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The book of Ezekiel was written during a tumultuous time in Israel’s history. It follows a period that began with Ezekiel’s warning of Jerusalem’s fall and his prediction of the destruction of the temple—a sanctuary regarded as so holy that its destruction was unimaginable. The period continues with Ezekiel’s and others’ exile to Babylon. Although much in the book of Ezekiel focuses on the...

The book bearing Ezekiel’s name contains a series of dates that extend from the fifth year of the exile in Babylon of King Jehoiachin (Ezek. 1:2) to the twenty-seventh year (29:17). The latter is a relatively minor prophecy, but a major one is dated two years earlier, in the twenty-fifth year (40:1). These dates have aroused much discussion among scholars, but we may confidently take them as genuine and as coming from the prophet’s own hand. When set against a reliable
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