Outline of the Book of Ezekiel

1. Impending Doom (1-24)

     A. Title and introduction (1, 1-3)

     B. Vision of the Enthroned One and Commission of Ezekiel

          1. Vision of the divine throne (1, 1-28)

          2. Commissioning of the prophet (2,1-3,27)

     C. Symbolic Acts and Oracles

          1. Three symbolic actions (4,1-5,4)

          2. Three matching oracles (5,5-7,27)

      D. Vision of Divine Judgment on the Temple

           1. The abominations committed in the Temple (8,1-9,11)

           2. God departs from the city (10,1-11,25)

       E. Condemnation of Leaders and People

            1. Symbolic gesture foreshadowing the exile (12,1-28)

            2. Condemnation of false prophets (13,1-23)

            3. Idolatry versus right behavior (14,1-23)

         F. Allegories and Metaphors of Judgment

            1. Allegory of the vine wood (15,1-8)

            2. Allegory of Jerusalem as God's faithless wife (16,1-63)

            3. Allegory of the two eagles (17,1-24)

            4. Priestly decisions on intergenerational responsibility (18,1-32)

            5. Two allegories on the king (19,1-14)

        G. Final Indictment and Condemnation

            1. Review of the Exodus (20,1-44)

            2. The sword oracles (20,1-21,32)

            3. The guilt of Jerusalem (22,1-31)

            4. The allegory of the two sisters (23,1-49)

            5. Two signs of the end (24,1-27)

II. Restoration (33-48)

        A. Oracles against Foreign Nations

            1. Against neighboring states (25,1-17)

            2. Against Tyre (26,1-28,19)

            3. Against Sidon (28,20-26)

            4. Against Egypt (29,1-32,32)

        B. Justice in the Land

            1. The second commission of the prophet (33,1-33)

            2. The good Shepherd replaces false shepherds (34,1-31)

            3. Oracles against the mountains of Edom (35,1-15)

            4. Blessings on the mountains of Israel (36,1-15)

            5. Renewal of Israel (36,16-38)

            6. The people are brought back to life

                a. Vision of dry bones (37,1-14)

                b. The two sticks rejoined (37,15-28)

        C. The conquest of Gog of Magog

            1. Gog's attack on the people of God (38,1-23)

            2. God's victory (39,1-29)

        D. The New Temple and the New Worship

            1. Description of the new Temple

               a. The Temple court (40,1-47)

               b. Inside of the Temple (40,42-48,20)

               c. The return of the Lord (43,1-12)

            2. Prescriptions for worship

               a. Altar of sacrifice (43,13-27)

               b. Priestly ministers (44,1-31)

               c. Division of the land (45,1-17)

               d. Regulation of the feasts (45,18-46,24)

            3. The river issuing from the door of the Temple (47,1-12)

            4.Boundaries of the new land

               a. National boundaries (47,13-23)

               b. Land allotments for each tribe (48,1-29)

               c. The new city (48,30-35)

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