At a Glance
Ezekiel at a Glance
- Author. Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest (Ezekiel 1:3). He was carried to Babylon with King Jehoiachin in 597 BC.
- Date. About 593 to 571 BC. The first date in the book is the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity (Ezekiel 1:2), and the last is the twenty-seventh year (Ezekiel 29:17).
- Written To. The Jewish exiles in Babylon, who lived by the river Chebar (Ezekiel 3:15).
- Setting. The first wave of exiles believe Jerusalem and the temple will never fall. Ezekiel tells them it will, and in 586 BC it does. Daniel and Jeremiah are his contemporaries.
- Key Verse. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you (Ezekiel 36:26).
- Key Word or Theme. Glory. The glory of the LORD leaves the temple in the first half and returns in the last chapters. Another phrase fills the book: God says again and again that people will know that I am the LORD, more than fifty times.
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Further reading
For Deeper Study
- Be ReverentAmazon Warren W. WiersbeA clear, devotional walk through Ezekiel for church members.
- The Prophecy of EzekielAmazon Charles Lee FeinbergA dispensational, premillennial commentary that reads the temple vision as a literal future temple.
- Foxe's Book of MartyrsAmazon John FoxeThe classic Protestant record of those who died for the faith, from the early church to the English Reformation.
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