Ezekiel: Summary & Key Themes

The Book of Ezekiel at a glance, before you read it.

Written by	Ezekiel
Written for	exiles in Babylon
Type	Major prophet
Chapters	48
Position	Book 26 of 66 · book 26 of the Old Testament

Summary

A priest in exile sees visions of God’s glory leaving the temple, warns of judgment, and later sees dry bones live and a new temple.

Main themes

God’s glory
responsibility
renewal

Key verse

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)

How to read Ezekiel

Try one chapter a day: 48 days to finish. Ask three questions as you go: what did this mean to the first readers, what does it show about God, and what does it ask of me?

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