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{{short description|Prophet in the Abrahamic religions}}
{{about|the biblical prophet|the biblical book|Book of Ezekiel|other uses|Ezekiel (disambiguation)}}
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|name        = Ezekiel<br />{{nobold|{{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|יְחֶזְקֵאל}}|rtl=yes}}}}
|image       = Malczewski Jacek Proroctwo Ezechiela (cropped).jpg
|caption     = ''Prophecy of Ezekiel'' by [[Jacek Malczewski]], 1919
|titles      = [[Hebrew prophets|Prophet]] and [[Kohen|Priest]]
|birth_date  = Possibly {{circa|623 BC}}
|birth_place =[[Jerusalem]], [[Kingdom of Judah]]
|death_date  = After {{circa|571 BC}}
|death_place = [[Babylon]], [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]
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|major_shrine = [[Ezekiel's Tomb]], Iraq
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[[File:Raphael - Ezekiel's Vision.jpg|thumb|''[[Ezekiel's Vision (Raphael)|Ezekiel's Vision]]'' by [[Raphael]], {{circa|1518 AD}}]]
'''Ezekiel''', also spelled '''Ezechiel''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|ˈ|z|iː|k|i|əl}}; {{langx|he|יְחֶזְקֵאל|Yəḥezqēl}} {{IPA|he|jə.ħɛzˈqeːl|}}; {{langx|grc-x-koine|Ἰεζεκιήλ|Iezekiḗl}} {{IPA|grc|i.ɛ.zɛ.kiˈel|}}), was an [[Kohen|Israelite priest]]. The [[Book of Ezekiel]], relating his visions and acts, is named after him.

The [[Abrahamic religions]] acknowledge Ezekiel as a [[Hebrew prophet|prophet]]. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]]'s capital city [[Jerusalem]]. In 587 BC, the [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Neo-Babylonian Empire conquered Jerusalem]], destroyed [[Solomon's Temple]], and sent the Judahite upper classes into the [[Babylonian captivity]].  

However, Ezekiel also prophesied the eventual restoration of the [[Jews|Jewish people]] to the [[Land of Israel]]. It is believed he died around 570 BC; [[Ezekiel's Tomb]] is a Jewish religious site in [[Mesopotamia]]. Three decades later, in 539 BC, the [[Fall of Babylon|Persian empire conquered Babylon]] and the [[Edict of Cyrus]] [[return to Zion|repatriated the exiles]]. 

The name "Ezekiel" means "God is strong" or "God strengthens" in Hebrew.<ref>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Paul M. |author-link= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRepfsso2p0C&q=%22God%20strengthens%22 |title=Ezekiel: A Commentary |date=2009 |publisher=T&T Clark |isbn=9780567483614 |location= |pages=67, 79}}</ref>

== Biblical account ==
The author of the [[Book of Ezekiel]] presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of [[Buzi]], born into a priestly ([[kohen]]) lineage.<ref>{{Bibleref|Ezekiel|1:3|KJV|Ezekiel 1:3}}</ref> The author dates his first divine encounter to "the thirtieth year" according to [[Ezekiel 1]]:1–2. Ezekiel describes his calling to be a [[prophet]], detailing his encounter with [[Yahweh|God]] and four "living creatures" with four wheels beside them.<ref>{{Bibleref|Ezekiel|1|KJV|Ezekiel 1}}</ref>

According to Ezekiel 1:1 and [[Ezekiel 3#Verse 15|3:15]], Ezekiel and his wife lived during the [[Babylonian captivity]] on the banks of the Kebar Canal in [[Tel Abib]] near [[Nippur]]{{efn|Not to be confused with modern day [[Tel Aviv]], located on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coastline. However, this location's name was influenced by Ezekiel 3:15.}} with other exiles from the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. There is no mention of him having children.

=== Chronology ===
In the text, the "thirtieth year" is identified as the fifth year of the exile of [[Jeconiah]], [[Kings of Judah|King of Judah]], by the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]] beginning in 597 BC (though the kingdom was allowed to continue under [[Zedekiah]]);<ref>{{Bibleref|Ezekiel|1:2|KJV}}</ref> this dates Ezekiel's vision to 593 BC. The last recorded prophecy of Ezekiel dates to April 571 BC, sixteen years after the [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|destruction of Jerusalem]] in 587 BC.<ref>{{Bibleref|Ezekiel|29:17-19|KJV}}</ref><ref name="Eichrodt2003">{{cite book |author=Walther Eichrodt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLN1BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA407 |title=Ezekiel: A Commentary |date=20 June 2003 |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |isbn=978-1-61164-596-5 |page=407}}</ref> Thus, Ezekiel's prophecies occurred over about 22 years.<ref name="Clements1996">{{cite book|author=Ronald Ernest Clements|title=Ezekiel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cB5WoWI3FRAC&pg=PA1|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|isbn=978-0-664-25272-4|page=1}}</ref>

The "thirtieth year" may refer to Ezekiel's age at the time of his first vision, making him fifty-two years old at his final vision.<ref name="Eichrodt2003" /><ref name="Betts2005" /> However, the ''[[Targum Jonathan]]'' on Ezekiel 1:1 and the [[2nd-century]] rabbinic work ''[[Seder Olam Rabba]]'' (chapter 26) interpret it to mean "in the thirtieth year after [[Josiah]] was presented with a Book of the Law discovered in the Temple" in 622 BCE, the time of [[Josiah#Religious reform|Josiah's reforms]] and [[Jeremiah]]'s prophecies.<ref name="Betts2005">{{cite book|author=Terry J. Betts|title=Ezekiel the Priest: A Custodian of Tôrâ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTxmJpdAuwoC&pg=PA51|year=2005|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-7425-0|page=51}}</ref><ref>[[Tremper Longman|Longman, T.]], ''Jeremiah, Lamentations'', Hendrickson Publishers, 2008, p. 6</ref> These two interpretations can be reconciled if Ezekiel was born around the same time as Josiah's reforms.

== Extrabiblical accounts ==

=== Jewish tradition ===
[[File:Yad Vashem Memorial to survivors by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Monument to [[Holocaust survivors]] at [[Yad Vashem]] in [[Jerusalem]]; the quote is Ezekiel 37:14.]]
According to [[Jewish tradition]], Ezekiel did not write the biblical Book of Ezekiel, but rather his prophecies were collected by the [[Great Assembly]].<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]], ''[[Baba Bathra]]'' [http://www.come-and-hear.com/bababathra/bababathra_15.html 15a]</ref>

Ezekiel, like [[Jeremiah]], is said by [[Talmud]]<ref>(Meg. 14b)</ref> and [[Midrash]]<ref>([[Sifri]], Num. 78)</ref> to have been a descendant of [[Joshua]] by his marriage with the [[proselyte]] and former prostitute [[Rahab]]. Some statements found in rabbinic literature posit that Ezekiel was the son of Jeremiah, who was (also) called "Buzi" because he was despised by the Jews.<ref>Radak – R. David Kimkhi – in his commentary on Ezekiel 1:3, based on Targum Yerushalmi</ref>

According to [[Josephus]], Ezekiel was already active as a prophet while in the Land of Israel, and he retained this gift when he was exiled with King Jehoiachin and the nobles of the country to Babylon.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Ant.'' x. 6, § 3: "while he was still a boy"; comp. Rashi on Sanh. 92b</ref> [[Josephus]] relates that [[Nebuchadnezzar II|Nebuchadnezzar]]'s Babylonian armies exiled three thousand people from Judah,<ref>Flavius Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'' Book X, 6.3.98</ref> after deposing Jehoiachin in 598 BCE.

[[File:Ezekiel's vision.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|One traditional depiction of the [[cherubim]] and [[Merkabah mysticism|chariot vision]], based on the description by Ezekiel]]
[[Rava (amora)|Rava]] states in the Babylonian Talmud that although Ezekiel describes the appearance of the throne of God ([[Merkabah mysticism|merkabah]]), this is not because he had seen more than the prophet [[Isaiah]]: on the contrary, Isaiah described the divine glory as a courtier would describe the royal court where he served; whereas Ezekiel wrote as a peasant floridly embellishing a distant majesty.<ref>(Ḥag. 13b)</ref> Ezekiel, like all the other prophets, has beheld only a blurred reflection of God, as if seen in a poor mirror.<ref>Midrash Lev. Rabbah i. 14, toward the end</ref>

According to the midrash ''[[Shir HaShirim Rabbah]]'', it was Ezekiel whom the three pious men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (also called [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego]]) asked for advice as to whether they should resist Nebuchadnezzar's command and choose death by fire rather than worship his [[idolatry|idol]]. At first God revealed to the prophet that they could not hope for a miraculous rescue, and the prophet grieved for these men who were the "remnant of Judah". But when they left fully determined to sacrifice their lives to God, Ezekiel received this revelation:{{quote|When they went out from before Ezekiel, the Holy One blessed be He revealed Himself and said: 'Ezekiel, what do you think, that I will not stand by them? I will certainly stand by them.' That is what is written: "So said the Lord God: Concerning this too, I will acquiesce to the house of Israel" (Ezekiel 36:37). 'But leave them and do not say anything to them. I will leave them to proceed unsuspecting.'<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shir HaShirim Rabbah 7:8:1 |website=www.sefaria.org |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Shir_HaShirim_Rabbah.7.8.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en}}</ref>}}

=== Christian tradition ===
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[[File:Ezekiel-icon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[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)]]

Ezekiel is commemorated as a [[saint]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar|liturgical calendar]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]—and those [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]]—on July 21 (for those churches which use the traditional [[Julian Calendar]], July 21 falls on August 5 of the modern [[Gregorian Calendar]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/07/21/102064-prophet-ezekiel|title=Lives of the Saints|website=Oca.org|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> Ezekiel is commemorated on August 28 on the [[Calendar of Saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], and on April 10 in the [[Roman Martyrology]].

Certain [[Lutheranism|Lutheran churches]] also celebrate his commemoration on July 21.<ref>Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church, [http://www.emmaus24.org/cotw/2018-07-15_cotwbook.pdf Daily Catechesis on the Way], published 15 July 2018, accessed 21 February 2020</ref>

[[Saint Bonaventure]] interpreted Ezekiel's statement about the "closed gate" as a prophecy of the Incarnation: the "gate" signifying the [[Virgin Mary]] and the "prince" referring to Jesus. This is one of the [[lection|readings]] at [[Vespers]] on [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Theotokos]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Byzantine Catholic]] Churches.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} This imagery is also found in the traditional Catholic Christmas hymn "[[Gaudete#Text|Gaudete]]" and in a saying by Bonaventure, quoted by [[Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori]]: "No one can enter Heaven unless by Mary, as though through a door."<ref>Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, ''[[The Glories of Mary]]'', Liguori, Mo.: Liguori Publications, 2000, p.&nbsp;623. {{ISBN|0-7648-0664-5}}.</ref> The imagery provides the basis for the concept that God gave Mary to humanity as the "Gate of Heaven" (thence the dedication of churches and convents to the Porta Coeli), an idea also laid out in the ''Salve Regina'' ([[Hail Holy Queen]]) prayer.

John B. Taylor credits the subject with imparting the Biblical understanding of the nature of God.<ref>Taylor, John B. (1976). ''Ezekiel.'' Downer's Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press. Series: The Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. pp. 39-41. {{ISBN|0-87784-884-X}}.</ref>

=== Islamic tradition ===
[[File:Ezekiel raising the dead.jpg|thumb|Allah raised the dead at the request of the Prophet Ezekiel. He is standing in a desert with skulls and bones scattered. The prophet is depicted with a halo in the form of flames, typical in Islamic arts.]]
[[File:Ezekial's-Tomb-at-Kifel.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Iraqi Jews]] at the tomb of Ezekiel in [[Al-Kifl]] in the 1930s]]
Ezekiel ({{langx|ar|حزقيال}}; "Ḥazqiyāl"{{efn|"Ḥazqiyāl" is also [[Romanization of Arabic|romanised]] as "Ḥizqiyāl", "Ḥizqīl", and "Ḥizkīl"}}) is recognized as a [[prophet]] in [[Islamic]] [[tradition]]. Although not mentioned by name in the [[Quran]], [[Muslim]] scholars, both classical{{efn|Ibn Kutayba, Ukasha, Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Ishaq, Masudi, Kisa'i, Balami, Thalabi and many more have all recognized Ezekiel as a prophet}} and modern{{efn|The greatest depth to the figure is given by [[Abdullah Yusuf Ali]], in his commentary; his commentary's note '''2743''': "If we accept "Dhul al Kifl" to be not an epithet, but an Arabicised form of "Ezekiel", it fits the context, Ezekiel was a prophet in Israel who was carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after his second attack on Jerusalem (about BCE 599). His Book is included in the English Bible (Old Testament). He was chained and bound, and put into prison, and for a time he was dumb. He bore all with patience and constancy, and continued to reprove boldly the evils in Israel. In a burning passage he denounces false leaders in words which are eternally true: "Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken ...... etc. (Ezekiel, 34:2–4)."}} have included Ezekiel in lists of the [[prophets of Islam]].

The Quran mentions a prophet called ''[[Dhu al-Kifl|Dhū al-Kifl]]''{{efn|"Dhū al-Kifl" is also romanised as "Dhul-Kifl", "Zu al-Kifl", and "Zul-Kifl"}} ({{lang|ar|ذو الكفل}}). Although Dhu al-Kifl's identity is disputed, he is often identified with Ezekiel. [[Carsten Niebuhr]], in his ''Reisebeschreibung nach Arabian'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Niebuhr |first=Carsten |title=Reisebeschreibung nach Arabian |location=Copenhagen |publisher=Nicolaus Möller |year=1778 |volume=2 |pages=264–266}}</ref> says he visited [[Al Kifl]] in [[Iraq]], midway between [[Najaf]] and [[Hilla]] and said ''Kifl'' was the [[Arabic]] form of ''Ezekiel''. He further explained in his book that [[Ezekiel's Tomb]] was present in [[Al Kifl]] and that the Jews came to it on pilgrimage. The name "Dhu al-Kifl" means "Possessor of the Double" or "Possesor of the Fold" ({{lang|ar|ذو}} ''dhū'' "possessor of, owner of" and {{lang|ar|الكفل}} ''al-kifl'' "double, folded"). Some Islamic scholars have likened Ezekiel's mission to the description of Dhu al-Kifl. During the exile, the monarchy and state were annihilated, and political and national life were no longer possible. In the absence of a worldly foundation, it became necessary to build a spiritual one and Ezekiel performed this mission by observing the signs of the time and deducing his doctrines from them. In conformity with the two parts of his book, his personality and his preaching are alike twofold.

Regardless of the identification of Dhu al-Kifl with Ezekiel, [[Muslim]]s have viewed Ezekiel as a prophet. Ezekiel appears in all collections of ''[[Stories of the Prophets]]''.<ref>''Stories of the Prophets'', Ibn Kathir, ''Story of Ezekiel (Hizqil)''</ref> Muslim [[exegesis]] further lists Ezekiel's father as [[Buzi]] (''Budhi'') and Ezekiel is given the title ''ibn al-‘ajūz'', denoting "son of the old (man)", as his parents are supposed to have been very old when he was born. A tradition, which resembles that of [[Hannah (Bible)|Hannah]] and [[Samuel]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]], states that Ezekiel's mother prayed to God in old age for the birth of an offspring and was given Ezekiel as a gift from [[God]].<ref>''Encyclopedia of Islam'', G. Vajda, ''Hizkil''</ref>

==== Bibliography ====
* Ibn Kutayba, ''K. al-Ma'arif'' ed. S. Ukasha, 51
* Tabari, [[History of the Prophets and Kings]], 2, 53–54
* Tabari, ''Tafsir'', V, 266 (old ed. ii, 365)
* Masudi, ''Murudj'', i, 103ff.
* ''K. al-Badwa l-tarikh'', iii, 4/5 and 98/100, ''Ezechiel''
* Abdullah Yusuf Ali, ''Holy Qur'an: Translation and Commentary'', Note. 2473 (cf. index: ''Ezekiel'')
* Emil Heller Henning III, "Ezekiel's Temple: A Scriptural Framework Illustrating the Covenant of Grace", 2012.

== Resting place ==

=== Ezekiel's Tomb, Iraq ===
[[Ezekiel's Tomb]] is located in [[Al Kifl]], [[Iraq]], near [[Babylon]]. Historically an important Jewish site, the [[Al-Nukhailah Mosque]] for [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslims]] was constructed over it.<ref name=JE>{{cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=562&letter=E |title=Jewishencyclopedia.com |publisher=Jewishencyclopedia.com |access-date=2012-06-22}}</ref> Due to the [[Operation Ezra and Nehemiah|Jewish exodus from Iraq]] in the 1950s, the presence of the [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraqi Jewish community]] has diminished, although a disused [[synagogue]] remains in place at the location.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/30317/iraq-cleric-slams-plan-turn-jewish-tomb-mosque |title=Iraq Cleric Slams Plan to Turn Jewish Tomb into Mosque |publisher=Thejc.com |date=2010-04-12 |access-date=2012-06-22}}</ref> In 2020, work was reportedly underway to transform the synagogue into a [[mosque]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neurink |first=Judit |date=2020-02-09 |title=Jewish shrine of Prophet Ezekiel's Tomb open to visitors in Shiite Iraq |url=https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2020-02-09/ty-article/.premium/jewish-shrine-of-prophet-ezekiels-tomb-open-to-visitors-in-shiite-iraq/0000017f-f6e8-d318-afff-f7eb2fb40000 |access-date=2024-03-19 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=bataween |date=2020-10-20 |title=Synagogue at Ezekiel's tomb dismantled • Point of No Return |url=https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2020/10/synagogue-at-ezekiels-tomb-dismantled.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Point of No Return |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Tomb at Ergani, Turkey ===
A tomb in the [[Ergani|Ergani District]] of [[Diyarbakır Province]] in [[Turkey]] is also believed to be the resting place of Ezekiel. It is located {{Convert|5|km|mi}} from the city centre on a hill, where it is revered and visited by local [[Muslims]], called ''Makam Dağı''.<ref>[https://ilkha.com/kultursanat/inanc-ve-kultur-mirasinin-gozdesi-hazreti-zulkifl-makami-86253 İnanç ve kültür mirasının gözdesi: Hazreti Zülkifl Makamı (Turkish)]''ilkha''. Posted 17 November 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.guneydoguguncel.com/inanc-ve-kultur-mirasinin-gozdesi-hazreti-zulkifl-makami/ İNANÇ VE KÜLTÜR MİRASININ GÖZDESİ: HAZRETİ ZÜLKİFL MAKAMI (Turkish)] ''GuneydoguGuncel''. Posted 18 November 2018.</ref>

== In popular culture ==
{{For|allusions to his prophecies|Book of Ezekiel#In popular culture}}


Ezekiel is portrayed by [[Darrell Dunham]] in a 1979 episode<ref>{{Citation |title=DRY BONES.mov | date=31 January 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQboPOM6wYA |language=en |access-date=2022-04-07}}</ref> of the television series ''[[Our Jewish Roots]]'' (1978–).<ref>{{Citation |title=Our Jewish Roots (TV Series 1978– ) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6366130/fullcredits |access-date=2022-04-07}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Apocryphon of Ezekiel]]
* [[Pseudo-Ezekiel]]
* [[List of names referring to El]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite journal|last=Broome| first=Edwin C. Jr. |title=Ezekiel's Abnormal Personality|journal=Journal of Biblical Literature|date=September 1946|volume=65|issue=3|pages=277–292|doi=10.2307/3262666|jstor=3262666}}
*{{cite book|last=Eissfeldt|first=Otto|title=The Old Testament: An Introduction|year=1965|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|others=Peter Ackroyd, trans}}
*{{cite book|last=Gottwald|first=Norman K.|author-link=Norman K. Gottwald|title=The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction|year=1985|publisher=Fortress Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=0-8006-0853-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/hebrewbibleasoci0000gott}}
*{{cite book|last=Greenberg|first=Moshe|author-link=Moshe Greenberg|title=Ezekiel 1–20: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary|year=1983|publisher=Doubleday|location=Garden City, NY|isbn=0-385-00954-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ezekiel120newtra0022unse}}
*{{cite book|last=Greenberg|first=Moshe|title=Ezekiel 21–37: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary|year=1997|publisher=Doubleday|location=New York|isbn=0-385-18200-7}}
*{{cite book|last=Klein|first=Ralph W.|author-link=Ralph W. Klein|title=Ezekiel: The Prophet and his Message|year=1988|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|location=Columbia, SC|isbn=0-87249-553-1}}
*[https://www.academia.edu/32232467/The_Cruel_Theology_of_Ezekiel_20 Kugler, Gili, The Cruel Theology of Ezekiel 20]

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