Ezekiel
the prophet of the dry bones
Who was Ezekiel?
- A priest, son of Buzi. He was a prophet among the exiles of Judah, by the river Chebar, in Babylon. Ezekiel 1:1-3
- God asked him to make gestures that announced the fall of Jerusalem, like drawing the besieged city on a clay tablet. Ezekiel 4:1-3
- He announced that God himself would care for his sheep and would give his people a new heart. Ezekiel 34:11; Ezekiel 36:26
What the Bible says
Ezekiel 1:1-3
1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I saw the visions of God. 2On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin, 3The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Bud in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
Ezekiel 4:1-3
1And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem. 2And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it. 3And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: it is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:11; Ezekiel 36:26
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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