I. Ezekiel’s Call and Commissioning (1:1–3:27)
A. Preface: The Prophet’s Social and Physical Location (1:1–3)
B. The Vision of the Divine Throne-Chariot (1:4–28)
C. The Prophet’s Call (2:1–3:15)
D. Commissioned as a Watchman (3:16–27)
II. Oracles of Doom (4:1–24:27)
A. Prophecies Against Jerusalem and Her Land (4:1–7:27)
1. Sign-Act #1: The Besieged Brick (4:1–3)
2. Sign-Act #2: The Prone Prophet (4:4–8)
3. Sign-Act #3: The Siege Diet (4:9–17)
4. Sign-Act #4: The Shaved Head (5:1–4)
5. Interpretation of the Sign-Acts (5:5–17)
6. Judgment on the Mountains of Israel (6:1–14)
7. The End Is Nigh (7:1–27)
B. The Vision of the Temple (8:1–11:25)
1. Four Scenes of Abomination (8:1–18)
2. The Visionary Destruction of Jerusalem (9:1–11)
3. The Departure of the Divine Throne-Chariot From the Temple (10:1–22)
4. Judgment on Israel’s Leaders (11:1–15)
5. Hope for the Exiles (11:16–25)
C. Further Oracles of Judgment (12:1–24:27)
1. A Sign-Act of Preparing For Exile (12:1–20)
2. Prophecy Will No Longer Be Delayed (12:21–28)
3. False Prophets and Prophetesses Will No Longer Be Tolerated (13:1–23)
4. Internal Idolatry Condemned (14:1–11)
5. Divine Judgment Unavoidable (14:12–23)
6. The Parable of the Worthless Vine (15:1–8)
7. The Parable of the Unfaithful Wife (16:1–63)
8. The Parable of the Vine and Two Eagles (17:1–24)
9. The Proverb of Sour Grapes Answered (18:1–32)
10. The Parable of the Two Lion Cubs (19:1–9)
11. The Parable of the Uprooted Vine (19:10–14)
12. Israel’s History of Rebellion (20:1–44)
13. The Song of the Sword (20:45–21:32)
14. The Indictment of Jerusalem (22:1–31)
15. The Parable of the Two Adulterous Sisters (23:1–49)
16. The Parable of the Cooking Pot (24:1–14)
17. The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife; The End of Jerusalem Is Nigh (24:15–27)
III. Oracles Against the Nations (25:1–32:32)
A. An Oracle Against Ammon (25:1–7)
B. An Oracle Against Moab (25:8–11)
C. An Oracle Against Edom (25:12–14)
D. An Oracle Against Philistia (25:15–17)
E. An Oracle Against Tyre and Her Ruler (26:1–28:19)
F. An Oracle Against Sidon (28:20–23)
G. Judgment for the Nations Means Salvation for Israel (28:24–26)
H. An Oracle Against Egypt and Her Ruler (29:1–32:32)
IV. Oracles of Good News (33:1–48:35)
A. The Turning Point (33:1–33)
1. The Prophet’s Commission and the Call to Repentance (33:1–20)
2. The News of Jerusalem’s Fall Received (33:21–22)
3. Challenge to Those Remaining in the Land and to Those in Exile (33:23–33)
B. Oracles of Restoration (34:1–37:28)
1. A New Shepherd (34:1–31)
2. A Renewed Land (35:1–36:15)
3. A Renewed Covenant (36:16–38)
4. A Renewed People (37:1–14)
5. A Renewed Unity (37:15–28)
C. The New Order Put to the Final Test (38:1–39:29)
1. The Raising Up and Defeat of Gog (38:1–23)
2. The Final Disposal of Gog (39:1–29)
D. The Renewed Temple (40:1–48:35)
1. The Formation of the Sacred Space (40:1–42:20)
2. The Filling of the Sacred Space (43:1–46:24)
3. The Sacred Life-Giving River (47:1–12)
4. The Redivision of the Renewed Land and City (47:13–48:35)