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Book of the Bible

For other uses, see Book of Ezekiel (disambiguation).

The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and one of the major prophetic books in the Christian Bible, where it follows Isaiah and Jeremiah. According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophetEzekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years from 593 to 571 BC. It is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the words of the prophet.

The visions and the book are structured around three themes: (1) judgment on Israel (chapters 1–24); (2) judgment on the nations (chapters 25–32); and (3) future blessings for Israel (chapters 33–48). Its themes include the concepts of the presence of God, purity, Israel as a divine community, and individual responsibility to God. Its later influence has included the development of mystical and apocalyptic traditions in Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, and

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Gerald N. Lund, “Ezekiel: Prophet of Judgment, Prophet of Promise,” in Isaiah and the Prophets: Inspired Voices from the Old Testament, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham ung University, 1984), 75–88.

As I looked over the assignment to cover the entire book of Ezekiel in a fifty-minute lecture, it occurred to me that the job is somewhat analogous to trying to guide a tour of Disneyland in one hour. If I were a guide and had to do that for you, I’d really komma down to one of two options. One way to do it would be to go inside the park and in that hour’s time, running as fast as we could, try to see as many things as possible, by necessity choosing only the highlights—maybe Pirates of the Caribbean, or the Matterhorn, or the Haunted House. Then our time would be gone. We would just have to say, “When you come back be sure and see this or that.” But there fryst vatten another option for the guide who really desires to be helpful.

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Who Was Ezekiel in the Bible?

The name Ezekiel most likely rings a bell. Perhaps you participated in a church choir that sang a song about Ezekiel and the wheel he saw in a vision from Veggie Tales or about Ezekiel witnessing dry bones coming to life in a desert in the Delta Rhythm Boys version of Dry Bones.

Or perhaps you’ve heard of this Old Testament prophet through the strange visions he encountered or that he saw a rather different version of angels than we’d see in most Christmas ornaments.

No matter what the case, most of us have at least a vague familiarity with this major prophet from the scriptures.

But what do we know beyond this? Are we aware of the historical background that Ezekiel lived in?

Do we know why God had sent Ezekiel so many bizarre visions, along with prophets during the Babylonian exile such as Daniel?

In this article, we’ll dive into Ezekiel’s cultural context, more about the character of Ezekiel (since we often can lack personal details on prop