The Prophet Ezekiel
Ezekiel (592-570 B.C.) "yehetzk`el" (God will strengthen).
Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah 3 times and took captives each
time. In 607 one of the captives was Daniel, in 597 Ezekiel
was taken, and in 586 Jerusalem was destroyed and all the
people taken. Ezekiel prophesied to the captives in
Babylon. The captives thought Jerusalem would be delivered
by the Lord and they would be rescued. God spoke through
Ezekiel using Words, Parables, Visions, and many
Similitudes (doing strange things as a sign of something
greater). Ezekiel was married to a woman who was "the
desire of his eyes". God told him that his wife was going
to die on the very day the armies of Babylon laid siege
against the holy city of Jerusalem and he was not to mourn,
as a sign to the people. Ezekiel was commanded not to
grieve her death; he was to brace himself for this tragedy
even as God had prepared Himself for the death of His
beloved city (24:15-22).
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