Ezekiel 1:3
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the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the imperial center of the Neo-Babylonian Empire; Chaldea was the broader southern Mesopotamian region associated with its ruling people. The Chebar was likely a canal near Nippur, where Judean exiles lived, and there Ezekiel received God’s prophetic word despite Israel’s displacement.
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Ezekiel 1:3 mentions Babylon, Chaldea and Chebar.
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