Ezekiel (Hebrew origin: Strength of God)
(Ezekiel 1:3). 6th century b.c.e.
In 597 b.c.e., the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem, captured the city, and deported
King Jehoiachin to Babylon along with many nobles and prominent people. Among them was the prophet Ezekiel, a priest whose wife had died during the siege. Ten years later, the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar returned, destroyed the Temple, and brought to an end the kingdom of Judah, exiling most of the population. Ezekiel had a vision of the throne chariot of God. His prophetic message, directed both to the exiles in Babylon and to the survivors who remained in Jerusalem, was that the exiles would return to the land of Israel and that the Temple would be rebuilt.
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