"Based on the New International version."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ezekiel's message of judgment (Ezek. 1-33) -- Ezekiel's call (Ezek. 1-3) -- Signs and oracles of judgment (Ezek. 4-7) -- The glory departs (Ezek. 8-11) -- Laying the blame and taking responsibility (Ezek. 12-19) -- Signs, sayings, and oracles of judgment (Ezek. 12-14) -- Riddles and metaphors (Ezek. 15-17) -- Personal accountability (Ezek. 18-19) -- Oracles of destruction (Ezek. 20-24) -- An unholy history (Ezek. 20:1-44) -- Miscellaneous oracles of judgment (Ezek. 20:45-22:31) -- A tale of two sisters (Ezek. 23) -- Jerusalem's siege, in parable and sign (Ezek. 24) -- Oracles against the nations (Ezek. 25-32) -- Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia (Ezek. 25) -- Tyre, Sidon--and Israel (Ezek. 26:1-28:26) -- Egypt (Ezek. 29:1-32:32) -- Endings and beginnings (Ezek. 33) -- Ezekiel's message of hope and restoration (Ezek. 34-48) -- Oracles of restoration (Ezek. 34-37) -- Gog of Magog (Ezek. 38-39) -- The law of the temple (Ezek. 40-48) -- Prologue to the law of the temple: the Lord comes home (Ezek. 40:1-43:9) -- The law of the temple (Ezek. 43:10-46:24) -- Epilogue to the law of the temple: river, land, city (Ezek. 47-48).

Ezekiel is a transitional character writing in times of dramatic change. A priest without a temple, called to the prophetic office; an exile without a country, writing to his fellow exiles; a public figure for a while without a voice, Ezekiel composes a magnum opus that touched the hearts and minds of his generation and a work that continues to speak of the power and love of God more than two thousand years later. Steven Tuell has captured the breadth and depth of the man and his profound recognition of the power and grace of God for a disenfranchised community. He has provided clear understanding of a complex book of the Bible that many in the past have found confusing and murky. He clarifies the theological underpinnings of the text and brings the brilliance of this book into the light. His explanation of the visionary closing chapters of the book that center on a new nation and a new center of worship is cogent and clear. - Publisher.