Ezekiel Outline
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Ezekiel Outline
1-24 Vs. Judah and Jerusalem
25-32 Oracles against foreign nations, especially Egypt
33-48 Words of Hope
3:22-27 Prophet unable to speak
24:26-27 When Jerusalem falls, your mouth will be opened
33:21-32 City falls; Ezekiel speaks
Tensions with the Torah
Lev 21:13-14 The (high) priest may only marry a virgin. A widow or a divorced woman, or a raped woman, or a prostitute--these the (high) priest shall not marry
Ezek 44:22 The priests (in general) shall not marry a widow, or a divorced woman, but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
The Dates in the book of Ezekiel
593-571 Ezekiel’s Ministry– Jeremiah (626-580s) Second Isaiah (547-540)
26:1 (587/586) vs. 29:17 (571) – So I didn’t give you Tyre...– O thou who changest too, abide with me!
593 call--cf. Jeremiah 28 8 dates in the years 588-586 8 dates in oracles against the nations 40:1 25th year--halfway to the new day of Jubilee!
Characteristic themes in Ezekiel
So that you may know that I am Yahweh– used with words of judgment against land
(7:2-4)
– used with oracles against foreign nations (25:3-5)
– used with words of salvation (37:6, 13-14) The faithfulness and freedom of Yahweh
The Prophet’s Call (1)
God’s presence• came from “north”• eyes on wheels• winged animals (cherubim)• face of man, lion, ox, eagle• throne on firmament• earthquake, “many waters,” storm, lightning, wind• glory of Yahweh• one “like” a man; bronze above and fire below
The Prophet’s Call (2)
God’s presence in Babylon. Note emphasis on God’s mobility
• wheels• wings• legs• faces go anywhere without turning• spirit
The Prophet’s Call (3)
Closest parallels with Isaiah (ch. 6)and Micaiah ben Imlah (1 Kings 22)
“Son of Man”; “mortal” (not Ezekiel) Eat scroll that is written on both sides--full of
lamentation, mourning, and woe Yet, it is sweeter than honey called to be a watchman (only has to warn;
Yahweh sends watchman against Yahweh’s self!)
Symbolic actions
4:1-3 A mock attack on Jerusalem 4:4-8 390 days lying on left side; 40 days
lying on right side 4:12-15 cooking with human dung 5:1-3 the prophet’s hair (burn, sword, scatter) 12:1-16 going into exile 24:15-28 wife dies 37:15-28 two sticks become one
The Second Great Vision 8-11 (1) statue of passion which provokes to
passion idolatrous figures on a wall (Osiris?):
“Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has abandoned the land”
women weeping for Tammuz 25 men worshipping the sun; they have
put the “branch” to their (or my) nose
The Second Great Vision 8-11 (2) chap 9: marks put on those who sigh
and groan over abominations in city 10:19 and 11:23 the chariot-throne’s
great pauses Pelatiah the son of Benaiah dies during
Ezekiel’s sermon• “Yahweh delivers” (Pelatiah), the son of
“Yahweh builds up” (Benaiah)• Who can escape judgment?
Ezekiel’s Unique History of Israel 20:1-26 Sequence: a. grace, b. laws, c. rebellion, d. God
acted for the sake of the Name in Egypt in the first generation in wilderness in the second generation in the wilderness
– exile decided already in the wilderness– Yahweh gave them laws that were not good
vv. 27-29 life in the land
As I live, I will not be consulted by you!
The History that is to come 20:32-44 Let’s be like the nations and worship wood
and stone New Exodus: escape--wilderness/sorting
out--procession to the temple I swear I will be king! God as king, judge, and shepherd…in Ezekiel
and Second Isaiah God acts for his name’s sake, not according
to your evil ways
The Possibility of repentance
18:2 “The parents have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge”
repentance not prevented by the behavior of previous generations
repentance not prevented by one’s own earlier lifestyle
Yahweh has no delight in death of the wicked; Yahweh wants them to turn and live
Life is offered to the house of Israel, which is with Ezekiel in Babylon…but to them only on the basis of repentance.