Ezekielיחזקאל

593 BCE – 560 BCE · Babylonbiblical

Description

Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel, was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him.

Born	Possibly c. 623 BC, Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah
Died	After c. 571 BC, Babylon, Neo-Babylonian Empire
Venerated in	JudaismChristianityIslamBaháʼí FaithRastafari
Major shrine	Ezekiel's Tomb, Iraq
Feast	August 28 – Armenian Apostolic ChurchJuly 23 – Orthodoxy and Roman CatholicismJuly 21 – Lutheranism
Controversy	Babylonian captivity

Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.

Topic	Summary
Biblical account	The author of the Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, born into a priestly (kohen) lineage.
Extrabiblical accounts	According to Jewish tradition, Ezekiel did not write the biblical Book of Ezekiel, but rather his prophecies were collected by the Great Assembly.
Resting place	Ezekiel's Tomb is located in al-Kifl, Iraq, near Babylon.
In popular culture	Ezekiel is portrayed by Darrell Dunham in a 1979 episode of the television series Our Jewish Roots (1978–).

Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Ezekiel, with sources.

Prophecy / vision	Source
Vision of the chariot; the likeness of the glory of YHWH	Ezek 1
Dry bones live again; the whole house of Israel brought up from the graves	Ezek 37:5-12
Gog of Magog gathered against the mountains of Israel; consumed by fire	Ezek 38-39
A new temple and a river flowing from the sanctuary to heal the sea	Ezek 40-47