Ezekiel is called to be a prophet

Ezek 2:1-3:27   Ezekiel is called to be a prophet to the Jewish exiles living at Tel Abib (or Tel Aviv - ‘Hill of Spring’) beside the "River Chebar" (the Shatt en-Nil canal) in Babylonia (see the feature on Babylon).

Ezek 4:1-17   Ezekiel re-enacts the siege of Jerusalem by drawing a map of the city on a brick, and using an iron plate to represent the walls, siege ramps, trenches and battering rams.

 

Assyrian attack on a town with archers and a wheeled battering ram ; British Museum Assyrian Relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud

Assyrians attack a city with a wheeled battering ram   (British Museum)

 

Ezek 5:1-17   Ezekiel shaves off his beard and hair and divides it into three parts to represent what the LORD will do to the people of Jerusalem: “A third of you will die by disease or be destroyed by hunger inside your walls. A third will fall dead by the sword outside your walls. And a third I will scatter in every direction as I chase them with a sword.” (Ezekiel 5:12)

Ezek 6:1-14   The LORD condemns the Israelites for their idolatry. “I will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your places of idol worship. Your altars will be destroyed and your incense altars broken down. I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols.” (Ezekiel 6:3-5)

Ezek 7:1-27    Ezekiel prophesies the downfall of the people of Judah. “The end has come! Disaster has come for you people who live in the land.” (Ezekiel 7:6-7)

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