Bible Person

Pelatiah

Meaning: let the Lord deliver; deliverance of the Lord · Male · 2 cross references

Pelatiah is one of the leaders condemned in Ezekiel's vision for giving wicked counsel in Jerusalem. He appears in a moment where divine judgment breaks into political confidence and false security. First appears in Ezek 11:1.1

AI summary: Pelatiah matters because his cross references place him among the influential men whose leadership is exposed as corrupt and spiritually blind. His sudden death during the prophecy heightens the force of Ezekiel's warning and dramatizes the seriousness of Jerusalem's guilt. Taken together, the material presents Pelatiah as a stark example of leadership brought under divine judgment.1

Central Figure

Pelatiah

Meaning: let the Lord deliver; deliverance of the Lord

One of the twenty-five princes of the people against whom Ezekiel prophesied on account of their wicked counsel (Ezek.