Ezekiel
Ezekiel prophesied among the exiles in Babylon, and no prophet's message came in stranger packaging: a throne-chariot of wheels and living creatures, street-theater sign-acts, a valley of dry bones rattling to life. A priest called to prophesy far from his temple, Ezekiel first demolishes false hope, announcing that Jerusalem must fall and watching in vision as God's glory departs the sanctuary. After the city's destruction, his message pivots to restoration: a new heart and spirit, a shepherd-king like David, a resurrected people, and a gleaming visionary temple. The book's last words name the renewed city: The Lord Is There.
Ezekiel, priest and prophet among the Babylonian exiles.
Ministry 593–c. 571 BC in Babylon.
Judean exiles by the Chebar canal in Babylon.
To justify God's judgment on Jerusalem and promise inner renewal and restored presence, that all may know he is the Lord.