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Ezekiel / Chapter 10
Ezekiel’s vision shows the throne above the cherubim as fire is passed to be scattered over Jerusalem, while the glory shifts from the temple threshold toward the east gate, signaling a staged departure in view.
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Ezekiel / Chapter 10
Ezekiel’s vision shows the throne above the cherubim as fire is passed to be scattered over Jerusalem, while the glory shifts from the temple threshold toward the east gate, signaling a staged departure in view.
Context Snapshot
Date
Exilic ministry in Babylon, c. 593-571 BC
Genre
Prophetic visions and oracles
Setting
Babylon
Audience
Exiled Judeans in Babylon
World Stage
c. 593-571 BCNebuchadnezzar II 605-562 BC
Ezekiel prophesies among Judean exiles in Babylon while Jerusalem moves toward collapse and later hope. Visions, symbolic acts, judgment oracles, and restoration promises answer the crisis of exile and temple loss.
Movement
Glory, judgment, and restoration
Artifact
Visions in exile
Biblical Timeline
Exile & Return
Ezekiel context: 586 BC - 400 BC
Biblical Timeline
Exile & Return
Ezekiel context
Exile & Return / 586 BC - 400 BC
Ezekiel context is set in the exile and return, where Babylonian exile, return, rebuilding, and renewed covenant life under Persian rule.
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