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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. Ezekiel Outline.

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Ezekiel Outline

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  1. 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 Ezekiel Outline

  2. 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. Tensions with the Torah

  3. 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!

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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!)

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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?

  11. 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!

  12. 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

  13. 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.

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