Talk:Ezekiel

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Ezekiel article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1: 365 days

Bible Top‑importance

	Bible portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Bible, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Bible on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.BibleWikipedia:WikiProject BibleTemplate:WikiProject BibleBible articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Religion Top‑importance

	Religion portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Religion, a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on Religion-related subjects. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject ReligionTemplate:WikiProject ReligionReligion articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Judaism Top‑importance

	Judaism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Judaism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Judaism-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JudaismWikipedia:WikiProject JudaismTemplate:WikiProject JudaismJudaism articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Islam High‑importance

	Islam portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Islam, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Islam-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IslamWikipedia:WikiProject IslamTemplate:WikiProject IslamIslam-related articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Bahá'í Faith High‑importance

	Religion portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Bahá'í Faith, a coordinated attempt to increase the quality and quantity of information about the Baháʼí Faith on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. If you are new to editing Wikipedia visit the welcome page to become familiar with the guidelines.Bahá'í FaithWikipedia:WikiProject Bahá'í FaithTemplate:WikiProject Bahá'í FaithBahá'í Faith articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Jewish history High‑importance

	Judaism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Jewish history, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Jewish history on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Jewish historyWikipedia:WikiProject Jewish historyTemplate:WikiProject Jewish historyJewish history-related articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Christianity: Saints High‑importance

	Christianity portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Saints portal This article is supported by WikiProject Saints (assessed as High-importance).

Biography

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles

Ancient Near East Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ancient Near East, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ancient Near East related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Ancient Near EastWikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Near EastTemplate:WikiProject Ancient Near EastAncient Near East articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Hezekiah

I don't know how to change this, otherwise I would do it myself. But this page links to 'Hezekiah' on wikimedia rather than Ezekiel. Can someone fix it? Reesorville (talk) 18:27, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Where to see his history 105.112.160.251 (talk) 15:19, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anathoth

Where does the information come from linking Ezekiel to Anathoth? Jeremiah is from Anathoth - did both prophets come from here or is this just a simple mistake? The Anathoth wiki page makes mention of Jeremiah but not Ezekiel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happinessbird (talk • contribs) 12:09, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done24.143.10.70 (talk) 18:40, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Media

There are two images of paintings of Ezekiel. One is attributed to Michelangelo and the other to Rubens. However, comparing the images shows that they are of the same source painting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomasic (talk • contribs) 12:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Veracity

Nowhere in the article was there any mention of anything even remotely close to suggesting whether or not this was a real person who lived for 50 or so years. The first sentence states he is the "protagonist" of his book. Is that meant to imply that he's a fictional character? It's quite frustrating. A lot of these articles about biblical characters are phrased similarly, much to the frustration of the reader.

Please look into it. Much thanks. 107.19.1.123 (talk) 20:14, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lineage of Ezekiel

Ezekiel was captive at river of Chebar in the land of the Chaldeans around 600 B.C.

Does anyone know if Judah ruled this area at the time?

It seems he was captive at the river and then let go again in Babylon. The context of his book is in Babylon. Ezekiel is most likely from the ethnicity of where Iraq is today. 95.91.214.178 (talk) 10:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Ezekiel is most likely from the ethnicity of where Iraq is today." There was more than one ethnicity in Mesopotamia. The Chaldeans were West Semitic migrants that had settled in an area previously held by East Semitic-speakers. Ezekiel's name is a theophoric name, and his patron deity was apparently El. El was worshipped by both the Canaanites and the East Semites. The Anra scarabs also indicate worship of El by the Egyptians, who identified El with Ra. Dimadick (talk) 12:10, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Iraq is not an ethnicity. Ezekiel clearly was a Jewish priest exiled to Babylon during the Babylonian captivity. So he was NOT a local there. No need to speculate about East Semites, Canaanites, Egyptians or Ra. Str1977 ^(talk) 19:29, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mission against Israel

Ezekiel is not from the House of Israel. God spoke to him and said.

"And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day." (2:1 Book of Ezekiel) 95.91.214.178 (talk) 11:07, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your conclusion doesn't follow from what you wrote. In fact, it is contradicted by it. Str1977 ^(talk) 19:29, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Identity of Ezekiel's tribe

1. Ezekiel was sent to the House of Israel to speak against them for the abominations they inflicted in the war.

(Ezekiel 2:3) And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

[...] and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence [...]

2. God says to Ezekiel to go to his people at Chebar River.

(Ezekiel 3:11) And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

3. He says to Ezekiel to remain in his house there at the river. His house is at Chebar River in the land of the Chaldeans within Babylonia. It is being invaded by the children of Israel from Jerusalem.

(Ezekiel 3:23) Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

4. Ezekiel was captive in the war by invasion. The House of Israel invades and takes Ezekiel captive by the river.

(Ezekiel 3:25) But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. 95.91.214.178 (talk) 12:25, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ezekiel being son of Jeremiah

Ezekiel could not have been the son of Jeremiah because God specifically told Jeremiah that he would never marry or have any children. And he did neither. 2600:1700:4AC0:CF80:8D15:FB18:F9ED:B042 (talk) 20:37, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Hebrew Wikipedia page says that one theory says he was the son of Jeremiah. Just because god commands a prophet to do something doesn't mean the prophet will listen. Ask Jonah, who was dragged back kicking and screaming by a fish. ---Lilach5 (לילך5) discuss 20:45, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Still, the link is far-fetched. Str1977 ^(talk) 19:29, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Icon: Ezekiel or Isaiah?

When I was researching about prophets of Judaism, I saw that the same image (Russian icon of the Prophet Ezekiel holding a scroll with his prophecy and pointing to the "closed gate" (18th century, Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)) is placed on both the pages for Ezekiel and Isaiah.

I am new in editing Wikipedia pages. So instead of correcting I decided to open a talk about this confusing information. Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isaiah.jpg and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ezekiel-icon.jpg Fatih Keçelioğlu (talk) 01:04, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]