Outline of the Book of Ezekiel

Ezekiel
  1. Ezekiel's preparation and commission  (1:1-3:9)
    1. Introduction  (1:1)
    2. The vision of the glory  (1:2-3:9)
      1. The filling with the Spirit  (2:1-2)
      2. The prophet commissioned  (2:3-3:9)
  2. The prophet's commission as watchman  (3:10-21)
  3. Ezekiel's second vision of the glory, and the result in service  (3:22-7:27)
    1. Ezekiel again filled with the Spirit: his dumbness  (3:24-27)
    2. The sign of the tile: symbolic actions  (4:1-17)
    3. The sign of the sharp knife: i.e. famine, pestilence, the sword  (5:1-17)
    4. The message against the mountains of Israel  (6:1-7)
    5. A remnant to be spared  (6:8-10)
    6. Desolation upon the land  (6:11-7:27)
  4. General theme: Jehovah justified in sending his people into captivity  (8:1-33:20)
    1. Third vision of the glory  (8:2-11:25)
      1. Former profanations of the temple  (8:5-18)
      2. The vision of the slaying in Jerusalem  (9:1-11)
      3. The vision of altar fire scattered over Jerusalem  (10:1-7)
      4. Description of the cherubim  (10:8-22)
      5. Vision of wrath against the lying princes  (11:1-13)
      6. The promise to spare the remnant  (11:14-16)
      7. Israel to be restored to the land and converted  (11:17-21)
      8. Vision of the departure of the glory from Jerusalem  (11:22-25)
    2. Vision of the prophet as a sign  (12:1-16)
    3. The full captivity near at hand  (12:17-28)
    4. The message against the lying prophets  (13:1-23)
    5. The vision of the elders of Israel  (14:1-11)
    6. Jerusalem on no account to be spared  (14:12-23)
    7. The vision of the burning vine  (15:1-8)
    8. The harlotry of Jerusalem  (16:1-63)
      1. The promise of future blessing under the Palestinian Covenant and the New Covenant  (16:60-63)
    9. The parable of the great eagle  (17:1-24)
      1. The rebellion of Zedekiah and its results  (17:11-24)
    10. Ethical instructions for Israel in captivity  (18:1-32)
    11. Lamentation for the princes of Israel  (19:1-14)
    12. Jehovah vindicated in the chastisement of Israel  (20:1-49)
      1. The future judgment of Israel  (20:33-44)
      2. The parable of the forest of the south field  (20:45-49)
    13. The parable of the sighing prophet  (21:1-7)
    14. The parable of the sword of God  (21:8-17)
    15. No king till Messiah comes to reign  (21:18-32)
    16. The sins of Israel enumerated  (22:1-16)
    17. The parable of the dross in the furnace  (22:17-22)
    18. Sins of the priest, princes, prophets, and people  (22:23-31)
    19. The parable of Aholah and Aholibah  (23:1-49)
    20. The parable of the boiling pot  (24:1-14)
    21. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel  (24:15-27)
    22. Prophecies against the nations  (25:1-32:32)
      1. The prophecy against the Ammonites  (25:1-7)
      2. The coming judgment upon Moab  (25:8-11)
      3. The coming judgment upon Edom  (25:12-14)
      4. The coming judgment upon Philistia  (25:15-17)
      5. The coming judgment upon Tyre  (26:1-28:19)
        1. The lamentation for Tyre  (27:1-36)
        2. The rebuke of the king of Tyre  (28:1-19)
      6. The judgment of Zidon  (28:20-24)
      7. The future regathering of Israel  (28:25-26)
      8. Egypt  (29:1-32:32)
        1. The prophecy against Egypt  (29:1-21)
        2. Egypt in the day of Jehovah  (30:1-19)
        3. Jehovah against Pharaoh in the war with Babylon  (30:20-26)
        4. The prophecy against Pharaoh  (31:1-18)
        5. The lamentation for Pharaoh  (32:1-16)
        6. Lamentation for Egypt  (32:17-32)
    23. Ethical instructions for the captivity  (33:1-20)
  5. General theme: the future kingdom of the son of David  (33:21-36:38)
    1. Hearers of the word, but not doers  (33:23-33)
    2. Message to the faithless shepherds of Israel  (34:1-10)
    3. Israel to be restored: the Davidic kingdom to be set up  (34:11-31)
    4. The prophecy against Mount Seir  (35:1-15)
    5. Message to the mountains of Israel: the restoration predicted  (36:1-15)
    6. The past sins of Israel: her future restoration and conversion  (36:16-38)
  6. General Theme: restoration of Israel; the Davidic kingdom; judgment on the nations  (37:1-39:29)
    1. The vision of the valley of dry bones  (37:1-10)
    2. The vision explained  (37:11-14)
    3. The sign of the two sticks  (37:15-28)
    4. The prophecy against Gog  (38:1-39:24)
    5. Vision of restored and converted Israel  (39:25-29)
  7. General Theme: Israel in the land during the kingdom-age  (40:1-48:35)
    1. Vision of the man with the measuring reed  (40:1-4)
    2. Vision of the future temple  (40:5-43)
    3. The chambers of the singers and priests  (40:44-47)
    4. The porch of the temple  (40:48-49)
    5. Description of the temple  (41:1-43:1)
    6. Vision of the glory of the Lord filling the temple  (43:2-6)
    7. The place of the throne of the future kingdom  (43:7-12)
    8. The measure of the altar  (43:13-18)
    9. The offerings  (43:19-27)
    10. The gate for the prince  (44:1-3)
    11. The glory fills the house  (44:4-8)
    12. The priests of the future temple  (44:9-31)
    13. The Lord's portion of the land  (45:1-6)
    14. The portion for the prince  (45:7-25)
    15. The worship of the prince and the people  (46:1-18)
    16. The place for boiling the offerings  (46:19-24)
    17. The river of the sanctuary  (47:1-12)
    18. The borders of the land  (47:13-23)
    19. The division of the land  (48:1-9)
    20. For the priests and Levites  (48:10-20)
    21. The portion for the prince  (48:21-29)
    22. The city and its gates  (48:30-35)
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