Questions regarding the book of the prophet Ezekiel and the prophet himself.
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Are kruvim also angels?
Some use Ezekiel 28 as a prooftext that Satan is an angel. It specifically says that the subject is a כְּרוּב (kruv) (Ezek. 28:14). Are kruvim also angels?
Addendum: Well, what I meant was, are ...
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Did Josephus misinterpret Ezekiel 12:13?
According to Josephus:
Ezekiel also foretold in Babylon what calamities were coming upon the people, which when he heard, he sent accounts of them unto Jerusalem. But Zedekiah did not believe ...
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Ezekiel 44:5 Mark Well
Ezekiel 44:5 ESV
And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your
eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning
all the statutes of the temple of the Lord ...
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Can Ezekiel 1 be interpreted as describing a robot?
In my readings of Ezekiel chapter 1, Ezekiel comes into contact with what in our time could only be interpreted as a robot. For instance, it had wheels, four faces, was metallic, and was able to fly; ...
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Why is the man going to measure Jerusalem in Zechariah 2:2?
In the second chapter of his book, Zechariah records a vision in which he saw a man with a measuring line going to measure Jerusalem. I'm not sure what this is supposed to signify. Two verses later, ...
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Significance of the “Son of Man” appellation in Ezekiel
Ezekiel is the only prophet regularly referred to by God as "son of man" (ben adam). This is particularly interested to Christians since Jesus took the title "Son of Man" upon himself (ὁ υἱός τοῦ ...
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Is Ezekiel a reluctant prophet?
Many of God's servants in the Old Testament are reluctant—Moses, Gideon, Saul (eventually defunct), Jonah and Jeremiah spring to mind. Moses protests five times in the course of Exodus 2-3:
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Twenty plus twenty-five plus fifteen in Ezekiel 45:12
Ezekiel 44-46 is covenant renewal or reiteration of the law. 45:10-12 is a reiteration of the law of just measures. Verse 12 says:
The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus ...
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What are the “stones of fire” in Ezekiel 28?
An interesting phrase occurs in Ezekiel 28:14:
You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
and again ...
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What does “put the branch to their nose” in Ezekiel 8:17 mean?
Reading Ezekiel 8 in the ESV I came across verse 17 today and was puzzled by phrase there:
Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that ...
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Why, in Ezekiel 28, is the King of Tyre conflated with Lucifer?
Most of what Christians know about Lucifer comes from Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. Especially in Ezekiel, however, the oracles are clearly addressed to the King of Tyre.
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Does God intend Jerusalem to be eternally shamed In Ezekiel 16?
Ezekiel 16 is a rather spectacular allegory that compares Jerusalem to a prostitute. God ends the story with this promise:
“For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you ...
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What is the significance of Ezekiel's description of God's heavenly chariot in chapter 1?
Chapter 1 of Ezekiel contains a famous description of God's heavenly chariot (the maaseh merkava):
...as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were
opened, and I saw visions ...
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Was Ezekiel 37 understood as a prophesy of a literal Resurrection?
Ezekiel 37 presents a dramatic picture of a valley of bones being resurrected. The natural Christian interpretation is that it is an image of the day of the Lord when the righteous will be brought ...
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What is the significance of “east” in the Scriptures?
There seems to be some significance to the east in the Scriptures.
The garden is planted in the east of Eden
Cherubim are stationed on the east side of the Garden of Eden
Parts of the burnt offering ...
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Historical interpretations of Ezekiel's vision of a temple
From Ezekiel 40 to the end, the author records a pretty detailed vision of a temple. Historically, what are the main ways this vision been interpreted?
Did the rabbis consider this vision to be ...
