Israel

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

The name Israel means “who prevails with God”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 25:26; referred to as Israel (Aramiac יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jacob (יַעֲקֹב), Jeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן), Israelite (יִשְׂרְאֵלִי), Israelitess (יִשְׂרְאֵלִית), Israelite (Ἰσραήλ), Jacob (Ἰακώβ), or Israel (Ἰσραηλίτης); son of Isaac and Rebekah; a brother of Esau; husband of Rachel and Leah, with concubines Zilpah and Bilhah; father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin.

Profile

Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).

Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).

Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."

In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.

After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.

Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."

In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).

Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.

When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).

The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).

Passages for Further Study

Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21

Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Family members

Father: Isaac
Mother: Rebekah
Spouse: Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah
Siblings: Esau
Children: Asher Benjamin Dan Dinah Gad Issachar Joseph Judah Levi Naphtali Reuben Simeon Zebulun

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Alternative names

ἸακώβJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
ἸσραήλIsrael
ἸσραηλίτηςIsrael
יַעֲקֹבJacobmeans “that supplants, undermines; the heel”
יִשְׂרָאֵלGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיIsrael
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיתIsrael
יְשֻׁרוּןJeshurun

Mentions

3,504 verses

Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

Jeremiah 33:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
Jeremiah 33:26יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
…then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
Jeremiah 34:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
Jeremiah 34:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
Jeremiah 35:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 35:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
Jeremiah 35:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
Jeremiah 35:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
Jeremiah 36:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
Jeremiah 37:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 38:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
Jeremiah 39:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
Jeremiah 41:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
Jeremiah 42:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
Jeremiah 42:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
Jeremiah 42:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
Jeremiah 43:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jeremiah 44:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
Jeremiah 44:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Jeremiah 44:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
Jeremiah 44:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
Jeremiah 45:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
Jeremiah 46:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
Jeremiah 46:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
Jeremiah 46:28יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Jeremiah 48:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
Jeremiah 48:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
Jeremiah 48:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
Jeremiah 49:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
Jeremiah 49:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 50:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
Jeremiah 50:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
Jeremiah 50:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
Jeremiah 50:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
Jeremiah 51:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 51:6Referred to, not named
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
Jeremiah 51:10Referred to, not named
“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
Jeremiah 51:19יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Jeremiah 51:20Referred to, not named
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
Jeremiah 51:21Referred to, not named
With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
Jeremiah 51:22Referred to, not named
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
Jeremiah 51:23Referred to, not named
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.
Jeremiah 51:24Referred to, not named
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:33יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
Jeremiah 51:49יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
Lamentations 1:17יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
Lamentations 2:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
Lamentations 2:2יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
Lamentations 2:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
Lamentations 2:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
Ezekiel 2:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
Ezekiel 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 3:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
Ezekiel 3:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
Ezekiel 3:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
Ezekiel 3:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
Ezekiel 4:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 4:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.
Ezekiel 4:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 4:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
Ezekiel 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.
Ezekiel 6:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 6:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
Ezekiel 6:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
Ezekiel 7:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 8:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
Ezekiel 8:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
Ezekiel 8:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 8:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
Ezekiel 8:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Ezekiel 9:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
Ezekiel 9:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
Ezekiel 9:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Ezekiel 10:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
Ezekiel 10:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
Ezekiel 11:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
Ezekiel 11:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 11:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
Ezekiel 11:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Ezekiel 11:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
Ezekiel 11:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
Ezekiel 11:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Ezekiel 12:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 12:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
Ezekiel 12:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
Ezekiel 12:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
Ezekiel 12:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
Ezekiel 12:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
Ezekiel 12:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 12:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
Ezekiel 13:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
Ezekiel 13:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
Ezekiel 13:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 13:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
…those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
Ezekiel 14:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.