Ezekiel's Day (paragraph 3)

Ezekiel's Babylonian home was by the Chebar river. It was a ship canal which branched off from the Euphrates above Babylon, the most beautiful city of the world, filled with palaces, gardens, temples and bridges, making it an outstanding show place of the East. Chebar was probably one of many canals we know the Babylonian monarchs had dug. Ezekiel was among the captives digging the canal. Tradition tells us that the little village of Kifil (which is the Arabian for Ezekiel) was the town where Ezekiel lived, died and was buried. Tel-abib, where a colony of captive Jews dwelt, was near at hand. Ezekiel lived with these. He was fifty miles from Babylon. No doub

t he often visited Daniel in the palace. The Jews presented a pitiable picture-no tmeple, national life gone, little opportunity for business. To such an audience Ezekiel devoted the best years of his life.

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