After waiting among the exiles for seven days, the word of God came to Ezekiel saying, “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel so hear the words I speak to you and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die' and
After indicating his acceptance of God’s task by eating the scroll, Ezekiel is told to go to the people of Israel and tell them what he has seen. God emphasized that even though the message should be clear to the people, they would not be willing to listen because they were hardened and obstinate. To
Ezekiel fell to his knees in reverence to the figure on the throne. The figure spoke to Ezekiel saying, “Stand up and I will speak to you.” The spirit entered Ezekiel and raised him to his feet. The figure on the throne said, “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, a rebellious nation
When Ezekiel was 30 years old, in the late spring or summer of the year, he was living among the exiles by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. It was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin when the word of God came to Ezekiel. The heavens opened and the
Who was Ezekiel? Like Jeremiah and Zechariah, Ezekiel, a priest and respected prophet, lived about 600 BC. At the time, ten of the tribes of Israel lived in the north and two tribes of Judah lived in the south. The northern tribes (which had already fallen to Assyria in 722 BC) and southern tribes were at
The name "Ezekiel" means "God strengthens". From the book, we know that Ezekiel was the son of a man named Buzi and that he was a priest taken captive to Babylon in 597 BC. He lived in a home near the river Chebar, an irrigation canal that channeled the Euphrates River to the surrounding areas.