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Ezekiel or Ezechiel ( / ɪˈziːkiəl /; Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל Yəḥezqēʾl [jə.ħɛzˈqeːl]; Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ Iezekiḗl [i.ɛ.zɛ.kiˈel]) was an Israelite priest. He is the eponymous protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible . The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a Hebrew prophet.
- possibly c. 622 BCE
- possibly c. 570 BCE (aged 51–52), Babylon
Read the full text of Ezekiel, a prophetic book in the Old Testament that foretells the restoration of Israel and the glory of God. Learn about Ezekiel's vision, call, and message to the exiles by the River Kebar.
New International Version. Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision. 1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel ...
Ezekiel is clear on one point: the Lord punishes and restores for one reason—for the sake of his name, in order to demonstrate once and for all that he is Lord. Ezekiel’s symbolic actions or performances foreshadow the inevitable destruction of Jerusalem ( 4:1–5:4; 12:1–20; 24:15–24 ).
Apr 12, 2024 · Babylonian Captivity. Ezekiel (flourished 6th century bc) was a prophet-priest of ancient Israel and the subject and in part the author of an Old Testament book that bears his name. Ezekiel’s early oracles (from c. 592) in Jerusalem were pronouncements of violence and destruction; his later statements addressed the hopes of the Israelites ...
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Learn about the prophet Ezekiel, who lived in exile in Babylon and received God's message of judgment and hope for Jerusalem and the temple. Read the book of Ezekiel online, chapter by chapter, with summaries, background, and theology.
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The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and one of the major prophetic books in the Christian Bible, where it follows Isaiah and Jeremiah. [1] According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years from 593 to 571 BC, although it is the ...
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