Ezekiel 1:1-3

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Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision

1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles^(A) by the Kebar River,^(B) the heavens were opened^(C) and I saw visions^(D) of God.

²On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin^(E)— ³the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel^(F) the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.^[a] There the hand of the Lord was on him.^(G)

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Ezekiel 1:3 Or Chaldeans

Psalm 96:13

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¹³Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge^(A) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness^(B)
and the peoples in his faithfulness.^(C)

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Psalm 96:13 in all English translations

Isaiah 11:4

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⁴but with righteousness^(A) he will judge the needy,^(B)
with justice^(C) he will give decisions for the poor^(D) of the earth.
He will strike^(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(F)
with the breath^(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(H)