Book of Ezekiel

Ezekiel


Ezekiel, whose name signifies the Strength of God, was of the priestly race; and of the number of captives that were carried away to Babylon with King Joachin. He was contemporary with Jeremiah, and prophesied to the same effect in Babylon, as Jeremiah did in Jerusalem; and is said to have ended his days in like manner, by martyrdom. (For more information, see the article EZECHIEL in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)
Chapter 1. The time of Ezechiel's prophecy: he sees a glorious vision.
Chapter 2. The prophet receives his commission.
Chapter 3. The prophet eats the book, and receives further instructions: the office of a watchman.
Chapter 4. A prophetic description of the siege of Jerusalem, and the famine that shall reign there.
Chapter 5. The judgments of God upon the Jews are foreshown under the type of the prophet's hair.
Chapter 6. The punishment of Israel for their idolatry: a remnant shall be saved.
Chapter 7. The final desolation of Israel: from which few shall escape.
Chapter 8. The prophet sees in a vision the abominations committed in Jerusalem; which determine the Lord to spare them no longer.
Chapter 9. All are ordered to be destroyed that are not marked in their foreheads. God will not be entreated for them.
Chapter 10. Fire is taken from the midst of the wheels under the cherubims, and scattered over the city. A description of the cherubims.
Chapter 11. A prophecy against the presumptuous assurance of the great ones. A remnant shall be saved, and receive a new spirit, and a new heart.
Chapter 12. The prophet foreshoweth, by signs, the captivity of Sedecias, and the desolation of the people: all which shall quickly come to pass.
Chapter 13. God declares against false prophets and prophetesses, that deceive the people with lies.
Chapter 14. God suffers the wicked to be deceived in punishment of their wickedness. The evils that shall come upon them for their sins: for which they shall not be delivered by the prayers of Noe, Daniel, and Job. But a remnant shall be preserved.
Chapter 15. As a vine cut down is fit for nothing but the fire; so it shall be with Jerusalem, for her sins.
Chapter 16. Under the figure of an unfaithful wife, God upbraids Jerusalem with her ingratitude and manifold disloyalties: but promiseth mercy by a new covenant.
Chapter 17. The parable of the two eagles and the vine. A promise of the cedar of Christ and his church.
Chapter 18. One man shall not bear the sins of another, but every one his own; if a wicked man truly repent, he shall be saved; and if a just man leave his justice, he shall perish.
Chapter 19. The parable of the young lions, and of the vineyard that is wasted.
Chapter 20. God refuses to answer the ancients of Israel inquiring by the prophet: but by him setteth his benefits before their eyes, and their heinous sins: threatening yet greater punishments: but still mixed with mercy.
Chapter 21. The destruction of Jerusalem by the sword is further described: the ruin also of the Ammonites is foreshown. And finally Babylon, the destroyer of others, shall be destroyed.
Chapter 22. The general corruption of the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for which God will consume them as dross in his furnace.
Chapter 23. Under the names of the two harlots, Oolla and Ooliba, are described the manifold disloyalties of Samaria and Jerusalem, with the punishment of them both.
Chapter 24. Under the parable of a boiling pot is shown the utter destruction of Jerusalem: for which the Jews at Babylon shall not dare to mourn.
Chapter 25. A prophecy against the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines, for their malice against the Israelites.
Chapter 26. A prophecy of the destruction of the famous city of Tyre by Nabuchodonosor.
Chapter 27. A description of the glory and riches of Tyre: and of her irrecoverable fall.
Chapter 28. The king of Tyre, who affected to be like to God, shall fall under the like sentence with Lucifer. The judgment of Sidon. The restoration of Israel.
Chapter 29. The king of Egypt shall be overthrown, and his kingdom wasted: it shall be given to Nabuchodonosor for his service against Tyre.
Chapter 30. The desolation of Egypt and her helpers: all her cities shall be wasted.
Chapter 31. The Assyrian empire fell for their pride: the Egyptian shall fall in like manner.
Chapter 32. The prophet's lamentation for the king of Egypt.
Chapter 33. The duty of the watchman appointed by God: the justice of God's ways: his judgments upon the Jews.
Chapter 34. Evil pastors are reproved. Christ the true pastor shall come, and gather together his flock from all parts of the earth, and preserve it for ever.
Chapter 35. The judgment of mount Seir, for their hatred of Israel.
Chapter 36. The restoration of Israel, not for their merits, but by God's special grace. Christ's baptism.
Chapter 37. A vision of the resurrection of dry bones, foreshowing the deliverance of the people from their captivity. Juda and Israel shall be all one kingdom under Christ. God's everlasting covenant with the church.
Chapter 38. Gog shall persecute the church in the latter days. He shall be overthrown.
Chapter 39. God's judgments upon Gog. God's people were punished for their sins: but shall be favoured with everlasting kindness.
Chapter 40. The prophet sees in a vision the rebuilding of the temple: the dimensions of several parts thereof.
Chapter 41. A description of the temple, and of all the parts of it.
Chapter 42. A description of the courts, chambers, and other places belonging to the temple.
Chapter 43. The glory of God returns to the new temple. The Israelites shall no more profane God's name by idolatry: the prophet is commanded to show them the dimensions, and form of the temple, and of the altar, with the sacrifices to be offered thereon.
Chapter 44. The east gate of the sanctuary shall be always shut. The uncircumcised shall not enter into the sanctuary: nor the Levites that have served idols: but the sons of Sadoc shall do the priestly functions, who stood firm in the worst of times.
Chapter 45. Portions of land for the sanctuary, for the city, and for the prince. Ordinances for the prince.
Chapter 46. Other ordinances for the prince and for the sacrifices.
Chapter 47. The vision of the holy waters issuing out from under the temple: the borders of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes.
Chapter 48. The portions of the twelve tribes, of the sanctuary, of the city, and of the prince. The dimensions and gates of the city.