Ezekiel • Chapter 1 (28 verses)
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar , that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin 's ... Mentions: Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah), Chebar .
Old Testament • 48 Chapters
Ezekiel (Old Testament, 48 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Jacob/Israel , Judah , Noah , Daniel , Canaan . Key places: Chebar , Jerusalem , Chaldea , Babylon , Canaan , Samaria . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of C..."
Ezekiel • Chapter 10 (22 verses)
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Chebar .
Ezekiel • Chapter 11 (25 verses)
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. Then said h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Chaldea .
Ezekiel • Chapter 12 (28 verses)
The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Ezekiel • Chapter 21 (32 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem , and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel , And say to the land of Israel , Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ammonites , Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Rabbah .
Ezekiel • Chapter 19 (14 verses)
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel , And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Babylon .
Ezekiel • Chapter 17 (24 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon , and took the h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Lebanon , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt .
Ezekiel • Chapter 14 (23 verses)
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Noah , Daniel , Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 31 (18 verses)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar i... Mentions: Egypt , Lebanon , Eden .
Ezekiel • Chapter 16 (63 verses)
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem ; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan ; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. Mentions: Canaan , Jerusalem, Chaldea , Samaria , Sodom .
Ezekiel • Chapter 15 (8 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Mentions: Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 18 (32 verses)
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel , saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Ezekiel • Chapter 13 (23 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 41 (26 verses)
Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side...
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Tamar , Hethlon , Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim .
Ezekiel • Chapter 25 (17 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites , and prophesy against them; And say unto the Ammonites , Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; an... Mentions: Ammonites, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Moab , Baal , Rabbah , Seir , Kiriathaim 1 .
Ezekiel • Chapter 48 (35 verses)
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Hamath , Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan . And by the border of Dan , from the... Mentions: Dan, Asher , Naphtali , Manasseh , Ephraim , Hethlon , Hamath, Damascus .
to live, have life, revive
to live, have life, revive. To live, preserve alive, revive, recover from death or sickness; theological in Deuteronomy ('that you may live') and Ezekiel ('shall these dry bones live?').
idols, dung-pellets, contemptible images
idols, dung-pellets, contemptible images. Idols, blocky shapeless things, dung-pellets; disparaging term in Ezekiel for pagan idols defiling Israel and provoking divine wrath.
sight, appearance, vision
sight, appearance, vision. Visual appearance, theophanic manifestation (Ezekiel's vision of chariot, Daniel 8:16).
Ezekiel • Chapter 2 (10 verses)
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel , to a rebel... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
end, termination, consummation
end, termination, consummation. End, boundary limit of time, eschatological consummation of worldly empires (Daniel 12:4, 9, 13; Ezekiel 7:2).
hand, power, agency of the LORD
hand, power, agency of the LORD. Hand, forearm, power, dominion, agency; the 'Hand of the LORD' (Yad YHWH) represents sovereign divine intervention in the Exodus ('with a mighty hand and outstretched arm', Deuteronomy 26:8), victorious deliverance, and prophetic inspiration (Ezekiel 1:3).
Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Ezekiel • Chapter 20 (49 verses)
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me. Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel , and say unto ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Egypt , Bamah .
father, forefather, patriarch
father, forefather, patriarch. Father, ancestor, founder of clan; God as Father of Israel ('Is not He your Father, who bought you?', Deuteronomy 32:6).
Ezekiel • Chapter 8 (18 verses)
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearan... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
Ezekiel • Chapter 7 (27 verses)
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel ; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee accordin... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
wrath, fury, heat, burning rage
wrath, fury, heat, burning rage. Heat, venom, burning fury; intense divine moral indignation against persistent covenant rebellion and idolatry (Ezekiel 36:18).
Ezekiel • Chapter 40 (49 verses)
In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. In the visions of God brought he me ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zadok , Levi .
Ezekiel • Chapter 6 (14 verses)
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel , and prophesy against them, And say, Ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel.