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By the River Chebar: Historical, Literary, and Theological Studies in the Book of Ezekiel is unavailable, but you can change that!

To many readers, the book of Ezekiel is a hopeless riddle. We still find many features of the man and his message difficult and sometimes even shocking—if not offensive. The bizarre opening vision catches us off guard and tempts us to stop reading. However, if we persist, and if we meditate long and hard on individual utterances and sign actions, we will discover that despite the strangeness of...

Figure 6: The Relationship between Ezekiel’s Judgment and Salvation Oracles The Pillar of Orthodox Theology The Demolition Pronouncements The Reconstruction Pronouncements YHWH, the divine patron of Israel, has entered into an eternal covenant with his people. 3:16–21; 5:4, 16–17; 6:11–14; 14:1–23; 15:1–8; 16:1–60; 18:1–32; 20:1–44; 23:1–49; 33:1–20; 33:23–29 34:1–31; 36:16–32, 37–38; 37:1–14; 37:15–21; 37:25–28; 39:21–29 YHWH, the divine patron of Israel, has given the nation the land of Canaan
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