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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. It is the product of a ...
Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are identified as cherubim in Ezekiel 10, [1] who are God's throne bearers. [2] Cherubim as minor guardian deities [3] of temple or palace thresholds are known throughout the Ancient East. Each of Ezekiel's cherubim have four faces, that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. [2]
Can These Bones Live?: The Problem of the Moral Self in the Book of Ezekiel (Walter de Gruyter, 2000) Whispering the Word: Hearing Women’s Stories in the Old Testament (Westminster John Knox Press, 2005) Character Ethics and the Old Testament: Moral Dimensions in Scripture, coedited with M. Daniel Carroll R. (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)
Ezekiel was commanded by God to remain mute, speaking only when God allowed, until the day Jerusalem fell to Babylon (Ezekiel 3:26-27; 24:25-27). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] During his ministry, Ezekiel also endured great personal loss, as his wife died suddenly, and he was forbidden to mourn publicly, symbolizing the impending judgment and loss for the ...
This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. In the New King James Version, this chapter is sub-titled "Ezekiel’s Vision of God", [1] and in the New International Version, "Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision". [2] In the text, the first verse refers to "visions" (plural). [3]
c. 530 BC First view (and traditional one) is that Daniel was written immediately after the Babylonian exile ended and many Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.
In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Ezekiel classifies the charging of interest among the worst sins, denouncing it as an abomination and metaphorically portraying usurers as people who have shed the borrower's blood. (See Ezekiel 18:13 [1] and 18:17. [2]) The Talmud dwells on Ezekiel's condemnation of charging interest. [3] [4]
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, [10] "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel. [11]"Abomination" (Hebrew: תּוֹעֵבָה: something loathsome or objectionable, especially for "Jehovah" (Proverbs 3:32; 21:27), "specially used for things belonging to the worship of idols" or idolatrous practices and objects.