Oral proclamation can change greatly when written down, because the writer or disciple now has a new and quite significance, for it helps readers to interpret the prophet's proclamation for a different situation. The editing and arranging of Ezekiel was done with such care and intelligence that is is a further step in the prophetic task of interpretation and exhortation. Thus, the additions to the book of Ezekiel do not obscure his prupose but make it available to readers. Israel never regarded the prophetic books primarily as biographies or histories. Rather, the bvooks were and are still regarded as preaching the divine word to every generation.
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