Bavel; Babylonian Empire

The haftarah is about how the prophet Ezekiel is instructed by G‑d to prophesy upon a valley filled with dry human bones and resurrect them back to life.

“Jeremiah was a descendant of one who had a rotten past but later mended her ways. It was fitting for him rebuke the Jews, who came from good descent gone in rotten ways.”

This Talmud class on the Megillah’s narrative first teaches the miraculous nature of the Holy Ark, and then discusses how the Megillat Esther is actually a continuation and fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecies.

Ezekiel spent the bulk of his life in Babylonia, where he envisioned most of his prophecies.