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| 1 The calling of Ezekiel (1:1-3:15) see 4-1-1 | see 4-1-1 | 7 Abominations in the temple (8:1-18) see 4-1-1 |
| 2 Ezekiel at the river Chebar (3:16-27) see 4-1-1 | see 4-1-1 | 6 Impending disaster (7:1-27) see 4-1-1 |
| 3 Defiled bread (4:1-15) see 4-1-1 | see 4-1-1 | 5 Judgment on idolatrous Israel (6:1-14) see 4-1-1 |
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| 1 The calling of Ezekiel (1:1-3:15) 3:7 but the house of Israel will refuse to listen to you, since they will not listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and obstinate in heart. (3:7) | Rebellious people | 4 Hair and beard (4:16-5:17) 5:7 Because you have been more rebellious than the nations surrounding you, not living by my statutes nor fulfilling my ordinances, but acting according to the ordinances of the surrounding nations; (5:7) |
| 2 Ezekiel at the river Chebar (3:16-27) 3:25 As for you, son of man, they will put cords upon you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. (3:25) | Being bound with codes | 3 Defiled bread (4:1-15) 4:8 See, I will bind you with cords so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. (4:8) |
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| 4 Hair and beard (4:16-5:17) 5:9 Because of all your abominations I will do with you what I have never done before, the like of which I will never do again. | Reward of abominations | 7 Abominations in the temple (8:1-18) 8:17 Do you see, son of man? he asked me. Is it such a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the abominable things they have done here-- for they have filled the land with violence, and again and again they have provoked me-- that now they must also put the branch to my nose? 8:18 Therefore I in turn will act furiously: I will not look upon them with pity nor will I show mercy. |
| 5 Judgment on idolatrous Israel (6:1-14) 6:11 they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. | Sword, famine, and pestilence | 6 Impending disaster (7:1-27) 7:15 The sword is outside; pestilence and hunger are within. |
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| 8 The slaughter of the idolaters (9:1-11) 9:4 Pass through the city (through Jerusalem) and mark an X on the foreheads of those who moan and groan over all the abominations that are practiced within it. | Abominations in Jerusalem | 14 God's faithless bride (16:1-63) 16:2 Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations. |
| 9 God's glory leaves Jerusalem (10:1-22) 10:14 Each had four faces: the first face was that of an ox, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle. | Four | 13 God's judgment justified (14:1-15:8) 14:21 Even though I send Jerusalem my four cruel punishments, the sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast, |
| 10 God will restore Israel (11:1-25) 11:17 I will gather you from the nations and assemble you from the countries over which you have been scattered, and I will restore to you the land of Israel. | Salvation of Israel | 12 False prophets condemned (13:1-23) 13:21 I will tear off your veils and rescue my people from your power |
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| 8 The slaughter of the idolaters (9:1-11) 9:6 Old men, youths and maidens, women and children-- wipe them out! But do not touch any marked with the X | Saved person and punished person | 11 Judah's captivity portrayed (12:1-28) 12:16 Yet I will leave a few of them to escape the sword, famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations to which they will come; thus they shall know that I am the LORD. |
| 9 God's glory leaves Jerusalem (10:1-22) 10:4 and the glory of the LORD rose from over the cherubim to the threshold of the temple; the temple was filled with the cloud, and all the court was bright with the glory of the LORD. | The glory of the LORD and cherubim | 10 God will restore Israel (11:1-25) 11:22 Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels went along with them, while up above them was the glory of the God of Israel. |
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| 11 Judah's captivity portrayed (12:1-28) 12:22 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: "The days drag on, and no vision ever comes to anything"? | Proverbs | 14 God's faithless bride (16:1-63) 16:44 See, everyone who is fond of proverbs will say of you, 'Like mother, like daughter. |
| 12 False prophets condemned (13:1-23) 13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, prophesy! Say to those who prophesy their own thought: Hear the word of the LORD: | False prophet | 13 God's judgment justified (14:1-15:8) 14:9 As for the prophet, if he is beguiled into speaking a word, I, the LORD, shall have beguiled that prophet; I will stretch out my hand against him and root him out of my people Israel. |
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| 15 The two eagles and the vine (17:1-24) 17:16 As I live, says the Lord GOD, in the home of the king who set him up to rule, whose oath he spurned, whose covenant with him he broke, there in Babylon I swear he shall die! 17:17 When ramps are cast up and siege towers are built for the destruction of many lives, he shall not be saved in the conflict by Pharaoh with a great army and numerous troops. | Babylonian invasion to Jerusalem | 21 Road of the sword (21:23-37) 21:26 For at the fork where the two roads divide stands the king of Babylon, divining; he has shaken the arrows, inquired of the teraphim, inspected the liver. 21:27 In his right hand is the divining arrow marked "Jerusalem," bidding him to give the order for slaying, to raise his voice in the battle cry, to post battering rams at the gates, to cast up a ramp, to build a siege tower. |
| 16 Individual retribution (18:1-32) 18:31 Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. | Heart | 20 The sword is doubled and tripled (21:13-22) 21:20 That every heart may tremble; for many will be the fallen. |
| 17 Israel degraded (19:1-14) 19:12 But she was torn up in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was torn off; Then her strong branch withered up, fire devoured it. | Burned tree | 19 The drawn sword of God (21:1-12) 21:3 I am kindling a fire in you that shall devour all trees, the green as well as the dry. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, but from south to north every face shall be scorched by it. |
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| 15 The two eagles and the vine (17:1-24) 17:20 I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there over his breaking faith with me. | Exiled / gathered | 18 Israel's continuing rebellion (20:1-44) 20:41 As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I have brought you from among the nations and gathered you out of the countries over which you were scattered; and by means of you I will manifest my holiness in the sight of the nations. |
| 16 Individual retribution (18:1-32) 18:4 For all lives are mine; the life of the father is like the life of the son, both are mine; only the one who sins shall die. | Father / mother and child | 17 Israel degraded (19:1-14) 19:2 What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps. |
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| 18 Israel's continuing rebellion (20:1-44) 20:43 There you shall recall your conduct and all the deeds by which you defiled yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves because of all the evil things you did. | Recalling sins | 21 Road of the sword (21:23-37) 21:29 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, with your crimes laid bare and your sinfulness in all your wicked deeds revealed (because attention has been drawn to you), you shall be taken in hand. |
| 19 The drawn sword of God (21:1-12) 21:8 I am coming at you; I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you the virtuous and the wicked. | A sword | 20 The sword is doubled and tripled (21:13-22) 21:14 A sword, a sword has been sharpened, a sword, a sword has been burnished: |
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| 22 The blood city (22:1-31) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 28 Proclamation against Egypt (29:1-16) see 1-1 |
| 23 Oholah and Oholibah (23:1-49) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 27 Proclamation against Tyre and Sidon (26:1-28:26) see 1-1 |
| 24 The boiling pot (24:1-14) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 26 Proclamation against Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia (25:1-17) see 1-1 |
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| 22 The blood city (22:1-31) 22:3 Woe to the city which sheds blood within herself so that her time has come, and which has made idols for her own defilement. | Defilement | 25 Ezekiel's bereavement (24:15-27) 24:21 I will now desecrate my sanctuary |
| 23 Oholah and Oholibah (23:1-49) 23:3 who even as young girls played the harlot in Egypt. There the Egyptians caressed their bosoms and fondled their virginal breasts. | Sin of lewdness | 24 The boiling pot (24:1-14) 24:13 Because you have sullied yourself with lewdness when I would have purified you, and you refused to be purified of your uncleanness |
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| 25 Ezekiel's bereavement (24:15-27) 24:16 Son of man, by a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears. 24:17 Groan in silence, make no lament for the dead, bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, and do not eat the customary bread. | Funeral is not held | 28 Proclamation against Egypt (29:1-16) 29:5 I will cast you into the desert, you and all the fish of your Niles; You shall fall upon the open field, you shall not be taken up or buried; To the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air I give you as food, |
| 26 Proclamation against Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia (25:1-17) judgment on nations | Judgment on foreign country | 27 Proclamation against Tyre and Sidon (26:1-28:26) judgment on Tyre and Sidon |
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| 29 Babylonia will plunder Egypt (29:17-30:19) 30:7 She shall be the most devastated of lands, and her cities shall be the most desolate of all. | Desolate | 35 The fall of Jerusalem (33:21-33) 33:28 I will make the land a desolate waste, so that its proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will cross them. 33:29 Thus they shall know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the abominable things they have done. |
| 30 Proclamation against Pharaoh (30:20-26) 30:25 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon for him to wield against the land of Egypt. | Bringing a sword | 34 Ezekiel Israel's sentry (33:1-20) 33:2 When I bring the sword against a country, and the people of this country select one of their number to be their watchman, |
| 31 The lofty cedar (31:1-18) 31:14 For all of them are destined for death, for the land below, For the company of mortals, those who go down into the pit. | Falling down to the pit | 33 Dirge over Egypt (32:17-32) 32:18 Son of man, lament over the throngs of Egypt, for the mighty nations have thrust them down to the bottom of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. |
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| 29 Babylonia will plunder Egypt (29:17-30:19) 29:19 I am now giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He shall carry off its riches, plundering and pillaging it for the wages of his soldiers, who did it for me; | God makes Babylon destroy Egypt | 32 Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt (32:1-16) 32:11 The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 32:12 I will cut down your horde with the blades of warriors, all of them the most ruthless of the nations; They shall lay waste the glory of Egypt, and all her hordes shall be destroyed. |
| 30 Proclamation against Pharaoh (30:20-26) 30:22 I am coming at Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. I will break his strong arm, so that the sword drops from his hand. | Judgement on Egypt | 31 The lofty cedar (31:1-18) 31:12 Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it on the mountains. Its foliage was brought low in all the valleys, its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the land withdrew from its shade, abandoning it. |
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| 32 Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt (32:1-16) 32:15 When I turn Egypt into a waste, the land shall be devastated of all that is in it; when I strike all who live there, they shall know that I am the LORD. | Desolate | 35 The fall of Jerusalem (33:21-33) 33:28 I will make the land a desolate waste, so that its proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will cross them. |
| 33 Dirge over Egypt (32:17-32) 32:18 Son of man, lament over the throngs of Egypt, for the mighty nations have thrust them down to the bottom of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. | Death | 34 Ezekiel Israel's sentry (33:1-20) 33:11 I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but rather in the wicked man's conversion, that he may live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! Why should you die, O house of Israel? |
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| 36 Israel's false shepherds (34:1-10) 34:5 So they were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered | Foretelling ruin of people using metaphor of domestic animal | 42 Invasion by Gog (38:1-39:29) 39:18 You shall eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the land (rams, lambs, and goats, bullocks, fatlings of Bashan, all of them). |
| 37 God, the true shepherd (34:11-31) 34:23 I will appoint one shepherd over them to pasture them, my servant David; he shall pasture them and be their shepherd. | Making a king | 41 The two sticks (37:15-28) 37:22 I will make them one nation upon the land, in the mountains of Israel, and there shall be one prince for them all. |
| 38 Judgment on Mount Seir (35:1-36:15) 35:8 With the slain I will fill your hills, your valleys, and all your ravines (in them the slain shall fall by the sword): | A valley is filled by dead | 40 The valley of dry bones (37:1-14) 37:1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he led me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones. |
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| 36 Israel's false shepherds (34:1-10) 34:6 and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; my sheep were scattered over the whole earth, with no one to look after them or to search for them. | Scattered / gathered people | 39 The renewal of Israel (36:16-38) 36:24 For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. |
| 37 God, the true shepherd (34:11-31) 34:13 I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the foreign lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel (in the land's ravines and all its inhabited places). | Promise of return | 38 Judgment on Mount Seir (35:1-36:15) 36:8 As for you, mountains of Israel, you shall grow branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, for they shall soon return. |
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| 39 The renewal of Israel (36:16-38) 36:31 Then you shall remember your evil conduct, and that your deeds were not good; you shall loathe yourselves for your sins and your abominations. 36:32 Not for your sakes do I act, says the Lord GOD-- let this be known to you! Be ashamed and abashed because of your conduct, O house of Israel. | Being ashamed in promised land | 42 Invasion by Gog (38:1-39:29) 39:26 They shall forget their disgrace and all the times they broke faith with me, when they live in security on their land with no one to frighten them. |
| 40 The valley of dry bones (37:1-14) 37:12 I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. | Promise of restoration and return | 41 The two sticks (37:15-28) 37:21 I will take the Israelites from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land. |
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| 43 The vision of the new temple (40:1-42:20) see 4-4-2 | see 4-4-2 | 49 The new boundaries of the land (47:13-48:34) see 4-4-2 |
| 44 The divine glory returns to the temple (43:1-44:3) see 4-4-2 | see 4-4-2 | 48 Water flowing from the temple (46:19-47:12) see 4-4-2 |
| 45 The Levitical priests (44:4-31) see 4-4-2 | see 4-4-2 | 47 Festivals and offerings (45:10-46:18) see 4-4-2 |
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| 43 The vision of the new temple (40:1-42:20) 42:16 He measured the east side: five hundred cubits by his measuring rod. Then he turned 42:17 and measured the north side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. He turned 42:18 to the south and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 42:19 Then he turned to the west and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 42:20 Thus he measured it in the four directions, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide. It was surrounded by a wall, to separate the sacred from the profane. | Size of sanctuary | 46 The holy district (45:1-9) 45:1 twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand wide; its whole area shall be sacred. |
| 44 The divine glory returns to the temple (43:1-44:3) 43:12 This is the law of the temple | Rule of rituals | 45 The Levitical priests (44:4-31) 44:5 Son of man, pay strict attention, look carefully, and listen intently to all that I will tell you about the statutes and laws of the LORD'S temple; be attentive in regard to those who are to be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary. |
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| 46 The holy district (45:1-9) 45:1 When you apportion the land into inheritances, you shall set apart a sacred tract of land for the LORD, | Apportion of the land | 49 The new boundaries of the land (47:13-48:34) 47:13 These are the boundaries within which you shall apportion the land among the twelve tribes of Israel (Joseph having two portions). |
| 47 Festivals and offerings (45:10-46:18) 45:18 On the first day of the first month you shall use an unblemished young bull as a sacrifice to purify the sanctuary. | Cleansing | 48 Water flowing from the temple (46:19-47:12) 47:9 Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh. |