:14,22; Eze 8:1; Eze 11:24; Eze 29:17; Eze 32:1,17; Eze 33:21; Eze 37:1; Re 1:10

¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

² tn April 19, 573 b.c.

³ tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

⁴ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).