Old Testament
Ezekiel prophesies among the exiles in Babylon, and his book is dominated by overwhelming visions of God's glory — establishing that the LORD is present and sovereign even far from the ruined temple. Commissioned as a watchman, Ezekiel announces both judgment and astonishing hope. He reveals God's heart toward sinners: 'Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, and not rather that he should return and live?' Against the false shepherds, God promises to shepherd his flock himself through 'one shepherd, my servant David' — fulfilled in Jesus. At the book's center stand its greatest promises: a new heart and a new spirit, the heart of stone replaced with a heart of flesh, and God's own Spirit put within his people to enable obedience — Ezekiel's parallel to Jeremiah's new covenant. And in the valley of dry bones, a dead nation is raised to life by the breath of God, dramatizing restoration and pointing to the Spirit's power to raise the dead.
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