And the word of the LORD came to me: Again a new prophecy is introduced with the traditional formula (see Ezek 22.1). It may be rendered simply “Then the LORD said to me.”
Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .