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After his stunning vision of the four living creatures and the throne of God Ezekiel travels to the Judean exile community at Tel-abib by the Kebar River and sits seven days in silence among them before the word of the Lord comes again commissioning him as watchman over the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 3:14-15 narrates the prophet's post-call journey to the exile community at Tel-abib: "So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days." The seven-day silence marked the depth of Ezekiel's grief at the divine commission and his solidarity with the captives. The settlement on the Mesopotamian irrigation canals was one of several Judean exile colonies Nebuchadnezzar established.
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