Tyre’s gloat over Jerusalem meets God’s waves of judgment. Ezekiel 26 turns a proud harbor into a bare rock to teach nations who truly rules the sea.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Tyre’s gloat over Jerusalem meets God’s waves of judgment. Ezekiel 26 turns a proud harbor into a bare rock to teach nations who truly rules the sea.
Ezekiel 25 turns outward from Jerusalem to four neighboring nations that mocked, taunted, and attacked. Each oracle delivers measured justice with a single aim: that all will know the Lord.
Ezekiel 24 names the day the siege begins and interprets it with a parable of a burning pot and a sign in the prophet’s own home. The chapter exposes stubborn impurity and prepares the way for cleansing and restored speech after judgment.
Ezekiel 23 uses a shocking sister-parable to expose covenant infidelity and its consequences. It also points toward hope: jealous love that ends lewdness and restores true worship.
Ezekiel 22 confronts Jerusalem as a “city of bloodshed,” exposing corruption from palace to pulpit and promising a furnace of refining judgment. The chapter calls communities back to truthful worship, just dealings, and courageous intercession.
Ezekiel 21 declares that the Lord Himself has unsheathed the sword against Jerusalem, exposing false hopes in sanctuary and scepter. Yet within judgment rises a promise: the crown will rest on the one to whom it truly belongs.
Ezekiel 20 reviews Israel’s story to explain God’s judgment and mercy “for the sake of my name.” It ends with a robust promise of regathering and accepted worship on His holy mountain, so that all will know He is the Lord.
Ezekiel 19 is a funeral song for Judah’s crowns. The prophet mourns lions that devoured the flock and a vine burned from within, so that no branch remains for a scepter. This lament teaches honest grief and calls communities to repent and hope in the God who uproots in justice and will, in His time, plant again.
Ezekiel 18 ends a fatalistic proverb and restores responsibility and hope. Through case studies and a closing plea, the Lord calls each person to turn from sin and live, promising that He delights in repentance and gives the new heart He commands.
Ezekiel 17 unpacks a parable of eagles and a vine to indict broken oaths and misplaced trust, then pivots to a promise: God will plant a tender sprig that becomes a sheltering cedar. The chapter calls for humble fidelity now and hope rooted in the Lord’s sure planting.
Ezekiel 16 confronts covenant betrayal with fierce holiness and faithful love. After exposure and judgment, the Lord remembers His covenant and promises atonement, establishing an everlasting bond that humbles pride and restores hope.
Ezekiel’s vine-wood parable strips away illusions: a vine’s value is fruit, not lumber. Jerusalem’s unfaithfulness meets fire, yet the book’s wider promise remains—God will plant again and make a people fruitful by His own renewing life.
Ezekiel 14 confronts inquiry without obedience and calls for repentance from heart-idolatry. Through four judgments and the witness of survivors, God proves His justice and pursues the reclamation of a people who will be His.
Ezekiel 13 dismantles soothing lies that kept a wounded city from healing. God tears down the whitewashed wall, strips away manipulative devices, and saves His people from predatory hands so they will know Him and walk in truth.
Ezekiel 12 turns prophecy into a visible sermon. The sign of exile, the trembling meal, and the oracle against delay-proverbs reveal God’s justice and mercy, calling a rebellious people to confess and trust the word He performs.