Ezekiel denotes a Jewish prophet who largely prophesied several instances of Israel's destruction and its restoration. In the Bible Ezekiel is the son of Buzi and, as then, belongs to the lineage of priests and prophets. He describes himself in the introduction as: “In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles at the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth of the month, it was in the fifth year of the deportation of king Jehoiachin, the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, near the river Chebar. and the hand of the Lord was there upon him." Ezekiel 1:1-3 (King James Bible Online, 2013) He was one of the three thousand Jews who were exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. Ezekiel's wife died young, while they were in exile, and there is no mention of the prophet having children during his lifetime. Ezekiel, like every other prophet, had many encounters with the Lord (or God), although most of these were not face-to-face since a face-to-face encounter with God was almost impossible. Ezekiel also met many angels in many meetings. The direct meaning of the name Ezekiel has been translated from Hebrew to mean "God will provide strength" or "God will strengthen." Ideally, his choice at that time was very symbolic of the hope he represented for the Israelites and the world at large. It was important because it prophesied destruction in many areas and moments of the lives of the Israelites. The Book of Ezekiel The book of Ezekiel is extensive and features many encounters between nations, individuals, and communities. He is also the embodiment of the life of... middle of paper... verse of the Testament in Romans which also outlines the fact that the final end of sin is death. Concussion Ezekiel's message and profile as a prophet ends after twenty years. This is the same as Daniel and Jeremiah. Another similarity was that these prophets saw their prophecies come true and therefore feared God even more. Jeremiah witnesses the prophesied destruction of Jerusalem and, as it were, Daniel experienced Nebuchadnezzar's previous invasion and was taken into captivity. The main approach in Ezekiel brings out the idea that each individual has his or her own responsibility to God and to God's rules or laws. Ezekiel mentions, subtly, that God will punish individuals for personal transgressions. In contrast, previous prophets had insisted on collective punishment for groups of people and on the punishment and sins of a nation over individual ones..