~ The Lord Sends Ezekiel to the Exiles at Tel Abib ~

Then He said to me,
"Son of man, listen carefully
and take to heart all the words I speak to you.
Go now to your countrymen in exile and speak to them.
Say to them,
'This is what the Sovereign Lord says,'
whether they listen or fail to listen."

Then the Spirit lifted me up,
and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound --
May the glory of the Lord be praised in His dwelling place! --
the sound of the wings of the living creatures
brushing against each other
and the sound of the wheels beside them,
a loud rumbling sound.
The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away,
and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit,
with the strong hand of the Lord upon me.
I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib
near the Kebar River.
And there, where they were living,
I sat among them for seven days -- overwhelmed.

(Ezekiel 3:10-15)