EZEKIEL 3. Great prophet = Hebrew “Let God make me strong” son of Buzi, a Chaldean priest.

Taken in 567 B.C. to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar with Joachim and members of the Jewish ruling class, he declared himself a prophet in the 5th year of his exile. 586 Destruction of Jerusalem. Homecoming. The text which contains Ezekiel’s powerful visions was probably compiled by his disciples.

The book of Ezekiel has six main parts

The prophet’s calling 1,1 – 3,27
Threats against Judea and Jerusalem 4,1 – 24,27
Symbolic actions 4,1 -5,17
Words of judgment 6,1 – 7,27
Visions 8,1 – 11,25
Symbolic actions 12,1-20
Threats – warnings 12,21 – 23,49
More symbolic actions 24,1-27
Threats against neighboring peoples 25,1 – 32,32
Against adjacent neighboring peoples 25,1 – 28,26
Against Pharaoh and Egypt 29,1 -32,32
Judgment and the new salvation 33,1 – 37,38
God’s struggle against Gog 38,1 – 39,29
Vision of new Israel 40,1 – 48,35
New temple 40,1 – 44,3
Rules for religion and distribution of land 44,4 – 48,35