outline of ezekiel

Ezekiel1. Setting

5th year of Jehoiachinʼs exile = 593 BC (6 years before the fall of Jerusalem)5th day of 4th month = 31 July

10,000 hostages in exile in Babylon including King Jehoiachin and his family.

Ezekielʼs 30th year (compare with last dated oracle in Ezekiel 40:1; see Numbers 4:3)

Dates in Ezekiel

2. Structurea. Judgement on Jerusalem

i. Ezekielʼs vision of Godʼs glory (1:1–28)

ii. God commissions Ezekiel to speak and to be a watchman (2:1 – 3:27)

iii. Symbolic actions concerning the fate of Jerusalem (4:1 – 7:27)

A. Acted parables of Godʼs opposition to Jerusalem (4:1 – 5:17)

B. Oracles against the mountains and land of Israel (6:1 – 7:27)

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iv. Visions of Jerusalemʼs sin and of Godʼs glory departing (8:1 – 11:25)

A. Idolatry in the temple (8:1–18)

B. Slaughter in Jerusalem (9:1–11)

C. Godʼs glory begins to move from the temple (10:1–22)

D. Judgement on authorities in Jerusalem (11:1–13)

E. Promise of sanctuary in exile and a new heart and spirit (11:14–21)

F. Godʼs glory departs, heading east (11:22–25)

v. Reasons for the exile (12:1 – 24:27)

A. Symbolic action predicting exile (12:1–28)

B. False prophets (13:1–23)

C. Idolatrous elders (14:1–11)

D. Results of unfaithfulness (14:12–23)

E. Parable/metaphor of the useless vine (15:1–8)

F. Jerusalemʼs origins and prostitution and an everlasting covenant (16:1–63)

G. Parable of the eagles and the vine (17:1–24)

H. Moral responsibility and the possibility of repentance (18:1–32)(note: read this in terms of generations not individuals)

I. Lament for the princes of Israel (19:1–14)

J. Israelʼs history of rebellion (20:1–44)

K. Judgement: fire and a sword (20:45 – 21:32)

L. Jerusalemʼs violence (22:1–31)

M.Two immoral sisters (23:1–49)

N. The siege of Jerusalem and Isaiahʼs wife (24:1–27)



b. Oracles against nations

i. Oracles against Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia (25:1–17)

A. Oracle against Ammon (25:1–7)

B. Oracle against Moab (25:8–11)

C. Oracle against Edom (25:12–14)

D. Oracle against Philistia (25:15–17)

ii. Oracles against Tyre and Sidon (26:1 – 28:23)

A. Oracle against Tyre (26:1–21)

B. Lament for Tyre (27:1–36)

C. Oracle against the king of Tyre (28:1–19)

D. Oracle against Sidon (28:20–23)

iii. Israelʼs salvation (28:24–26)

iv. Oracles against Egypt (29:1 – 32:32)

A. Oracle against Pharaoh (29:1–16)

B. Egypt to be given to Nebuchadnezzar (29:17–21)

C. Lament for Egypt (30:1–19)

D. The kings of Egypt and Babylon (30:20–26)

E. The fall of Pharaoh (31:1–18)

F. Lament for Pharaoh (31:1–18)

G. Egypt sent to Sheol (32:17–32)



c. Restoration

i. Renewal of Ezekielʼs commission (33:1–20)

A. Ezekiel as a watchman (33:1–19)

B. Moral responsibility (33:10–20)

ii. The fall of Jerusalem (33:21–33)

iii. Oracles of salvation; vindication of Israel (33:21 – 37:28)

A. Shepherds and sheep (34:1–31)

B. The mountains of Edom and Israel (35:1 – 36:15)

C. Restoration for the sake of Godʼs name; a new heart and spirit (36:22–38)

D. Vision of dry bones (37:1–14)

E. Israel and Judah reunited (37:15–28)

iv. Godʼs future victory over nations (38:1 – 39:29)

v. Restoration and renewal (40:1 – 48:35)

A. Vision of a new temple (40:1 – 42:20)

B. Godʼs glory returns (43:1–5)

C. Regulations for renewed Israel (43:6 – 46:18)

D. River flowing from the temple (46:19 – 47:12)

E. Division of the land (47:13 – 48:29)

F. Access to the new city (48:30–35)



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