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• Jaazaniah (Son of Azzur)People

  Jaazaniah the son of Azzur was one of the twenty-five men whom the prophet Ezekiel saw in a vision at the east gate of the Jerusalem temple. He is described as one of the "princes of the people" who gave wicked counsel (Ezekiel 11:1).

• PelatiahPeople

  Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, appears in the Book of Ezekiel as one of the princes, or high officials, of the people of Jerusalem. Scripture records that he died while Ezekiel was prophesying against them (Ezekiel 11:1, 13).

• EzekielBible

  Ezekiel is the twenty-sixth book of the Old Testament and one of the Major Prophets. Its forty-eight chapters record the visions and prophecies received by Ezekiel, a prophet from a priestly family who ministered during the Babylonian exile.

• Ezekiel (Prophet)People

  Ezekiel was an Old Testament priest and prophet who ministered during the Babylonian exile. He proclaimed to the exiles of Judah both the judgment of Jerusalem and the restoration of Israel, and his prophecies are preserved in the Book of Ezekiel.

• Ezekiel's Temple VisionBible

  Ezekiel's temple vision, recorded in Ezekiel 40–48, is the vision in which Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, saw a restored temple and land. It is best known for its account of a river that flows out from the temple and brings life to a dead sea.

• Ezekiel 3Bible

  Ezekiel 3 concludes the call narrative of the prophet Ezekiel. In it he eats the scroll given to him by God, is appointed a "watchman" over the captive people of Israel, and is confined to his house and made unable to speak.

• Ezekiel 7Bible

  Ezekiel 7 is a prophecy of judgment proclaiming that "the end" has come upon the land of Israel. It declares that sword, pestilence, and famine will strike, that silver and gold will not save the people, and that even their leaders will be rendered powerless.

• Ezekiel 11Bible

  Ezekiel 11 is the final chapter of the vision of the Jerusalem temple (chapters 8–11). It recounts the judgment on the leaders who remained in Jerusalem, the promise of a new heart to the exiles, and the departure of the glory of God from the city.

• Ezekiel 18:20Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 18:20 is a declaration of individual responsibility: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son." It is frequently cited as a key text against the "generational curse" teaching, which holds that the sins of ancestors descend upon their descendants as a curse.

• Ezekiel 36:26Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 36:26 records God's promise to give a new spirit, to take away the stony heart, and to give a heart of flesh. It is a principal Old Testament text on regeneration and the inward transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and it is frequently cited in discussions among denominations about how God's work and the human response relate to each other in conversion.

• Ezekiel 37:4–5Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 37:4–5 is the command, given in a vision, to prophesy the word of the LORD to dry bones, with God's promise: "Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live." The passage envisions Israel's restoration and is also widely used as a symbol of resurrection and spiritual revival. Interpreters differ over what the vision's fulfillment is.

• Ezekiel 18:23Bible Verses

  A verse in the Book of Ezekiel declaring that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but desires that they turn and live. It is frequently cited in calls to repentance, and in debates over predestination, various denominations engage with it in discussing how God's will should be understood.

• Ezekiel 9:4Bible Verses

  A verse in Ezekiel's vision in which God commands a man clothed in linen to set a mark upon the foreheads of those who sigh and cry over the abominations committed in Jerusalem. The scene depicts people who are protected in the midst of judgment, and it is often read alongside the "seal on the forehead" in the Book of Revelation.

• Ezekiel 36:25–27Bible Verses

  A promise delivered by Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, in which God declares that he will cleanse Israel with water, give the people a new heart and a new spirit, and put his own Spirit within them so that they will keep his statutes. It is frequently cited as a key Old Testament text on regeneration and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

• Ezekiel 37:11–14Bible Verses

  This passage interprets Ezekiel's vision of the "valley of dry bones." In it God promises to open the graves of exiled Israel, put His spirit within them, restore them to life, and bring them back to their homeland. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of restoration, resurrection, and new life in the Holy Spirit.

• Ezekiel 18:2-4Bible Verses

  A prophetic message delivered by Ezekiel to the exiles in Babylon that rejects a proverb blaming the fathers and declares each person's own responsibility: "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." The passage is frequently cited as a basis for individual responsibility and repentance, and in debates over the teaching of generational curses.

• Ezekiel 11:19–20Bible Verses

  In this passage God promises the exiled Israelites that He will give them one heart and a new spirit, replacing their stony heart with a heart of flesh. It is frequently cited as a text on the new covenant and regeneration, and interpreters differ over what God does and what human beings do in the transformation of the heart.

• Ezekiel 18:30–32Bible Verses

  Ezekiel's call to repentance addressed to Israel during the Babylonian exile, declaring that each person will be judged according to his ways and that God takes no pleasure in the death of the one who dies, so the people should turn and live. The passage is frequently cited in preaching on repentance and in discussions of predestination and free will.

• Ezekiel 18:19–20Bible Verses

  A passage in which God declared through Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile that "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father." It is a key text for the principle that each person is accountable for his or her own sin, and it is frequently cited in discussions of original sin and the doctrine of generational curses.

• Ezekiel 34:11–16Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 34:11–16 is a passage in which God promises that he himself will be the shepherd who seeks out, gathers, and cares for his scattered sheep. It is frequently cited in sermons on Jesus as the "good shepherd" and on the responsibilities of pastors.