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Bible Commentaries
Scofield's Reference Notes Scofield's Notes
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 6
Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel.Chapter 8
Vision of Idolatry in Jerusalem.Chapter 9
The Mark on the Righteous; Destruction of the Wicked.Chapter 11
Prophecy of Judgment and Promise of Restoration.Chapter 12
Symbolic Acts of Exile and Judgment.Chapter 14
Idolatry Condemned; Promise of Deliverance.Chapter 16
Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness Depicted as Adultery.Chapter 20
Rebellion of Israel; God's Past and Future Acts.Chapter 24
The Parable of the Boiling Pot; Jerusalem's Destruction.Chapter 25
Prophecies Against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia.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 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 43
God's Glory Returns to the Temple.Chapter 45
Land Divisions and Temple Offerings.Chapter 48
Division of the Land Among the Tribes of Israel.
- Ezekiel
by C.I. Scofield
Book Introduction - Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:1
Ezekiel was carried away to Babylon between the first and final deportation of Judah (2 Kings 24:11-16). Like Daniel and the Apostle John, he prophesied out of the land, and his prophecy, like theirs, follows the method of symbol and vision. Unlike the pre-exilic prophets, whose ministry was primarily to either Judah or the ten-tribe kingdom, Ezekiel is the voice of Jehovah to "the whole house of Israel."
Speaking broadly, the purpose of his ministry is to keep before the generation born in exile the national sins which had brought Israel so low (e.g. Ezekiel 14:23); to sustain the faith of the exiles by predictions of national restoration, of the execution of justice upon their oppressors, and of national glory under the Davidic monarchy.
Ezekiel is in seven great prophetic strains indicated by the expression, "The hand of the Lord was upon me." (Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 3:22; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:22; Ezekiel 37:1; Ezekiel 40:1).
The minor divisions are indicated in the text.
The events recorded in Ezekiel cover a period of 21 years (Ussher).
