Verse 1 states: “Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was in the midst of the exiled people by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I began to see visions of God. ”
ცნობა მიუთითებს მეფე იოაქინის გადასახლებაში ყოფნის მეხუთე წელზე, ანუ ძვ.