Ezekiel's Visions All Prophecies 18 Q&A entries in total
Ezekiel Chapter 1 — The Throne-Chariot Vision (Calling)
Ezekiel: By the Chebar canal, Ezekiel saw a vision: a great storm came from the north, with a great cloud and flashing fire. Within it were four living creatures, each with four faces (human, lion, ox, eagle) and four wings. Beside each creature was a wheel, with a wheel within a wheel, and the rims were full of eyes. Above the creatures was an expanse, and above it a throne with a figure like a man, surrounded by radiance like a rainbow.
Ezekiel Chapters 2-3 — Eating the Scroll
Ezekiel: God spread a scroll before Ezekiel, written on both sides with words of lament, mourning, and woe. God commanded him to eat the scroll; Ezekiel did so and found it sweet as honey. God then sent him to speak to the house of Israel, warning them as a rebellious people.
Ezekiel Chapters 4-5 — Prophecy of the Siege of Jerusalem
Ezekiel: God commanded Ezekiel to engrave Jerusalem on a brick and lay siege to it as a sign. He lay on his left side for 390 days bearing Israel's sin, and on his right side for 40 days bearing Judah's sin. He was to eat rationed food symbolizing the siege famine. Finally, he shaved his head and divided the hair into three parts: burned, struck with a sword, and scattered to the wind — prophesying that a third of Jerusalem's people would die by plague and famine, a third by the sword, and a third be scattered.
Ezekiel Chapters 8-11 — Vision of Idolatry in the Temple
Ezekiel: In a vision, Ezekiel was transported to the Jerusalem Temple, where he saw Israel's elders worshipping idols in secret, women weeping for Tammuz at the Temple gate, and men in the inner court with their backs to the Temple worshipping the sun toward the east. Therefore God's glory departed from the Temple step by step — rising from above the cherubim to the threshold, then to the east gate, and finally ascending from the city to the mountain east of it.
Ezekiel Chapter 12 — Prophecy of King Zedekiah's Fate
Ezekiel: Ezekiel acted out a prophecy: he packed his belongings by day, dug through the wall at night, and went out with his face covered, not seeing the land. The prophecy said: 'The prince shall bear his baggage on his shoulder at dusk and go out through the wall. He shall cover his face. I will spread my net over him and he shall be caught and brought to Babylon in Chaldea, yet he shall not see it, and there he shall die.'
Ezekiel Chapters 26-28 — Prophecy of the Destruction of Tyre
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied: 'Many nations will come against Tyre, like the surging of the sea. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers. I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. She will become a place for spreading fishing nets in the sea.' He also prophesied that her stones, timber, and rubble would be thrown into the sea.
Ezekiel Chapters 29-32 — Judgment on Egypt
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied judgment on Egypt: 'I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolated countries, and her cities shall be desolate forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.' He also prophesied Egypt would no longer hold a high position: 'It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms and never again exalt itself above the nations.'
Ezekiel Chapter 16 — Allegory of Jerusalem
Ezekiel: God told Jerusalem's history as an allegory: she was an abandoned infant whom God adopted and made into a beautiful queen. But she trusted in her beauty, used her adornments and wealth for harlotry, worshipped idols, and sacrificed her children — becoming more corrupt than her sisters Samaria and Sodom. Yet the passage ends with God's promise: 'I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.'
Ezekiel Chapter 17 — Parable of the Two Eagles and the Vine
Ezekiel: Ezekiel told a parable: a great eagle (the king of Babylon) came to Lebanon, took the top of the cedar (deporting King Jehoiachin), and brought it to a city of merchants. He planted a seed of the land in fertile soil like a willow (installing Zedekiah as a puppet king). But the vine turned toward another great eagle (Pharaoh of Egypt), stretching out its branches for water. Therefore God said this vine would be uprooted and wither.
Ezekiel Chapter 21 — The Sword of Babylon
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied a sharpened sword: 'Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A sword, a sword, sharpened and also polished, sharpened for slaughter.' The king of Babylon would stand at the fork in the road to divine, choosing whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah of the Ammonites. The divination pointed to Jerusalem. But God also declared: the day of the Ammonites would come as well.
Ezekiel Chapter 25 — Judgment on Neighboring Nations
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied judgment on four neighboring nations: the Ammonites would be swallowed up by the people of the east for gloating; Moab would be invaded for saying 'Judah is like all other nations'; Edom would be cut off for taking revenge on Judah; and the Philistines would perish for their vindictive hostility.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 — The Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel: God brought Ezekiel to a valley full of dry bones. God asked: 'Can these bones live?' Ezekiel answered: 'Sovereign LORD, you alone know.' God commanded him to prophesy over the bones; they came together, tendons and flesh appeared, and skin covered them. He prophesied to the wind and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up as a vast army. God explained: these bones are the whole house of Israel; God would open their graves and bring them back to their own land.
Ezekiel Chapters 38-39 — The War of Gog and Magog
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied that in the latter years, Gog of the land of Magog would lead a great coalition — including Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Togarmah — from the far north to attack Israel after its restoration. When Gog invades, God would unleash fury: torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Gog's army would fall on the mountains of Israel, their corpses given to birds and beasts. Israel would spend seven months burying the dead and seven years burning the weapons.
Ezekiel Chapters 40-43 — Vision of the New Temple
Ezekiel: In the 25th year of exile, Ezekiel was brought in a vision to a very high mountain in Israel, where he saw an angel with a measuring rod. The angel guided him through meticulous measurements of a magnificent temple — every part: outer court, inner court, nave, Most Holy Place, side rooms, vestibules — down to the exact cubits. The Temple faced east, and God's glory entered from the east gate, filling the entire Temple. God declared: 'This is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the people of Israel forever.'
Ezekiel Chapter 47 — The River of Life from the Temple
Ezekiel: Ezekiel saw water flowing eastward from under the threshold of the Temple, growing ever deeper — first ankle-deep, then knee-deep, then waist-deep, and finally a river too deep to cross. Wherever the river flowed, every living creature would thrive. The river would flow into the Dead Sea (Salt Sea), making its waters fresh and teeming with fish. Trees on both banks would bear fresh fruit every month, with leaves that never wither, used for healing. Only the marshes and swamps would remain salty.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 (latter part) — The Two Sticks Prophecy
Ezekiel: God commanded Ezekiel to take two sticks, writing 'Judah' on one and 'Ephraim (Israel)' on the other, and join them into one before the people. The prophecy declared: God would gather the Israelites from among the nations back to their own land, making them one nation on the mountains of Israel — no longer two kingdoms with two kings, but one king over them all.
Ezekiel Chapter 30 — Egypt's Allies to Share in Judgment
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied: 'Cush, Put, Lud, all the mixed multitude, and the allied peoples shall fall with Egypt by the sword.' He also said: 'I will destroy the idols of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and put an end to the images of Memphis. No longer will there be a prince from the land of Egypt.'
Ezekiel Chapter 18 — The Principle of Individual Responsibility
Ezekiel: Ezekiel delivered God's declaration, rejecting the popular proverb 'The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' God said: 'The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.' He also declared: if a wicked person turns away from sin and does what is right, they will live; if a righteous person turns to evil, they will die. 'Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?'
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Ezekiel Chapters 4-5 — Prophecy of the Siege of Jerusalem
Ezekiel: God commanded Ezekiel to engrave Jerusalem on a brick and lay siege to it as a sign. He lay on his left side for 390 days bearing Israel's sin, and on his right side for 40 days bearing Judah's sin. He was to eat rationed food symbolizing the siege famine. Finally, he shaved his head and divided the hair into three parts: burned, struck with a sword, and scattered to the wind — prophesying that a third of Jerusalem's people would die by plague and famine, a third by the sword, and a third be scattered.
In 588 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II besieged Jerusalem. After roughly two and a half years, the city fell in July 586 BC. The Temple was burned, many inhabitants were killed or died of famine, survivors were deported to Babylon, and others fled. Archaeological excavations and the Babylonian Chronicles confirm this event.
Ezekiel Chapters 8-11 — Vision of Idolatry in the Temple
Ezekiel: In a vision, Ezekiel was transported to the Jerusalem Temple, where he saw Israel's elders worshipping idols in secret, women weeping for Tammuz at the Temple gate, and men in the inner court with their backs to the Temple worshipping the sun toward the east. Therefore God's glory departed from the Temple step by step — rising from above the cherubim to the threshold, then to the east gate, and finally ascending from the city to the mountain east of it.
Historical records and archaeological evidence confirm that idolatry was rampant in Jerusalem during the last years of Judah (~600-586 BC), including worship of Babylonian and Canaanite deities. The Temple was destroyed by Babylon in 586 BC — understood in Jewish theology as the fulfillment of God's glory departing the Temple.
Ezekiel Chapter 12 — Prophecy of King Zedekiah's Fate
Ezekiel: Ezekiel acted out a prophecy: he packed his belongings by day, dug through the wall at night, and went out with his face covered, not seeing the land. The prophecy said: 'The prince shall bear his baggage on his shoulder at dusk and go out through the wall. He shall cover his face. I will spread my net over him and he shall be caught and brought to Babylon in Chaldea, yet he shall not see it, and there he shall die.'
2 Kings 25 and Jeremiah 52 record that when Jerusalem fell in 586 BC, King Zedekiah fled at night through a gap between two walls but was captured on the plains of Jericho. Nebuchadnezzar killed his sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in bronze chains to Babylon. The detail 'he shall be brought to Babylon yet not see it' was precisely fulfilled.
Ezekiel Chapter 17 — Parable of the Two Eagles and the Vine
Ezekiel: Ezekiel told a parable: a great eagle (the king of Babylon) came to Lebanon, took the top of the cedar (deporting King Jehoiachin), and brought it to a city of merchants. He planted a seed of the land in fertile soil like a willow (installing Zedekiah as a puppet king). But the vine turned toward another great eagle (Pharaoh of Egypt), stretching out its branches for water. Therefore God said this vine would be uprooted and wither.
This parable precisely maps to history: Nebuchadnezzar (the great eagle) deported King Jehoiachin (top of the cedar) in 597 BC and installed Zedekiah as a vassal (the vine). Zedekiah later rebelled by allying with Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt (the other eagle), provoking Babylon's retaliatory siege. Jerusalem fell in 586 BC and Zedekiah was captured (uprooted). 2 Kings 24-25 confirms every detail.
Ezekiel Chapter 21 — The Sword of Babylon
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied a sharpened sword: 'Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A sword, a sword, sharpened and also polished, sharpened for slaughter.' The king of Babylon would stand at the fork in the road to divine, choosing whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah of the Ammonites. The divination pointed to Jerusalem. But God also declared: the day of the Ammonites would come as well.
Historical records confirm Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem first (falling 588-586 BC), then campaigned against Ammon (modern-day Amman area, Jordan) around 582 BC. Both targets were conquered in the order prophesied.
Ezekiel Chapters 29-32 — Judgment on Egypt
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied judgment on Egypt: 'I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolated countries, and her cities shall be desolate forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.' He also prophesied Egypt would no longer hold a high position: 'It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms and never again exalt itself above the nations.'
Nebuchadnezzar did invade Egypt in 568 BC but did not fully conquer it. Egypt was subsequently ruled by Persia (525 BC), Greece (332 BC), and Rome (30 BC), losing its status as an independent great power for over two millennia — broadly fulfilling 'never again exalt itself above nations.' However, the specific 'forty years of desolation' and mass population dispersal have no clear historical record.
Ezekiel Chapter 30 — Egypt's Allies to Share in Judgment
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied: 'Cush, Put, Lud, all the mixed multitude, and the allied peoples shall fall with Egypt by the sword.' He also said: 'I will destroy the idols of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and put an end to the images of Memphis. No longer will there be a prince from the land of Egypt.'
Memphis (Noph) as Egypt's ancient capital did gradually decline. After the Persian conquest by Cambyses in 525 BC, Memphis's temples and idols were damaged. Egypt never again produced an independent native dynasty ruler — it was successively ruled by Persia, Greece (the Ptolemies were of Macedonian descent), Rome, and Arab dynasties. 'No longer a prince from Egypt' has been broadly fulfilled over more than 2,500 years of history.
Ezekiel Chapter 25 — Judgment on Neighboring Nations
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied judgment on four neighboring nations: the Ammonites would be swallowed up by the people of the east for gloating; Moab would be invaded for saying 'Judah is like all other nations'; Edom would be cut off for taking revenge on Judah; and the Philistines would perish for their vindictive hostility.
All four peoples gradually disappeared over the following centuries: Ammon and Moab were conquered by Babylon and later supplanted by the Nabataeans; Edom was pushed south by the Nabataeans (later called Idumea) and vanished during the Roman period; the Philistines never reappeared as an independent people after the Babylonian conquest. By the turn of the era, none of these four nations existed.
Ezekiel Chapters 26-28 — Prophecy of the Destruction of Tyre
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied: 'Many nations will come against Tyre, like the surging of the sea. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers. I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. She will become a place for spreading fishing nets in the sea.' He also prophesied that her stones, timber, and rubble would be thrown into the sea.
The prophecy was fulfilled in stages: in 573 BC, Nebuchadnezzar captured the mainland city of Tyre after a 13-year siege. In 332 BC, Alexander the Great attacked the island fortress by pushing the rubble of the old city — stones, timber, and soil — into the sea to build a causeway, precisely matching the prophecy of 'stones, timber, and rubble thrown into the water.' The site of ancient mainland Tyre remains bare rock to this day.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 — The Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel: God brought Ezekiel to a valley full of dry bones. God asked: 'Can these bones live?' Ezekiel answered: 'Sovereign LORD, you alone know.' God commanded him to prophesy over the bones; they came together, tendons and flesh appeared, and skin covered them. He prophesied to the wind and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up as a vast army. God explained: these bones are the whole house of Israel; God would open their graves and bring them back to their own land.
Many biblical scholars view this vision as a prophecy of Israel's national restoration. Historically: Jews partially returned after the Babylonian exile (Cyrus's edict, 538 BC); the establishment of Israel in 1948 is widely seen as a fuller fulfillment — a nation 'dead' for nearly two millennia reborn in its ancestral homeland. However, this interpretation is debated; critics argue the passage was originally meant to comfort the immediate exiles, not as a distant prophecy.
Ezekiel Chapter 37 (latter part) — The Two Sticks Prophecy
Ezekiel: God commanded Ezekiel to take two sticks, writing 'Judah' on one and 'Ephraim (Israel)' on the other, and join them into one before the people. The prophecy declared: God would gather the Israelites from among the nations back to their own land, making them one nation on the mountains of Israel — no longer two kingdoms with two kings, but one king over them all.
After the northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by Assyria in 722 BC, the ten tribes were scattered (the 'Lost Tribes'). The State of Israel established in 1948 is formally a unified nation, but strictly speaking, the ten tribes have not clearly returned and reunited. Supporters argue modern Israel represents a beginning of reunification; critics contend the conditions remain unfulfilled.
Ezekiel Chapters 38-39 — The War of Gog and Magog
Ezekiel: Ezekiel prophesied that in the latter years, Gog of the land of Magog would lead a great coalition — including Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Togarmah — from the far north to attack Israel after its restoration. When Gog invades, God would unleash fury: torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Gog's army would fall on the mountains of Israel, their corpses given to birds and beasts. Israel would spend seven months burying the dead and seven years burning the weapons.
Ezekiel Chapters 40-43 — Vision of the New Temple
Ezekiel: In the 25th year of exile, Ezekiel was brought in a vision to a very high mountain in Israel, where he saw an angel with a measuring rod. The angel guided him through meticulous measurements of a magnificent temple — every part: outer court, inner court, nave, Most Holy Place, side rooms, vestibules — down to the exact cubits. The Temple faced east, and God's glory entered from the east gate, filling the entire Temple. God declared: 'This is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the people of Israel forever.'
Ezekiel Chapter 47 — The River of Life from the Temple
Ezekiel: Ezekiel saw water flowing eastward from under the threshold of the Temple, growing ever deeper — first ankle-deep, then knee-deep, then waist-deep, and finally a river too deep to cross. Wherever the river flowed, every living creature would thrive. The river would flow into the Dead Sea (Salt Sea), making its waters fresh and teeming with fish. Trees on both banks would bear fresh fruit every month, with leaves that never wither, used for healing. Only the marshes and swamps would remain salty.