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Ezekiel 1 - Summary

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By the river Chebar in the land of the Chaldeans during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, Ezekiel the priest receives his inaugural vision of God's glory: a great cloud with fire, four living creatures each with four faces and four wings, and wheels within wheels full of eyes, with the likeness of a throne above the firmament.

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Ezekiel
Ezekiel

Priest-prophet who ministered to the exiles in Babylon

Places in This Chapter

Babylon
Babylon

Place of exile where Ezekiel received his visions and prophesied

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem

City whose destruction Ezekiel prophesied and saw in visions

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Position in Book

Call and CommissionChapters 1-3

Ezekiel's throne vision and call to be a watchman.

Judgment on JerusalemChapters 4-24
Judgment on NationsChapters 25-32
Restoration PromisesChapters 33-39
The New TempleChapters 40-48

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