CHARLES H. DYER WITH EVA RYDELNIK
OUTLINE
Introduction
I. Prophetic Call to Ministry (1:1–3:27)
A. Call from Priest to Prophet (1:1-3)
B. Visions of the Throne of the Lord (1:4–2:7)
1. Vision of the Four Living Beings (1:4-14)
2. The Vision of the Four Wheels (1:15-21)
3. The Vision of the Expanse (1:22-25)
4. The Vision of the Throne (1:26-28)
5. The Task for Ezekiel, the Son of Man (2:1-7)
C. Message for Ministry (2:8–3:11)
1. The Vision of the Scroll (2:8–3:3)
2. The Delivery of God’s Word to Rebellious Israel (3:4-11)
D. Motivation for Ministry (3:12-27)
1. Ezekiel Led by the Spirit (3:12-15)
2. Ezekiel Appointed as a Watchman for the House of Israel (3:16-21)
3. Ezekiel’s Physical Restraints by the Lord (3:22-27)
II. Exilic Judgment of Judah (4:1–24:27)
A. Necessity of Judah’s Judgment (4:1–11:25)
1. Four Signs of Coming Judgment on Jerusalem (4:1–5:17)
a. Sign of the Brick (4:1-3)
b. Sign of Ezekiel’s Lying on His Sides (4:4-8)
c. Sign of the Unclean Food (4:9-17)
d. Sign of Ezekiel’s Shaved Head and Divided Hair (5:1-17)
2. Messages of Coming Judgment (6:1–7:27)
a. Message: Idolatry, the Cause of Judgment (6:1-14)
b. Message on the Nature of Judgment (7:1-27)
3. Vision of Coming Judgment (8:1–11:25)
a. Vision of the Wickedness in the Temple (8:1-18)
b. Vision of the Slaughter in Jerusalem (9:1-11)
c. Vision of the Departure of God’s Glory from the Temple (10:1-22)
d. Judgment on Jerusalem’s Rulers (11:1-25)
B. Futility of Judah’s False Optimism (12:1–19:14)
1. Two Signs of Impending Captivity (12:1-20)
a. Sign of the Baggage and the Hole in the Wall (12:1-16)
b. Sign of Trembling While Eating and Drinking (12:17-20)
2. Five Messages on the Certainty of Judgment (12:21–14:23)
a. First Certainty of Judgment Message: Correcting the Proverb About Visions (12:21-25)
b. Second Certainty of Judgment Message: Correcting the Proverb About Delay (12:26-28)
c. Third Certainty of Judgment Message: Against False Prophets and Prophetesses (13:1-23)
d. Fourth Certainty of Judgment Message: Condemnation of Idolatry (14:1-11)
e. Fifth Certainty of Judgment Message: Unavailing Prayer of Noah, Daniel, and Job (14:12-23)
3. Three Parables on Judgment (15:1–17:24)
a. Parable of the Fruitless Vine (15:1-8)
b. Parables of Unfaithful Jerusalem (16:1-63)
(1) Parable of the Rescued Infant Who Became the Adulterous Wife (16:1-43)
(2) The Parable of the Sisters: Jerusalem, Sodom, and Samaria (16:44-59)
(3) The Faithfulness of God and the Everlasting Covenant (16:60-63)
c. Parable of the Two Eagles (17:1-24)
4. Message on Individual Responsibility (18:1-32)
5. Parable of Lamentation for Israel’s Final Kings (19:1-14)
C. History of Judah’s Iniquity (20:1–24:27)
1. Message of Israel’s Past Rebellion and Restoration (20:1-49)
a. Israel’s Past Rebellion (20:1-32)
b. Israel’s Future Restoration (20:33-44)
c. Parable of the Forest Fire (20:45-49)
2. Four Messages of the Sword (21:1-32)
a. The Sword Drawn (21:1-7)
b. The Sword Sharpened (21:8-17)
c. The Sword Directed Toward Jerusalem (21:18-27)
d. The Sword Directed Toward Ammon (21:28-32)
3. Three Messages on the Defilement and Judgment of Jerusalem (22:1-31)
a. Cause of Jerusalem’s Judgment (22:1-16)
b. Means of Judgment (22:17-22)
c. Recipients of Judgment (22:23-31)
4. Parable of the Two Adulterous Sisters: Oholah and Oholibah (23:1-49)
a. Infidelity of the Sisters: Oholah and Oholibah (23:1-21)
b. Punishment of the Sisters (23:22-35)
c. Conclusion of the Message to Oholah and Oholibah (23:36-49)
5. Parable of the Boiling Pot (24:1-14)
6. Sign of the Death of Ezekiel’s Wife (24:15-27)
III. Ultimate Judgment on Gentile Nations (25:1–32:32)
A. Judgment on Ammon (25:1-7)
B. Judgment on Moab (25:8-11)
C. Judgment on Edom (25:12-14)
D. Judgment on Philistia (25:15-17)
E. Judgment on Tyre (26:1–28:19)
1. Destruction of Tyre: Oracle One (26:1-21)
2. Dirge Over Tyre: Oracle Two (27:1-36)
3. Downfall of Leader of Tyre: Oracle Three (28:1-10)
4. Downfall of Power behind King of Tyre: Oracle Four (28:11-19)
F. Judgment on Sidon (28:20-26)
G. Judgment on Egypt (29:1–32:32)
1. Sin of Egypt (29:1-16)
2. Defeat of Egypt by Babylon (29:17-21)
3. Destruction of Egypt and Her Allies (30:1-19)
4. Scattering of Egypt (30:20-26)
5. Allegory of Assyria and the Fall of Pharaoh King of Egypt (31:1-18)
a. Allegory of Assyria as a Cedar Tree (31:1-9)
b. Downfall of Assyria (31:10-14)
c. Descent of Assyria into the Grave (31:15-18)
6. Lament for Pharaoh (32:1-16)
7. Descent of Egypt into Sheol (32:17-32)
IV. Eschatological Blessings for Israel (33:1–48:35)
A. New Life for Israel (33:1–39:29)
1. Ezekiel Is Reappointed as a Watchman (33:1-33)
a. Ezekiel’s Duties as a Watchman (33:1-20)
b. The Opening of Ezekiel’s Mouth (33:21-33)
2. Present False Shepherds Contrasted with the Future True Shepherd of Israel (34:1-31)
a. Present False Shepherds of Israel (34:1-10)
b. Future True Shepherd of Israel (34:11-31)
3. Edom, the Enemy of Israel, Destroyed (35:1-15)
4. The People of Israel Blessed (36:1-38)
a. Israel’s Mountains Will Prosper (36:1-15)
b. Israel’s People to Be Regathered (36:16-38)
5. Nation of Israel Restored (37:1-28)
a. Vision of the Dry Bones (37:1-14)
b. Sign of the Two Sticks—Israel United (37:15-28)
6. Prophecy of Attack and Defeat of Gog (38:1–39:29)
a. Invasion of Israel by Gog (38:1-16)
b. Judgment of Gog by God (38:17–39:29)
(1) Defeat of Gog (38:17–39:8)
(2) Aftermath of the Defeat of Gog (39:9-20)
(3) Effects of the Lord’s Defeat of Gog on Israel (39:21-29)
B. New Order for Israel (40:1–48:35)
1. A New Temple (40:1–43:27)
a. Introduction to the Vision of the Temple (40:1-4)
b. Outer Court of the Temple (40:5-27)
c. Inner Court of the Temple (40:28-47)
d. The Temple Building (40:48–41:26)
e. Chambers in the Inner Court of the Temple (42:1-14)
f. Outer Walls of the Temple (42:15-20)
g. Return of the Lord’s Glory (43:1-12)
h. Altar of Burnt Offering (43:13-27)
2. A New Service of Worship (44:1–46:24)
a. The Temple Ministers (44:1-31)
b. Land Allotment for the Temple and Priests (45:1-8)
c. Warning to Jewish Leaders Living in Babylon (45:9-12)
d. Offerings in the Temple (45:13–46:24)
3. A New Land (47:1–48:35)
a. The River from the Temple (47:1-12)
b. Boundaries of the Land (47:13-23)
c. Division of the Land (48:1-29)
d. Gates of the City (48:30-35)