12-13 Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great commotion—“Blessed be the Glory of God in his Sanctuary!”—the wings of the living creatures beating against each other, the whirling wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake.

14-15 The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. I didn’t want to go. But God had me in his grip. I arrived among the exiles who lived near the Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled.

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13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures(A) brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.(B) 14 The Spirit(C) then lifted me up(D) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(E) on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(F) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(G)—deeply distressed.

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