¹⁴ The Spirit^(A) then lifted me up^(B) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord^(C) on me. ¹⁵ I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.^(D) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days^(E)—deeply distressed.

Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman

¹⁶ At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:^(F)