The Tanakh Podcast

Our chapter advocates an attitude of strict justice: v.1-11 - Only strict monotheism will be tolerated v.12-21 - Only the righteous will survive But then in v.22-23 there is an exception: Some of Jerusalem's children will survive; a. to tell the moral story of the city, and b. to repent and return. Music. Kaleo. Save Yourself

Yechezkel exhorts the false prophets who offer quick fixes to deeply set problems. They will cause damage by not addressing the systemic flaws in society.

Yechezkel is instructed to pack his bare essentials, put them in a backpack, break a hole in the walls of his house, and escape as a fugitive in the night. What is the symbolism of this?

As Ezekiel completes his prophetic tour of Jerusalem, we demonstrate that Ezekiel is polemicizing with three erroneous statements made by the people of Jerusalem. Music. Avishai Cohen - Beyond

Chapter 10 returns us to the image of the Merkava - the Divine Chariot, as we watch the Shekhina leave Jerusalem in "Ten Stages".

Amidst the punishing destruction of Jerusalem, a mark will be painted on the foreheads of the righteous and they will be saved.

Yechezkel visits Jerusalem in a prophetic out-of-body experience, as God demonstrates an entire array of idolatrous practices being performed inside the Temple compound!

Yechezkel warns the people that the end of Jerusalem is imminent.

Yechezkel addresses the "Hills of Israel". What is the connection between the physical landscape and the nations sins?

In this podcast we discuss how Chapter 5-6 is replete with motifs and phrases from the Tochacha of Vayikra (Lev) ch.26 placing the Hurban and the sufferings of the Exile in a covenantal rubric.