The Vision of Four Figures 1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifthdayof the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 (On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, […]
Category Archives: Ezekiel
Ezekiel 2
The Prophet’s Call 1 Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!” 2 As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heardHimspeaking to me. 3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending […]
Ezekiel 3
Ezekiel’s Commission 1 Then He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this […]
Ezekiel 4
Siege of Jerusalem Predicted 1 “Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Then get yourself an iron […]
Ezekiel 5
Jerusalem’s Desolation Foretold 1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use itasa barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair. 2 One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege […]
Ezekiel 6
Idolatrous Worship Denounced 1 And the word of the Lordcame to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them 3 and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord Godto the mountains, the hills, the ravines and […]
Ezekiel 7
Punishment for Wickedness Foretold 1 Moreover, the word of the Lordcame to me saying, 2 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Godto the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger […]
Ezekiel 8
Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem 1 It came about in the sixth year, on the fifthdayof the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord Godfell on me there. 2 Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance […]
Ezekiel 9
The Vision of Slaughter 1 Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud voice saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” 2 Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; […]
Ezekiel 10
Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple 1 Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. 2 And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels […]