He was the greatest of the prophets at that time.
When Ezekiel eats the scroll in the biblical text, it symbolizes his internalization of God's message and the prophetic calling he has received. The act represents a deep assimilation of God's words, indicating that he must not only speak the message but also embody it within himself. The scroll's sweet taste signifies the initial joy of receiving God's revelation, while its bitterness reflects the difficult and often painful reality of delivering that message to the people of Israel. This moment underscores the profound and personal nature of Ezekiel's prophetic mission.
Well, Ezekiel was a human being, a creature of God, howbeit with an immortal soul; and Jesus was the God who created Ezekiel. Ezekiel was a prophet of God; and Our Blessed Lord was the God Whom Ezekiel served, preached, and followed.
Ezekiel was God's chosen man and messenger. Ezekiel proclaimed the Words of God to the children of God, the Israelites. Ezekiel was both a prophet and a priest. Ezekiel went into exile with the Israelites as decreed by King Nebuchadnezzar to the city of Babylon. Historians and scholars agree that Ezekiel was a highly intelligent man.
Ezekiel, in Ezekiel 4.
I want to talk about the misunderstanding about The Prophet Ezekiel and his abstinence from food. 1st let me say that when we read were The Prophet Ezekiel did not eat in Ezekiel 24:15-18 we must understand why he did this: Ezekiel had an order from God to not eat only the food that people brought to him when his wife died. And it was to show Israel how they would respond when the Lord destroyed the desires of their eyes which was the Temple and God was also going to kill their sons and daughters. It wasn't a fast because it did not say that he didn't eat ANYTHING it just says he didn't eat the food brought to him by consoling friends. Too me that wasn't a fast that was only not excepting what those friends brought him when he lost his wife.
Ezekiel was told to eat a scroll and then go prophesy to Israel, Ezekiel 3:1. He was also told to construct a model of Jerusalem out of clay and then lay siege to it. Next, he was to lie on one side for 390 days eating only bread made from several types of grain (a thing forbidden in the Law) and baked with human excrement. When he objected to cooking with human excrement, God relented and let him use cow manure, Ezekiel 4. He also had to shave his head and beard and weigh the hairs. He was told to take one third of it and burn it, take one third of it and strike it with a sword and one third of it and scatter it to the wind, Ezekiel 5. Hosea had to marry a prostitute and then name two of his kids "I have no pity" and "Not my people," Hosea 1. Jeremiah had to make a yoke and wear it every day, Jeremiah 27. These are just some of the weird things God has asked people to do.
Ezekiel. See Ezekiel chapter 10.
Ezekiel
the prophet, Ezekiel saw the vision. God sent Ezekiel the vision.
His name means God will strengthen.
The people's abominations are listed in Ezekiel 8 for your reading pleasure.
Ezekiel (chapter 3).According to the traditional commentaries (Targum, Rashi and others), it refers to learning and absorbing, not literally eating.