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Prophet Ezekiel: the ancient “fool” and his mysterious visionstranslated

September 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Continued. Started in No. 15 (671) dated August 12, 2026.

... The Jews who were at the market rush to the house of the prophet. The house is located nearby, on the banks of the Khovar River.

And it’s no longer crowded there! The crowd surrounded Ezekiel, who was squatting and drawing something. But he draws not on paper, but on... brick! He draws a city: houses, streets, towers, fortress walls...

Finally, all the bricks are painted. Ezekiel examines the drawing, places the brick on the ground and begins to shovel clay dust and sand towards it. A powerful earthen rampart is raking in from all sides. After this, the prophet collects several iron sheets and surrounds the shaft with them. Now there are impregnable fortifications around the brick “city.”

-What does this mean, Ezekiel? - they shout at him from the crowd.

But the prophet is silent.

- Don't you understand? - An elderly Jew steps forward. “He’s talking to us again about the siege of Jerusalem!”

People look at each other and nod in agreement. Indeed, everything is very clear: Ezekiel showed how Jerusalem will be completely destroyed. If the prophet had simply announced this, his words would hardly have been listened to. Now everyone is shocked by what they see!

...Time passes. Days and months pass, and at the market there is only talk about new and new...

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Дарко Николовски

I always wondered about that part with the adobe. To sit on the ground in front of everyone in the market and draw entire ramparts and ditches - people must have thought he was crazy. But this is exactly how he showed them the truth about the siege of Jerusalem, better than any long sermon. It's interesting how it continues in the next issue.

Любовь Комарова

Yes, this moment with the brick always remains in my memory. He squatted in the middle of the bazaar, like a holy fool, drawing walls and a rampart of dust - people probably just stared at first, thinking that he was out of his mind. And then it dawned on me that it was about the siege of Jerusalem, and words were no longer needed. I wonder what will happen next in the sequel.

Irene Collins

That bit with the brick and the iron plates really sticks with you. Sitting there on his haunches in the middle of the market, piling up dirt like a child, yet it hit harder than any sermon. Makes you wonder what everyday thing the Lord might use today to get our attention the same way.

Михаил Лебедев

I remember how, as a child, in church, the priest showed exactly this episode with the brick in the picture. A man was sitting on his haunches by the river, like a kid in a sandbox, and the people around him were already whispering, saying that he had completely lost his mind. And he simply and clearly showed that Jerusalem is finished. Without further ado, just as they say. I wonder what will happen next in the sequel.

Ilie Radu

And I stopped at the part with that brick. He was standing in the square, drawing walls and raising a wave of earth with his hands, like a child, and people were staring at him like a madman. Until they realized that he was showing them the siege of Jerusalem without saying a word. Simple and cool.

Юлія Шевчук

I always remember how he squatted on the banks of Khovar and simply drew houses and walls on ordinary bricks, and then he also raked up a shaft of dust. People at first must have really thought he was out of his mind, like a madman, but it turned out to be the clearest sermon about the siege of Jerusalem. Without a single word.

Пётр Семёнов

Yes, exactly, like a boy in a sandbox - this comparison is memorable. My daughter also saw this moment in the picture in Sunday school and then asked at home: “Dad, why did he cover it with iron if the city is going to fall anyway?” I explained to her that this was not about the war, but about making people finally believe. What happened next, did you finish reading?