Ezekiel
Ezekiel is the priest, the son of Buzi, to whom the word of the Lord came in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chobar, in the fifth year of the captivity of king Joakim. The Septuagint spells his name Jezekiel. The Lord calls him Son of man, sends him to the house of Israel and makes him a watchman to them, and he eats a volume that is in his mouth as sweet honey. He is told to prophesy against the shepherds of Israel and against Gog, sees a plain full of dry bones and is told to prophesy to them, and is told to join two rods into one stick. In the twenty-fifth year of the captivity a vision of God brings him to a very high mountain, where he sees the frame of a city, and later water coming out from under the porch of the house. His book names Noe, Daniel and Job together as men who would be delivered by their righteousness, and asks the prince of Tyrus whether he is wiser than Daniel.
Connections
- Associated withNoah
Ezekiel names Noah, Daniel and Job together as the three who alone would be delivered by their righteousness.
Scripture · Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20
- Associated withDaniel
Ezekiel names Daniel with Noah and Job, and asks the prince of Tyrus whether he is wiser than Daniel.
Scripture · Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 28:2–3
In Scripture
The call
The word of the Lord comes to Jezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the river of Chobar. A voice calls him Son of man, sends him to the house of Israel, and has him eat a volume, which is in his mouth as sweet honey.
The watchman
The Lord makes him a watchman to the house of Israel. If he warns the wicked and the wicked man does not turn, he delivers his own soul.
Shepherds and sheep
The Lord tells him to prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, and says he will seek out his sheep and bring them back from every place where they were scattered.
A new heart
The Lord promises to take away the heart of stone, give a heart of flesh, and put his Spirit in them.
The dry bones and the one stick
He is set in the midst of a plain full of human bones. The Lord says the bones are the whole house of Israel, and that he will open their tombs and put his Spirit in them. He is then told to join two rods, one for Juda and one for Joseph, into one stick.
Gog
The Lord tells him to set his face against Gog, and the land of Magog.
The city and the water
In the twenty-fifth year of the captivity a vision of God brings him to a very high mountain, with the frame of a city on it. Later water comes out from under the porch of the house.
Noe, Daniel and Job
The Lord names the three as men who would be delivered by their righteousness, and the prince of Tyrus is asked whether he is wiser than Daniel.