Yechezkel HaNavi

Yechezkel ben Buzi was a priest and prophet who lived during the Babylonian exile, active in the early 6th century BCE. He prophesied to the Jewish exiles in Babylon, offering both stern warnings of judgment and profound visions of restoration and redemption. Yechezkel is renowned for his mystical experiences—most famously his vision of the divine chariot (Merkavah) and his prophecy of the resurrection of dry bones—which became foundational to Jewish mystical tradition. His book, preserved in the Hebrew Bible, represents one of the most visionary and theologically complex prophetic works, and he is traditionally regarded as the inaugurator of the Merkavah mystical tradition that would later flourish in rabbinic Judaism.