Ezekiel

<p ><b>Ezekiel</b>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ɨ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >z</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >iː</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >k</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >i</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >l</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language" >Hebrew</a>:&nbsp;יְחֶזְקֵאל,&nbsp;<i>Y'ḥez'qel</i>,&nbsp;<small>Hebrew pronunciation:&nbsp;</small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Hebrew" title="Help:IPA for Hebrew" >[jəħezˈqel]</a>), meaning "May God strengthen him", "God will strengthen" (from&nbsp;חזק,&nbsp;<i>ḥazaq</i>,&nbsp;[ħaˈzaq], literally "to fasten upon", figuratively "strong", and&nbsp;אל,&nbsp;<i>el</i>,&nbsp;[ʔel], literally "God", and so figuratively "The Almighty") is the central protagonist of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ezekiel" title="Book of Ezekiel" >Book of Ezekiel</a>&nbsp;in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible" >Hebrew Bible</a>.

In&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism" >Judaism</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity" >Christianity</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam" >Islam</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" title="Bahá'í Faith" >Bahá'í Faith</a>, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet. In&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism" >Judaism</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity" >Christianity</a>, he is also viewed as the author of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ezekiel" title="Book of Ezekiel" >Book of Ezekiel</a>&nbsp;that reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, the restoration to the land of Israel and the&nbsp;<i>Millennial Temple</i>&nbsp;visions, or the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Temple" title="Third Temple" >Third Temple</a>.</p>

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