General Structure of the Book The book is divided, very clearly, into seven sections which are usually called “Visions.” The first three visions share a common overall structure.1 The structure of Visions 1–2 is exactly the same, while the exceptionally long Vision 3 is more complex.2 Each of these three visions opens with an introduction that provides the setting in which the vision takes place. An address of Ezra to God follows in which certain issues are raised. The rest of the vision is the