1. What does the name "Ezekiel" mean?
ANSWER: "God will strengthen"
2. Where was Ezekiel when he wrote his book?
ANSWER: Babylon
NOTE: Ezekiel was written during Ezekiel's captivity in Babylon. According to Biblical scholars, he prophesied from about 592 to 570 B.C.
3. Who was Ezekiel's father?
ANSWER: Buzi
Ezekiel 1:3
"The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him."
4. In the opening chapter of his writing, Ezekiel has a vision of a creature with?
ANSWER: 4 faces and 4 wings
EZEKIEL 1:4-6 esv
"As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. 5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, 6 but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings."
5. What physical ability did God take away from prophet Ezekiel, because Judah was a rebellious house?
ANSWER: speech
Ezekiel 3:26
"And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house."
6. Prophet Ezekiel talks of a valley with what?
ANSWER: Dry bones (Ezekiel 37)
7. What was Ezekiel told to do with the scroll?
ANSWER: Eat it
Ezekiel 3:3
"And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey."
8. How many days did Ezekiel lay on his left side to carry the guilt of Israel?
ANSWER: 390 days
Ezekiel 4:9-15
9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
9. What three things does God say the evil abominations of House of Israel will fall by?
ANSWER: sword, famine, pestilence
Ezekiel 6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
10. In Ezekiel, to what type of animals are those false prophets of Israel likened?
ANSWER: foxes in the desert
Ezekiel 13:4
"O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts."
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