Ezekiel 20:1-27

§ 5. A Final series of Prophecies on the necessity of Israel’s Punishment and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20-24)

Date, Aug.-Sept. 590 b.c. to Jan.-Feb. 587 b.c.

This group includes a warning to the exiles against idolatry (Ezekiel 20:1-44), a description of the sword of the Lord directed against Jerusalem (Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:27), a short prophecy against the Ammonites, connected with the foregoing (Ezekiel 21:28-32) an indictment of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 22), an allegorical history of the sins of Samaria and Jerusalem (Ezekiel 23), a fresh parable of the coming siege and destruction of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 24:1-14), and an account of the death of Ezekiel’s wife, and of his significant conduct in his bereavement (Ezekiel 24:15-27).