The coming of the word of the LORD to Ezekiel marks him as God's spokesman giving instruction to the captives in Babylon. Through him are recited the steps that led to their dispersion. Their exile is shown as the harvest of their own sowing, brought by idolatry mingled with Sabbath desecration. The chapter stands in a series of prophecies calling Israel to turn to God.
The word announces the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and a change in human dominion. Three more overturnings are still to come, to be carried out by Medo-Persia, by Grecia, and by Rome. Then Christ comes and the kingdom becomes His.
The coming of the word of the LORD to Ezekiel marks him as God's spokesman giving instruction to the captives in Babylon. Through him are recited the steps that led to their dispersion. Their exile is shown as the harvest of their own sowing, brought by idolatry mingled with Sabbath desecration. The chapter stands in a series of prophecies calling Israel to turn to God.
The word announces the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and a change in human dominion. Three more overturnings are still to come, to be carried out by Medo-Persia, by Grecia, and by Rome. Then Christ comes and the kingdom becomes His.