Ezekiel
Ezekiel accurately predicted the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC. And he foresaw the future restoration of Judah.
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
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SUMMARY
Title
The Book is named for its author.
Author
The author of this book is Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi.
The name Ezekiel means “God will strengthen” or “God will harden.”
Ezekiel and Jeremiah and Zechariah were the only prophet-priests. All three prophesied during the exile or post-exile eras.
Date
Ezekiel’s ministry began in the fourth month on the fifth day of the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin (see Ezekiel 1:1-2). That was July 31, 593 BC.
Ezekiel’s ministry ended in the 27th year, in the first month on the first day (see Ezekiel 29:17). That was March 26, 571 BC.
Purpose
Ezekiel was among the exiles deported to Babylon during the rule of Nebuchadnezzar.
His ministry was to prepare his fellow captives for the fall of Jerusalem. Few people believed him, until it happened in 587 BC.
Then after the fall of Jerusalem, Ezekiel’s message centered on the future restoration of Judah.
Ezekiel has a unique focus on the majesty of the LORD God. His prophecies are delivered by means of mystical visions.
His writing are among the great literary and spiritual portions of the Old Testament.
OUTLINE
JUDGMENT ON JUDAH
Ezekiel Prepares
Ezekiel 1:1-3. Ezekiel’s visions begin
Ezekiel 1:4-14. Four living creatures
Ezekiel 1:26-28. The throne of the LORD God
Ezekiel 2:1-7. Ezekiel is called to be a prophet
Ezekiel 2:8-10. Ezekiel is given his message
Ezekiel 3:1-3. Ezekiel consumes God’s words
Ezekiel 3:4-11. Ezekiel’s mission is to speak those words
Ezekiel 3:12-16. Ezekiel is teleported to Tel Aviv
Ezekiel 3:17-21. Ezekiel becomes their watchman
Ezekiel 3:22-27. Ezekiel’s public ministry begins
Ezekiel Prophecies against Judah and Jerusalem
JUDGMENT IS DUE TO DISOBEDIENCE
Ezekiel 4:1-3. Ezekiel draws a sketch of Jerusalem
Ezekiel 4:4-8. Ezekiel lays on his side
Ezekiel 4:9-17. Ezekiel cooks his food over a fire of human dung
Ezekiel 5:1-17. Ezekiel shaves his hair and divides it
Ezekiel 6:1-14. The destruction of the Israel was caused by her own idolatry
Ezekiel 7:1-27. Their end is near
Ezekiel 8:1-18. Wickedness in the temple
Ezekiel 9:1-11. An angel marks the forehead of the righteous people in Jerusalem
Ezekiel 10:1-22. The glory of the LORD God begins to depart
Ezekiel 11:1-13. The extent of the sins of the leaders of Jerusalem
Ezekiel 11:14-21. The exiles will be restored
Ezekiel 11:22-25. The glory of the LORD God departs
THE FUTILITY OF FALSE OPTIMISM
Ezekiel 12:1-4. The sign of baggage
Ezekiel 12:5-16. The sign of a hole in the wall
Ezekiel 12:17-20. The sign of trembling while eating and drinking
Ezekiel 12:21-25. Judgment is certain (part 1)
Ezekiel 12:26-28. Judgment is certain (part 2)
Ezekiel 13:1-23. Judgment is certain (part 3)
Ezekiel 14:1-11. Judgment is certain (part 4)
Ezekiel 14:12-23. Judgment is certain (part 5)
Ezekiel 15:1-8. Parable of the tangled vine
Ezekiel 16:1-63. Parable of the cheating spouse
Ezekiel 17:1-24. A parable about two eagles
Ezekiel 18:1-32. Accept personal responsibility
Ezekiel 19:1-14. A funeral dirge for three terrible kings
THE HISTORY OF JUDAH’S CORRUPTION
Ezekiel 20:1-31. Israel’s long history of rebelling against the LORD God
Ezekiel 20:32-49. The LORD God will regather them in the future
Ezekiel 21:1-7. The sword will drawn
Ezekiel 21:8-17. The sword will be sharpened
Ezekiel 21:18-27. The sword will be directed toward Jerusalem
Ezekiel 21:28-32. The sword will be directed toward Ammon
Ezekiel 22:1-16. The cause of judgment
Ezekiel 22:17-22. The means of judgment
Ezekiel 22:23-31. The recipients of judgment
Ezekiel 23:1-49. The parable of two adulterous sisters
Ezekiel 24:1-14. The parable of the boiling pot
Ezekiel 24:15-27. Ezekiel’s wife dies
JUDGEMENT ON GENTILE NATIONS
Judgment on Ammon
Ezekiel 25:1-7. Judgment of Ammon
Judgment on Moab
Ezekiel 25:8-11. Judgment of Moab
Judgment on Edom
Ezekiel 25:12-14. Judgment of Edom
Judgment on Philistia
Ezekiel 25:15-17. Judgment of Philistia
Judgment on Tyre
Ezekiel 26:1-21. Ezekiel prophecies the destruction of Tyre
Ezekiel 27:1-36. Ezekiel’s funeral dirge over the city of Tyre
Ezekiel 28:1-19. The downfall of the prince of Tyre
Judgment on Sidon
Ezekiel 28:20-26. Judgment on Sidon
Judgment on Egypt
Ezekiel 29:1-21. Against pharaoh Apriès of Egypt
Ezekiel 30:1-19. Egypt will be destroyed
Ezekiel 30:20-26. Egypt will be scattered
Ezekiel 31:1-9. An allegory of mighty Assyria as a cedar tree
Ezekiel 31:10-14. Ezekiel foresees the fall of Assyria
Ezekiel 31:15-18. Ezekiel foresees Assyria descend into the grave
Ezekiel 32:1-16. A lament for Pharaoh
Ezekiel 32:17-32. The descent of Egypt into sheol
BLESSINGS FOR ISRAEL
New life for Israel
Ezekiel 33:1-20. Ezekiel is reappointed as prophet
Ezekiel 33:21-33. Ezekiel begins prophesying again
Ezekiel 34:1-31. Ezekiel prophesies against the false shepherds
Ezekiel 35:1-15. Edom will be destroyed
Ezekiel 36:1-15. The people will be blessed
Ezekiel 36:16-38. The people will be regathered
Ezekiel 37:1-28. The ministry of resurrection
Ezekiel 38:1-16. Gog invades Israel
Ezekiel 38:17-23. Ezekiel prophesies against Gog
Ezekiel 39:1-8. Ezekiel prophesies against Gog, continued
Ezekiel 39:9-20. After the battle
Ezekiel 39:21-29. The effects of the battle on Israel
New Order for Israel
Ezekiel 40:1-4. Ezekiel is shown the new temple
Ezekiel 40:5-27. The outer court
Ezekiel 40:28-49. The inner court
Ezekiel 41:1-26. The dimensions of the new temple
Ezekiel 42:1-14. The chambers in the inner court
Ezekiel 42:15-20. The outer walls of the temple
Ezekiel 43:1-12. The glory of the LORD God returns
Ezekiel 43:23-27. The altar of burnt offering
Ezekiel 44:1-31. The duties of the ministers in the new temple
Ezekiel 45:1-12. Land for the temple ministers
Ezekiel 45:13-25. The offerings
Ezekiel 46:1-24. The offerings, continued
Ezekiel 47:1-12. The river from the temple
Ezekiel 47:13-23. The boundaries of the land
Ezekiel 48:1-29. Dividing the land among the tribes
Ezekiel 48:30-35. The gates of the city
MEMORIZE
Ezekiel 3:8. I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 36:11. I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD. (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 36:24. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you back from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:25. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:26. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:27. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:28. You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:29. I will save you from all your impurities; I will order the grain to be abundant, and I will not send famine against you. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 36:30. I will increase the fruit on your trees and the crops in your fields; thus you shall no longer bear among the nations the reproach of famine. (NAB translation)
Ezekiel 37:1. The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:2. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:3. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “O Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”(NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:4. Then he said to me, “Prophecy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!’ (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:5. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:6. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.” (NIV translation)
Ezekiel 37:7a. So I prophesied as I was commanded. (NIV translation)
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EZEKIEL
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
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