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Born into a priestly lineage in Jerusalem, he develops his prophetic ministry in Babylon. As the rising of the Babylonian empire eliminates the small state of Judah, Ezekiel goes into exile. His visions wander between worlds as we read on chapter 8:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by the hair of my head. A spirit lifted me up between heaven and earth and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the Penimith Gate that faces north; that was the site of the infuriating image that provokes fury. And the Presence of the God of Israel appeared there, like the vision that I had seen in the valley. And He said to me, \u201cO mortal, turn your eyes northward.\u201d I turned my eyes northward, and there, north of the gate of the altar, was that infuriating image on the approach\u201d (Ezek. 8:3-5).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezekiel prophesies in Babylon, but in some of his visions, he is transported back to Jerusalem. David Vanderhooft (\u201cEzekiel in and on Babylon\u201d pp.103-104) observes that Ezekiel was the only prophet to experience \u201cvisionary transportation between the two acculturative loci \u2014 Babylonia and Jerusalem\u201d and describes Ezekiel as \u201ca kind of intellectual interlocutor who deciphers the experience of Babylon for his Judean compatriots.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He masters Babylonian realia and perceives Jerusalem\u2019s fate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prophet has the rare capacity of identifying visions from Jerusalem and Babylon. His visions are so vivid that frighten the reader:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThen He brought me into the inner court of the House of the LORD, and there, at the entrance to the Temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men, their backs to the Temple of the LORD and their faces to the east; they were bowing low to the sun in the east. And He said to me, \u201cDo you see, O mortal? Is it not enough for the House of Judah to practice the abominations that they have committed here, that they must fill the country with lawlessness and provoke Me still further and thrust the branch to their nostrils? I in turn will act with fury, I will show no pity or compassion; though they cry aloud to Me, I will not listen to them.\u201d (Ezek. 8:16-18)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezekiel\u2019s proficiency immerses the readers into both places. Jerusalem and Babylon have crafted his prophecy. In the liminal edges of both cultures, the prophet feels [un]comfortable with the familiarity of these locations. It is notable how he narrows his cosmic visions from chapter 1 to the minutiae of the inner court of the Temple in chapter 8. 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