Literary Devices in Book of Ezekiel
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Ezekiel's set in the unfortunate land of 6th-century BCE Judah, which is in the process of being destroyed and its population sent into exile. But when the book begins, Ezekiel's actually by the ri...
Genre
Ezekiel's a prophet. Mainly a prophet of wrath, it's true, but also a prophet of consolation. He's a little bit country and a little bit rock n' roll—or, uh, a lot rock n' roll (think Death Metal...
What's Up With the Title?
Well, the title is Ezekiel's name, and it's his prophecies that make up the whole of the book. Ezekiel's name, in Hebrew, means something like "May God strengthen him." Some scholars maintain that...
What's Up With the Ending?
Ezekiel's book ends with nine chapters devoted to the rebuilding of the future Temple; the various rules governing sacrifices and festivals and how to worship God correctly; and describing how the...
Trivia
Traditionally, Muslims locate Ezekiel's tomb in Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates. (Source).Some Jewish commentators believed that Ezekiel was actually descended from Joshua and the righteous pro...
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
You could argue that Ezekiel should just be an R: yeah, it has plenty of violence and destruction, descriptions of stoning and an abandoned baby lying in a pool of blood but that's true for plenty...
Allusions
William Blake: The poet William Blake was inspired by Ezekiel—more by the trippy, far-out visions than by the predictions of destruction and wrath. In addition to influencing Blake's epic Th...