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The Book of Ezekiel ( Hebrew יחזקאל Yechezkel or Yəḥezqe’l) is a book of the Jewish Hebrew Bible known to Christians as the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Ezekiel. After a preface that describes his call to the prophetical office (1-3:21), three groups of prophecies follow:
The closing visions of this book are referred to in the book of RevelationFor information on the last book of the New Testament see the entry on the Book of Revelation. For the role playing game of this name, see Revelation (game In monotheistic religions, revelation is the process in which God makes himself, his will, and/or o (Ezek. 38 = Rev. 20:8; Ezek. 47:1-8 = Rev. 22:1,2). Other references to this book are also found in the New TestamentThe New Testament sometimes called the Greek Scriptures is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus Christ. The term is a translation of the Latin Novum Testamentum which translates the Greek Η &Kappa. (Compare RomansThe Epistle to the Romans is one of the epistles, or letters, included in the New Testament canon of the Christian Bible. When it is clear that the Bible is being discussed, it is often referred to as simply "Romans". Romans is one of four letters ascribe 2:24 with Ezek. 36:22; Rom. 10:5, Galatians 3:12 with Ezek. 20:11; 2 PeterThe Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament of the Bible. The opening verse identifies itself as having been written by Simeon Peter, who has been identified with Saint Peter, although nowhere else in the New Testament is he referred to as 3:4 with Ezek. 12:22.)
It may be noted that DanielDaniel Standard Hebrew Daniyyel Tiberian Hebrew Dniyyel is the name of two people from the Bible. The name means "My judge is God", or "messenger of God". David's second son, "born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Chr. He is called also, fourteen years after his deportation from Jerusalem, is mentioned by Ezekiel (14:14) along with Noah and Job as distinguished for his righteousness, and some five years later he is spoken of as pre-eminent for his wisdom (28:3).
Ezekiel's prophecies are characterized by symbolical and allegorical representations, "unfolding a rich series of majestic visions and of colossal symbols." There are a great many also of "symbolcal actions embodying vivid conceptions on the part of the prophet" (4:1-4; 5:1-4; 12:3-6; 24:3-5; 37:16, etc.) "The mode of representation, in which symbols and allegories occupy a prominent place, gives a dark, mysterious character to the prophecies of Ezekiel. They are obscure and enigmatical. A cloudy mystery overhangs them which it is almost impossible to penetrate. Jerome calls the book 'a labyrinth of the mysteries of God.' It was because of this obscurity that the Jews forbade any one to read it till he had attained the age of thirty."
Ezekiel is singular in the frequency with which he refers to the Pentateuch (e.g., Ezek. 27; 28:13; 31:8; 36:11, 34; 47:13, etc.). He shows also an acquaintance with the writings of Hosea (Ezek. 37:22), Isaiah (Ezek. 8:12; 29:6), and especially with those of Jeremiah, his older contemporary ( Jeremiah 24:7, 9; 48:37).
This entry incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation.
Ezekiel, Book of Ezekiel