In the morning the word of the LORD came to me: In the morning refers to the morning of the day after Ezekiel acted out the exile of the people of Jerusalem. For the word of the LORD came to me, see the comments on Ezek 12.1.

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 .