Ezekiel Flashcards
וַיְהִי | בִּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בָּרְבִיעִי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ וַאֲנִי בְתוֹךְ הַגּוֹלָה עַל נְהַר כְּבָר נִפְתְּחוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וָאֶרְאֶה מַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים:
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year in the fourth [month] on the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of the exile by the river Chebar-the heavens opened up, and I saw visions of God.
Vision of God on throne. Revelation of Ezekiel.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן אָדָם אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא אֱכוֹל אֱכוֹל אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת וְלֵךְ דַּבֵּר אֶל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
וָאֶפְתַּח אֶת פִּי וַיַּאֲכִלֵנִי אֵת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן אָדָם בִּטְנְךָ תַאֲכֵל וּמֵעֶיךָ תְמַלֵּא אֵת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן אֵלֶיךָ וָאֹכְלָה וַתְּהִי בְפִי כִּדְבַשׁ לְמָתוֹק
Ezekiel 3:1-3
- And He said to me; “Son of man, that which you find, eat; eat this scroll and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2. So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. 3. And He said to me, “Feed your stomach and fill your bowels with this scroll, which I give you”; so I ate, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey.
Sweet scroll. Ezekiel’s charge/mission.
וַתִּשָּׂאֵנִי רוּחַ וָאֶשְׁמַע אַחֲרַי קוֹל רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ
Ezekiel 3:12
And a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great uproar: “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place.”
Ezekiel is lifted up.
Baruch K’vod HaShem Mimkomo. The Angels say this. In the Kedusha.
וָאָבוֹא אֶל הַגּוֹלָה תֵּל אָבִיב הַיֹּשְׁבִים אֶל נְהַר כְּבָר וָאֵשֵׁב הֵמָּה יוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם וָאֵשֵׁב שָׁם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָם
Ezekiel 3:15
And I came to the exiled, to Tel Aviv, who dwelt by the river Chebar, and I dwelt where they were dwelling, and I sat there seven days bewildered among them.
Tel Aviv is a place in Bavel where they settled. Ezekiel was stunned and bewildered by his vision and by being lifted up and transported…can’t speak.
א. וְאַתָּה בֶן אָדָם קַח לְךָ לְבֵנָה וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ לְפָנֶיךָ וְחַקּוֹתָ עָלֶיהָ עִיר אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָם: ב. וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מָצוֹר וּבָנִיתָ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק וְשָׁפַכְתָּ עָלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מַחֲנוֹת וְשִֹים עָלֶיהָ כָרִים סָבִיב: ג. וְאַתָּה קַח לְךָ מַחֲבַת בַּרְזֶל וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ קִיר בַּרְזֶל בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָעִיר וַהֲכִינֹתָה אֶת פָּנֶיךָ אֵלֶיהָ וְהָיְתָה בַמָּצוֹר וְצַרְתָּ עָלֶיהָ אוֹת הִיא לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל:
Ezekiel 4:1-3
- “Now you, son of man, take a brick for yourself and place it before you, and engrave upon it a city-Jerusalem. 2. And you shall lay siege upon it and build around it a stone-throwing catapult, and you shall pour over it a siege mound, and you shall place camps upon it and place villages around it. 3. And you shall take yourself an iron skillet and make it an iron wall between you and the city and direct your face toward it, and it will be in the siege and you shall besiege it; that is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel making his siege diarama.
ד. וְאַתָּה שְׁכַב עַל צִדְּךָ הַשְּׂמָאלִי וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת עֲוֹן בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו תִּשָּׂא אֶת עֲוֹנָם ה. וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּי לְךָ אֶת שְׁנֵי עֲוֹנָם לְמִסְפַּר יָמִים שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם וְנָשָׂאתָ עֲוֹן בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 4:4-6
- And you shall lie on your left side, and you shall place the iniquity of the house of Israel through it; the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you will bear their iniquity. 5. Now I have given you the years of their iniquity by the number of days, three hundred and ninety days, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel’s “lay on your side” vision.
ט. וְאַתָּה קַח לְךָ חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִים וּפוֹל וַעֲדָשִׁים וְדֹחַן וְכֻסְּמִים וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם בִּכְלִי אֶחָד וְעָשִׂיתָ אוֹתָם לְךָ לְלָחֶם מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה | שׁוֹכֵב עַל צִדְּךָ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ: י. וּמַאֲכָלְךָ אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ בְּמִשְׁקוֹל עֶשְׂרִים שֶׁקֶל לַיּוֹם מֵעֵת עַד עֵת תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ: יא. וּמַיִם בִּמְשׂוּרָה תִשְׁתֶּה שִׁשִּׁית הַהִין מֵעֵת עַד עֵת תִּשְׁתֶּה: יב. וְעֻגַת שְׂעֹרִים תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה וְהִיא בְּגֶלְלֵי צֵאַת הָאָדָם תְּעֻגֶּנָּה לְעֵינֵיהֶם: יג. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה כָּכָה יֹאכְלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת לַחְמָם טָמֵא בַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אַדִּיחֵם שָׁם
Ezekiel 4:9-13
- And you, take yourself wheat and barley, and beans and lentils, and millet and spelt. You shall place them in one vessel, and prepare them for yourself for food; the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days you shall eat it. 10. And your food that you will eat shall be with a weight, twenty shekels for a day; from time to time you shall eat it. 11. And water by measure you shall drink, a sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink [it]. 12. And as barley cakes you shall eat it, and they shall bake it with human excrement before their eyes.” 13. And the Lord said, “So will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I shall drive them.”
Ezekiel’s “crappy” bread image. Unholy food.
א. וְאַתָּה בֶן אָדָם קַח לְךָ | חֶרֶב חַדָּה תַּעַר הַגַּלָּבִים תִּקָּחֶנָּה לָּךְ וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ עַל רֹאשְׁךָ וְעַל זְקָנֶךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ מֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁקָל וְחִלַּקְתָּם: ב. שְׁלִֹשִׁית בָּאוּר תַּבְעִיר בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר כִּמְלֹאת יְמֵי הַמָּצוֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת הַשְּׁלִשִׁית תַּכֶּה בַחֶרֶב סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית תִּזְרֶה לָרוּחַ וְחֶרֶב אָרִיק אַחֲרֵיהֶם: ג. וְלָקַחְתָּ מִשָּׁם מְעַט בְּמִסְפָּר וְצַרְתָּ אוֹתָם בִּכְנָפֶיךָ: ד. וּמֵהֶם עוֹד תִּקָּח וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ אוֹתָם אֶל תּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ אֹתָם בָּאֵשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ תֵצֵא אֵשׁ אֶל כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 5:1-4
- “Now you, son of man, take yourself a sharp sword, a cobbler’s razor you shall take to yourself, and you shall pass it over your head and over your beard, and you shall take yourself a scale and divide them. 2. A third with fire shall you burn it in the midst of the city as the completion of the days of the siege; and you shall take a third and strike [it] with a sword all around it, and a third you shall scatter to the wind, and I shall unsheathe a sword after them. 3. And you shall take from there a few by number, and you shall bind them in your skirts. 4. And you shall take more of them, and you shall cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them with fire; therefrom a fire will emerge to all the house of Israel.”
Hair symbolism. What will happen to the remaining. Like the hair, 1/3 will be cut up (die by the sword), 1/3 will be burned, and 1/3 will be scattered to the wind.
וָאָבוֹא וָאֶרְאֶה וְהִנֵּה כָל תַּבְנִית רֶמֶשׂ וּבְהֵמָה שֶׁקֶץ וְכָל גִּלּוּלֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל מְחֻקֶּה עַל הַקִּיר סָבִיב | סָבִיב
Ezekiel 8:10
And I came and saw, and behold, every form of creeping thing and animal of detestation and all the idols of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall around and around!
Ezekiel’s vision of Jerusalem and the abominations they are doing. It is inscribed on the walls.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלָיו עֲבֹר בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר בְּתוֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְהִתְוִיתָ תָּו עַל מִצְחוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים הַנֶּאֱנָחִים וְהַנֶּאֱנָקִים עַל כָּל הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת הַנַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ
Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and you shall mark a sign upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and moaning over all the abominations that were done in its midst.”
This is the angel (the man in the white linen) with his tablet going around marking the ones that will be spared.
KNOW that the ones who are marked are marked to be spared, not killed.
וְהִנֵּה הָאִישׁ | לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים אֲשֶׁר הַקֶּסֶת בְּמָתְנָיו מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר לֵאמֹר עָשִׂיתִי כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנִי
Ezekiel 9:11
And behold, the man clothed in linen, on whose loins was the tablet, replied with a word, saying, “I have done according to all that You have commanded me.”
The angel has marked the moaners and sighers of Jerusalem. The marked ones are the ones who will be spared.
א. וָאֶרְאֶה וְהִנֵּה אֶל הָרָקִיעַ אֲשֶׁר עַל רֹאשׁ הַכְּרֻבִים כְּאֶבֶן סַפִּיר כְּמַרְאֵה דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא נִרְאָה עֲלֵיהֶם: ב. וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל הָאִישׁ | לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּא אֶל בֵּינוֹת לַגַּלְגַּל אֶל תַּחַת לַכְּרוּב וּמַלֵּא חָפְנֶיךָ גַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ מִבֵּינוֹת לַכְּרֻבִים וּזְרֹק עַל הָעִיר וַיָּבֹא לְעֵינָי: ג. וְהַכְּרֻבִים עֹמְדִים מִימִין לַבַּיִת בְּבֹאוֹ הָאִישׁ וְהֶעָנָן מָלֵא אֶת הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית: ד. וַיָּרָם כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה מֵעַל הַכְּרוּב עַל מִפְתַּן הַבָּיִת וַיִּמָּלֵא הַבַּיִת אֶת הֶעָנָן וְהֶחָצֵר מָלְאָה אֶת נֹגַהּ כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה: ה. וְקוֹל כַּנְפֵי הַכְּרוּבִים נִשְׁמַע עַד הֶחָצֵר הַחִיצֹנָה כְּקוֹל אֵל שַׁדַּי בְּדַבְּרוֹ: ו. וַיְהִי בְּצַוֹּתוֹ אֶת הָאִישׁ לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים לֵאמֹר קַח אֵשׁ מִבֵּינוֹת לַגַּלְגַּל מִבֵּינוֹת לַכְּרוּבִים וַיָּבֹא וַיַּעֲמֹד אֵצֶל הָאוֹפָן: ז. וַיִּשְׁלַח הַכְּרוּב אֶת יָדוֹ מִבֵּינוֹת לַכְּרוּבִים אֶל הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר בֵּינוֹת הַכְּרֻבִים וַיִּשָּׂא וַיִּתֵּן אֶל חָפְנֵי לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים וַיִּקַּח וַיֵּצֵא
Ezekiel 10:1-7
- And I saw, and behold on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim, [a thing] like a sapphire stone; like the appearance of a throne appeared upon them. 2. And He said to the man clothed in linen, and He said, “Come between the wheels under the cherub, and fill your hands with fiery coals from the cherubim, and cast [them] upon the city,” and he came, before my eyes. 3. Now the cherubim were standing at the right of the House when the man came, and the cloud filled the inner court. 4. Then the glory of the Lord lifted itself from upon the cherub onto the threshold of the House, and the House was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord. 5. And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard until the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. 6. And it came to pass when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the wheels, from among the cherubim,” he came and stood beside the wheel. 7. And the cherub extended his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and he picked [it] up and gave [it] into the hands of the one clothed in linen, and he took [it] and left.
The spaceship is leaving.
The Kavode leaves the Beit HaMikdash under the protection of the cloud/dust.
Relation to the Cohen throwing up coals to create the protective cloud.
וַיִּשְׂאוּ הַכְּרוּבִים אֶת כַּנְפֵיהֶם וַיֵּרוֹמּוּ מִן הָאָרֶץ לְעֵינַי בְּצֵאתָם וְהָאוֹפַנִּים לְעֻמָּתָם וַיַּעֲמֹד פֶּתַח שַׁעַר בֵּית יְהֹוָה הַקַּדְמוֹנִי וּכְבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהֶם מִלְמָעְלָה
Ezekiel 10:19
And the cherubim raised their wings and lifted themselves from the earth, before my eyes, when they left, and the wheels corresponded to them, and it stood at the entrance of the eastern gate of the House of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them from above.
Lift off!!!
וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִקְדָּשׁ מְעַט בָּאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ שָׁם
Ezekiel 11:16
I have become for them a minor sanctuary in the lands where they have come.
God referring to the remnants. He will still be a little holiness for us in another land. God has not totally left us.
וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם לֵב אֶחָד וְרוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה אֶתֵּן בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וַהֲסִרֹתִי לֵב הָאֶבֶן מִבְּשָׂרָם וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם לֵב בָּשָׂר
Ezekiel 11:19
And I shall give them one heart, and a new spirit I shall place within them, and I shall remove the heart of stone from their flesh, and I shall give them a heart of flesh.
Heart of stone replaced with heart of flesh.
note: Jeremiah has “circumsize your hearts” and Ezekiel has replace the stone heart with flesh. Same concept, different imagery.
