# of our captivity

"after we became captives" or "after the Babylonians took us as captives to Babylon"

# the beginning of the year on the tenth day of the month

This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The tenth day is in April on Western calendars.

# the city was captured

"the Babylonians captured the city of Jerusalem"

# the hand of Yahweh

This refers to Yahweh's power to show Ezekiel supernatural visions. See Ezekiel 1:3.