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Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.
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Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet
He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
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As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
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Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
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“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.
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Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.”
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You will keep your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep but will waste away because of your sins and groan among yourselves.
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For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,
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“Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.
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Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
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Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
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So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
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He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death.