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In the language of the Bible, the words “prophet,” “prophecy,” etc. have quite a broad meaning—but all refer, primarily, to the idea of “speaking in the name of God.” The entire Old Testament could be said to be prophetical, but some books carry the names of specific prophets or teachers, twelve “minor” and four “major”—a distinction based on the length of the texts. The books of the major...

10:1–22. The siege of Jerusalem ended with a terrible fire that razed the temple, the royal palace and private houses (cf. 2 Kings 25:9). Ezekiel describes the event in theological language, and he describes it as happening when the glory of the Lord dramatically withdraws from the temple. The first scene (vv. 1–7) shows the priest, dressed in linen, charged with taking coals from the very throne of God and flinging them on the city to set it ablaze. The war
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