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The Message of Ezekiel: A New Heart and a New Spirit is unavailable, but you can change that!

Ezekiel comes to us as a stranger from a distant time and land. Who is this priest who, on his thirtieth birthday, has a dazzling vision of God on a wheeled throne? Who is this odd prophet who engages in outlandish street theater and speaks for God on international affairs? Who is this seer who paints murals of apocalyptic doom and then of a restored temple bursting with emblems of paradise? Are...

decide the message he would deliver, or to choose any other audience (to them … a rebellious house … to your countrymen in exile, 3:4, 9, 11), or to make his obedience conditional on how they responded to him (whether they listen or fail to listen, 2:5, 7; 3:11). His task would be totally focused on one thing only—delivery of the words of Yahweh. While the expression ‘my words in your mouth’ was already well established as the characteristic prophetic claim, Ezekiel, as is very typical of him, experiences
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