Ezekiel
was a prophet
to the Israelites
who were captives to Babylon. He was
a contemporary of Jeremiah,
who was a prophet to the people left behind in Jerusalem.
When Ezekiel was taken into captivity, the Babylonians had not yet
destroyed Jerusalem. His early prophesies related to the imminent fall of
Jerusalem and the horrors of the sieges that would lead to it. His visions made
clear that the destruction of Jerusalem was a judgment on the immorality of the
people, especially the variety of idol worship they practiced even in the
temple.
Nebachudnezzar,
the Babylonian emperor, extend his reach far beyond Israel and Judah. Ezekiel
warned that other nations would fall to Babylon. Some of these were
comparatively weak such as Ammon, Moab, Edom and
Philistia. Others were powerful: Tyre and Egypt.
Ezekiel also saw that the captivity had a limit. The Israelite would
return to their homeland. In particular, God was preserving
and protecting those who were faithful to Him.
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