Day 2 of my material on Ezekiel at Bible & Culture 2012, looking at chapters 3–13.

1. Ezekiel
part 2

2. Prophetic genre:
commissioning narrative

3. Prophetic genre:
vision

4. • ‘the hand of the Lord was on him’ (1:3)
• vision of the glory of YHWH
• vision followed by Ezekiel falling face down
and receiving God’s instructions

5. 2. Vision 2: Further
instructions
3:12–21

6. • ‘the strong hand of the Lord was on me’ (3:14)
• vision of the glory of YHWH (3:12–13)
• vision followed by Ezekiel being
overwhelmed and receiving God’s instructions

7. 3. Vision 3: More
instructions
3:22–27

8. • ‘the hand of the Lord was on me’ (3:22)
• vision of the glory of YHWH (3:23)
• vision followed by Ezekiel falling face down
and receiving God’s instructions

9. Expect a difficult audience

10. Don’t be afraid of hostility

11. Go against the flow

12. Speak my words

13. God has work for you to do

14. a watchman in exile?

15. ‘Give them warning from
me’ (3:17)

16. Prophetic genre:
symbolic action

17. 4. Symbolic action 1:
siege of Jerusalem
4:1–17

18. ‘‘ Read Ezekiel; seems to have been using
an illegal substance. I wouldn't let him
prophesy in my church.
Mike Pilavachi on Twitter

19. What does all the symbolism in Ezekiel 4:1–5:4
represent?
How do you think would people have
?
reacted?
What point is Ezekiel making?

20. 5. Symbolic action 2:
exile and judgment
5:1–17

21. What theological perspectives does Ezekiel
give in these chapters?
?

22. • Judah is more wicked than other nations
• God is expressing his anger
• His people are to be a warning to others
• He wants his people to know that he is doing
this to them
• He wants to destroy them

23. 6. Oracle against the
mountains of Israel
6:1–14

24. 7. Oracle about coming
disaster on Israel
7:1–27

25. B
2nd collection of oracles
of judgment
8:1 – 13:23

26. 1. Idolatry in the temple
8:1–18

27. • Stage 1: the glory of God is in the temple

28. 2. Slaughter in Jerusalem
9:1–11

29. • Stage 2: the glory of God moves from the
Most Holy Place to the temple threshold

30. 3. Burning of Jerusalem
10:1–22

31. • Stage 3: the glory of God rises into the air the
temple threshold

32. 4. Judgement on
authorities in Jerusalem
11:1–25

33. • Stage 4: the glory of God leaves the city and
stands over the mountain to the east

34. God is offended by idolatry at
the heart of his people (8)

35. God avenges his glory (9)

36. Jerusalem residents are
complacent (11)

37. God’s glory moves out from the
centre of worship

38. . . . and towards the exiles (10–
11)

39. 5. Symbolic action
predicting exile
12:1–16

40. 6. Symbolic action
coming devastation
12:17–20

41. 7. Oracle about false
visions
12:12 – 13:23