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Vision of God's Glory and Cherubim.Chapter 2
Prophet's Call and Commission.Chapter 3
Ezekiel's Role as a Watchman and Prophet.Chapter 4
Symbolic Acts Illustrating Jerusalem's Siege.Chapter 5
Prophecy of Jerusalem's Judgment; Symbolic Acts.Chapter 6
Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel.Chapter 7
The End Has Come; Disaster Foretold.Chapter 8
Vision of Idolatry in Jerusalem.Chapter 9
The Mark on the Righteous; Destruction of the Wicked.Chapter 10
Vision of God's Glory Departing from the Temple.Chapter 11
Prophecy of Judgment and Promise of Restoration.Chapter 12
Symbolic Acts of Exile and Judgment.Chapter 13
Prophecy Against False Prophets and Their Deceit.Chapter 14
Idolatry Condemned; Promise of Deliverance.Chapter 15
The Parable of the Useless Vine.Chapter 16
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness Depicted as Adultery.Chapter 17
Parable of the Two Eagles and the Vine.Chapter 18
Personal Responsibility for Sin and Righteousness.Chapter 19
Lament for the Princes of Israel.Chapter 20
Rebellion of Israel; God's Past and Future Acts.Chapter 21
The Sword of the Lord Against Jerusalem.Chapter 22
Jerusalem's Corruption and the Coming Judgment.Chapter 23
The Allegory of Two Unfaithful Sisters.Chapter 24
The Parable of the Boiling Pot; Jerusalem's Destruction.Chapter 25
Prophecies Against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia.Chapter 26
Prophecy Against Tyre; Its Destruction Foretold.Chapter 27
Lament Over Tyre's Fall; Its Former Glory.Chapter 28
Prophecy Against Tyre's Prince and King; Lucifer's Fall.Chapter 29
Prophecy Against Egypt; Promise of Restoration.Chapter 30
Prophecies Against Egypt and Its Allies.Chapter 31
The Fall of Assyria Compared to Lebanon's Cedars.Chapter 32
Lament for Pharaoh and Egypt's Fall.Chapter 33
The Watchman's Duty; Renewal of Israel's Hope.Chapter 34
The Shepherds of Israel and the Coming Shepherd.Chapter 35
Prophecy Against Edom's Bitterness.Chapter 36
Restoration of Israel and the Renewal of the Land.Chapter 37
The Vision of Dry Bones and the Two Sticks.Chapter 38
Prophecy Against Gog of Magog and Future Invasion.Chapter 39
The Defeat of Gog; Restoration of Israel.Chapter 40
Vision of the Restored Temple and Its Measurements.Chapter 41
Details of the Temple's Interior.Chapter 42
Measurements of the Temple's Precincts.Chapter 43
God's Glory Returns to the Temple.Chapter 44
Regulations for the Temple and the Priests.Chapter 45
Land Divisions and Temple Offerings.Chapter 46
Regulations for Worship and Sacrifices.Chapter 47
The River of Life Flowing from the Temple.Chapter 48
Division of the Land Among the Tribes of Israel.
- Ezekiel
by E.W. Bullinger
Eze THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE. ( Introversion and Extended Alternation ) Ezekiel 1:1 - Ezekiel 12:28 . THE DESOLATION. Eze 13:1-25 . PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES. Ezekiel 14:1-11 . ELDERS. Ezekiel 14:12 - Ezekiel 15:8 . THE LAND AND CITY. (JUDGMENT.) Ezekiel 16:1-63 . JERUSALEM. (DESERTED INFANT.) Ezekiel 17:1-24 . BABYLONIAN WAR. (PARABLE.) Ezekiel 18:1-32 . THE PEOPLE. PROVERB. (SOUR GRAPES.) Ezekiel 19:1-14 . THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL. Ezekiel 20:1-44 . ELDERS. Ezekiel 20:45-31 . THE LAND AND CITY. (JUDGMENTS.) Ezekiel 23:1-49 . JERUSALEM. (TWO SISTERS.) Ezekiel 24:13 - Ezekiel 32:32 . BABYLONIAN WAR. (PARABLE.) Ezekiel 33:1-22 . THE PEOPLE. SIGN. (WATCHMAN.) Ezekiel 33:23-33 . THE INHABITANT OF THE WASTES. Ezekiel 34:1-31 . SHEPHERDS AND FLOCK. Ezekiel 35:1 - Ezekiel 48:35 . THE RESTORATION. NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL. For the Canonical order and place of the Prophets, see Appdx-1 and p. 1206. For the Chronological order of the Prophets, see Appdx-77. For the Inter-relation of the Prophetical Books, see Appdx-78. For the Formulae of Prophetic utterances, see Appdx-82. For the Chronological order of Ezekiel''s prophecy, see below. For the References to the Pentateuch in the Prophetical Books, see Appdx-92. For the Plan of Ezekiel''s temple, see Appdx-88. The Canonical order of Ezekiel''s prophecies is Logical , but not strictly Chronological . Later utterances and visions are recorded in their logical connections rather than in their historical sequence. This latter is noted, so that we make no mistake. When this fact is observed, and the records discriminated, the meaning becomes perfectly clear. See the table below. They may be set out as follows: THE DATED YEARS IN EZEKIEL. These are thirteen in number, and cover a period of twenty-one years (a period of three sevens):viz. from 484-3 to 463-2 B.C. Arranged chronologically, the seventh stands in the center, with six on either side. Reckoning the three in the 11th year as one year, and the three in the 12th year, as one year, we have nine several years:viz. the 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th ( seven ):and then, after a break of thirteen years, we have two :viz. the 25th and 27th.
Year of the Captivity of Jehoiachin. Month. Day Chapters B.C. 5th 4th Thammuz (July) 5th Ezekiel 1:1-2 484 5th 4th Thammuz (July) 12th Ezekiel 3:16 484 6th 6th Elul (Sept.) 5th Ezekiel 8:1 483 7th 5th Ab (Aug.) 10th Ezekiel 20:1 482 9th 10th Tebeth (Jan.) 10th Ezekiel 24:1 480 10th 10th Tebeth (Jan.) 12th Ezekiel 29:1 479 11th 1st Abid, or Nisan (April)1 1st Ezekiel 26:1 478 11th 1st Abid, or Nisan (April) 7th Ezekiel 30:20 478 478 478 478 478 478
These prophecies were uttered before the fall of Jerusalem.
12 Thessalonians 1:0 2th Adar (March)1st Eze 32:1 477 12th 12th Adar (March)2 15th Ezekiel 32:17 477 12th 10th (Tebeth (Jan.) 5th Ezekiel 33:21 477 25th 1st Abid, or Nisan (April) 10th Ezekiel 40:1 465 27th 1st Abid, or Nisan (April) 1st Ezekiel 29:17 463
These prophecies were uttered at and after the fall of Jerusalem.
...because the visions of ch. 1 and 10 had already been seen, and the one recorded in ch. 10 is said to have been similar to that already seen in ch. 1. Moreover, if it be in succession to the 27th year, why is it brought into the very beginning of the book without any reason being assigned, or hint given? The 30th year of Ezekiel 1:1 cannot have anything to do with Ezekiel''s age, or with the commencement of his service as priest; for this is to misread Numbers 4:3 , which states that "all that enter into the host, to do the work of the tabernacle", were taken after the end of the 29th year, "from thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years". Moreover, this thirty years'' rule was abrogated by Divine direction to David in 1 Chronicles 23:24-27 (cp. 2 Chronicles 31:17 ), and changed to "twenty years old and upward". The 30th year cannot be fitted into any sequence of dates commencing with the fifth year of Jehoiachin''s Captivity (Ezekiel 1:2 ), which, in 33:21 and 40:1, he speaks of as "our captivity". It must therefore be a cross-date to some unnamed terminus a quo , thirty years before the 5th year of the Captivity. This fixes it as being that epoch-making year 513 B.C., which was the year of Josiah''s great Passover, and of the finding the Book of the Law in the 18th year of King Josiah. From 513 B.C. to 484 B.C. is exactly twenty-nine complete years. So also reckons the learned Prideaux ( Connection , vol. 1, p.71, McCaul''s ed., 1845) 1 No month is named; but, by comparing Ezekiel 30:20 , it must be the 1st month. 2 No month is named; but it was probably the same as in Ezekiel 1:1 . Ezekiel . In Heb. Y heze el = yehazzek-el = El is strong, or El strengthens (cp. Isra-el, Genesis 32:28 ). Of the four greater prophets, Ezekiel and Daniel (who prophesied in Babylonia) are compounded with "El" (Appdx-4. IV); while Isaiah and Jeremiah (who prophesied in the land) are compound with "Jah". Ezekiel was a priest (Ezekiel 1:3 ), carried away eleven years before the destruction of the city and temple (Ezekiel 1:2 ; Ezekiel 33:21 , 2 Kings 24:14 ). He dwelt in his own house (Ezekiel 8:1 . Cp. Jeremiah 29:5 ). He was married; and his wife died in the year when the siege of Jerusalem began.
