Comparing his vision to babylonian iconography reveals that ezekiel saw a divine throne chariot of the heavenswidely described in the ancient biblical world. The book begins with the most complex prophetic commission text in the old. One day late in june, when i was thirty years old, the heavens were suddenly opened to me and i saw visions from god. The book of ezekiel is the third of the latter prophets in the tanakh and one of the major. Ezekiel 1 new international version niv ezekiel s inaugural vision. Key personalities include ezekiel, israels leaders, ezekiel s wife. It was there that ezekiel recorded that the heavens were opened to him and he saw the visions of god see ezekiel 1. As a priestprophet called to minister to the exiles separated. Watch our overview video on the first part of the book of ezekiel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought.
The kjv bible is a public domain works that i have uploaded primarily for myself to be able to play and listen to in the background but also to pass along to other seeking the divine word of god. Ezekiel 1 living bible tlb 1 1 3 ezekiel was a priest the son of buzi who lived with the jewish exiles beside the chebar canal in babylon. According to dates given in the text, ezekiel received his prophetic call in the fifth year of the first deportation to babylonia 592 bc and was active until about 570 bc. The various dates given in the book suggest that ezekiel was 25 when he went into exile, 30 when he received his prophetic call, and 52 at the time of. Find out how god revealed himself to ezekiel in a mega powerful way. The book of ezekiel, one of the major prophetical books of the old testament. In this oracle that runs from verses 1 19, is the one of the seven that is undated and is a general prediction that egypt and all of her allies would be destroyed. Ezekiels bizarre calling bibleproject the bible project. Its easy to get confused right off the bat when you open ezekiel. Ezekiel 1 kjv now it came to pass in the thirtieth bible gateway.
The book of ezekiel is narrative history, prophetic and apocalyptic in genre and even contains parables. He was of a priestly family see niv text note on 1. These doubts were strong enough, in those early days, to raise the question of whether ezekiel should be one of the biblical books. Ezekiel 1 ezekiels inaugural vision in my bible gateway.
Book of ezekiel read, study bible verses online bible study tools. Ezekiel 1 tlb ezekiel was a priest the son of buzi. Ezekiel had his vision in babylon as one of the captive exiles ezek 1. The book of ezekiel has always been a problem book.