Chapter Outline Of Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Oracles concerning His Inaugural Vision (Ezek 1:1–7:27)

The Initial Oracular Account of Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision (1:1–3:15)

The Second Oracular Account of Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision: Commission as Watchman and Symbolic Acts (3:16–5:17)

The Third Oracular Account of Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision: Commission concerning the Mountains of Israel (6:1–14)

The Fourth Oracular Account of Ezekiel’s Commission concerning Judgment against Israel on the Day of YHWH (7:1–27)

Presentation of Ezekiel’s Oracles following His Vision of Jerusalem’s Destruction/YHWH’s Departure from Jerusalem (Ezek 8:1–19:14)

Autobiographical Vision Account: Sixth Year (592/591 bce), Sixth Month, Fifth Day (8:1–11:25)

The Initial Date and Setting of Ezekiel’s Oracles concerning the Destruction of Jerusalem: Ezekiel’s House, the Elders, and the Angelic Guide (8:1–2)

New Setting: North Gate of Jerusalem: Ezekiel’s Vision of the Offensive Image (8:3–6)

New Setting: North Gate of the Inner Court: Hole in the Wall (8:7–13)

New Setting: North Gate of the Temple: Women Wailing for Tammuz (8:14–15)

New Setting: Entrance to the Temple Main Hall: Ezekiel’s Vision of the Destruction of Jerusalem and the Departure of YHWH (8:16–10:22)

Transport to the Temple Entrance (8:16aα1–7)

Vision Report of the Abomination in the Temple and its Consequences (8:16aα8–10:22)

First Episode: Twenty-Five Men Face East to Worship the Sun (8:16aα8–b)

Instruction Report: Rhetorical Question Employed to Assert a Provocation against YHWH (8:17–18)

Second Episode: The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Departure of YHWH’s Divine Presence (9:1–10:22)

Ezekiel’s Report of YHWH’s Summons to the Officials Who Will Kill the People of Jerusalem (9:1)