The Tanakh Podcast

Ezekiel acts out the siege in a series of dramatic symbolic actions that he performs in his home.

We cover two themes today: 1. The verse ברוך כבוד ה' ממקומו and the structure of "Kedusha". 2. The theme of Ezekiel's Silence Music. Leonard Cohen - "If it be your will"

What is Ezekiel's role? What is his message? What does he want from his audience? Why prophecy about Jerusalem to an audience sitting in Babylon? We shall answer this question relating to another feature of Yechezkel - his passivity.

After a short introduction to the Book of Ezekiel we offer two ways of looking at the scene of the Divine Chariot witnessed by Yechezkel in the opening chapter.

Today we close the book with a summary. Please consider making a donation and supporting our work via Patreon. It is a monthly donation. You can stop the payments at any time of your choosing.

Jeremiah's final "symbolic act" has a scroll - written with the prophecies of Babylon's demise - cast into the Euphrates river. What might this mean?

Chapter 50 is about the destruction of Babylon. But we will focus on the promise that with the demise of Babylon, the Jewish people will return to their land, and their persecution will end. In this context, chapter 50 compares Israel to a flock of sheep. Is this a complementary image or a portrait of vulnerability? What can we learn from it?

What spiritual messages does this chapter hold for us - a chapter about 5 nations, some (Kedar and Elam) rather obscure.

Today we discuss the special features of the prophecy against Moav 1. A sin - pride and arrogance 2. The poetry of the chapter 3. The plethora of names that characterize this prophecy 4. The intriguing citing of lines from Isaiah and Sefer Bamidbar that appear in the prophecy.

In the second of Jeremiah's Prophecies against the Nations" we read about the total destruction of the Philistines in Gaza.