Eze 40:1 | NET2full | STEP | In the twenty - fifth year of our exile , at the beginning of the year , on the tenth day of the month , in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down , on this very day , the hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there .

‏ Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ^{▼▼sn That is, Jerusalem.} was struck down, on this very day, ^{▼▼tn April 19, 573 b.c.} the hand ^{▼▼tn Or “power.”} ^{▼▼sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).} of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ^{▼▼sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).}