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Podcast: The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Episode: Ezekiel - Chapters 1-23
Description: Ezekiel, the priest, was taken into exile when king Jehoiachin was also taken to Babylon in 597 BC. Ezekiel received his first vision during his fifth year while in exile, which would place it at 592 BC. Zedekiah is now king of Judah, and the prophet Jeremiah is there declaring that Babylon was coming, which was the Lord's plan, and they would destroy both Jerusalem and the temple, but the king does not listen. Ezekiel is in Babylon, and the Lord has the same message for him, but to the Jewish people who were already in exile in Babylon. Since Ezekiel...