Babel

Tow’ebah – Abominable

 

When Ezekiel is mentioned, the mind races to one of many places. For some, it is the incredible portrait of his god rising above Babylon. For others, it may be the fanciful depiction of the Valley of the Dry Bones. But for most, it is the apocalyptic Magog War. Unfortunately for those seeking Divine guidance in these stories, Ezekiel was a false prophet. He is delusional, barely literate, and seldom credible.

The Lord of Babel is an anti-Semitic psychopath and misogynist. He details a myriad of horrific ways he intends to annihilate Jews. His graphic degradations of women are so appalling, to hold this demented spirit accountable and render his claims accurately, portions of this book became unsuitable for young readers. And yet, it is all necessary, even beneficial, because in so doing, we are liberating billions of women from religious abuse and millions of Jews from demonization.

With this line, he exposed himself for all to see…

What’s more (wa gam), I, myself, gave to them (‘any nathan la hem) undesirable and immoral (lo’ towb) statutes and stipulations (choq), decisions and judgments (wa mishpat) for them to die in them (lo’ chayah ba hem). (Ezekiel 20:25)

It is infuriating because Christian and Jewish theologians recognize that this spirit was fixated on confounding the religious, on dehumanizing Jews, and on degrading women, and yet present Ezekiel as if an actual prophet. This is in spite of the fact that the Lord had four ambitions: 1) to demonize and exterminate Jews, 2) to degrade and control women, 3) to stupefy Gentiles, and 4) to rise from Babylon to be worshiped as the Lord God of religion. In pursuit of this ambition, he wrote…

Then I deliberately corrupted and continually defiled them, making them grotesque (wa tame’ eth hem) with their tributes and bribes (ba matanah hem), through crossing to the other side to pass over (ba ‘abar) every firstborn (kol peter rechem) so that (la ma’an) I can devastate and destroy them in an appalling manner, stupefying and eliminating them (shamem).(Ezekiel 20:26)

It is the Devil’s life work.