Ezekiel / by Margaret Odell. [print]

The inaugural vision (Ezek. 1-28) ; Ezekiel's first audience with the Divine Glory (Ezek. 1:28b-3:2) ; Ezekiel's second audience with the Divine Glory (Ezek. 3:22-5:17) ; Against the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 6:1-14) ; The end (Ezek. 7:1-27) ; The vision of the temple abominations and ethical abuses (Ezek. 8:1-11:25) ; Zedekiah betrays the city (Ezek. 12:1-28) ; False prophets betray the city (Ezek. 13:1-23) ; No intercession for Jerusalem (Ezek. 14:1-23) ; The useless wood of the vine (Ezek. 15:1-8) ; Jerusalem: Yahweh's foundling bride (Ezek. 16:1-63) ; A parable of the cedar and the vine (Ezek. 17:1-24) ; A challenge to the second generation (Ezek. 18:1-32) ; A lamentation (Ezek. 19:1-14) ; The content and significance of Yahweh's oath to the ancestors (Ezek. 20:1-44) ; The weapon of Yahweh (Ezek. 20:44-21:32) ; The bloody city (Ezek. 22:1-31) ; Two sisters and their dangerous liaisons (Ezek. 23:1-49) ; The beginning of the siege of Jerusalem (Ezek. 24:1-27) ; The oracles against the nations (Ezek. 25:1-17) ; The city of Tyre (Ezek. 26:1-21) ; A lament over the sinking of the ship Tyre (Ezek. 27:1-36) ; The king of Tyre (Ezek. 28:1-26) ; The great crocodile (Ezek. 29:1-21) ; The support of Egypt (Ezek. 30:1-26) ; The lesson of Assyria (Ezek. 31:1-18) ; The end of Egypt and its hordes (Ezek. 32:1-32) ; The exiles' complaint (Ezek. 33:1-33) ; The shepherd (Ezek. 34:1-31) ; Reclaiming the land: The mountains of Edom and Israel (Ezek. 35:1-36:38) ; The valley of dry bones (Ezek. 37:1-28) ; THe defeat of Gog and his hordes on the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 38:1-39:29) ; The vision of the dominion of Yahweh (Ezek. 40:1-48:35).

"The book of Ezekiel reflects a degree of liteary coherence unmatched in the canon of biblical prophets. Organized around three major visions of God, the book tells the story of God's final attempt as their only legitimate king to claim the loyalty of his subjects, the rebellious and recalcitrant house of Israel. The prophet Ezekiel plays a key role in this campaign. In both vision and symbolic act, Ezekiel is so closely identified with divine judgment that his life becomes a mirror of the judgment itself. His first vision gives him a glimpse of the cosmos under the rule of God and inaugurates him into his role as a prophet, a visible sign of the power of God. As the book unfolds, the prophet will see visions, the people will see the prophet, and both spectacles will demonstrate without a doubt that Yahweh is the God of Israel. Margaret S. Odell is associate professor.the primary goal of the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary series is to make available serious, credible biblical scholarship in an accessible and less intimidating format. A visual generation of believers deserves a commentary series that contains not only the all-important textual commentary on Scripture, but images, photographs, maps, works of fine art, and drawings that bring the text to life. Each volume of the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary series features a CD-ROM, which expands the uses and capabilities of the Commentary even more"--Publisher description.

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