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Ezekiel was carried away to Babylon between the first and final deportations of Judah (2Ki 24:11-16). Like Daniel and the Apostle John, he prophesied out of the land, and his prophecy, like theirs, follows the method of symbol and vision. Unlike the pre-exilic prophets, whose ministry was primarily to either Judah or the ten-tribe kingdom, Ezekiel is the voice of Jehovah to "the whole house of Israel."
Speaking broadly, the purpose of his ministry is to keep before the generation born in exile the national sins which had brought Israel so low (e.g. Eze 14:23); to sustain the faith of the exiles by predictions of national restoration, of the execution of justice upon their oppressors, and of national glory under the Davidic monarchy.
Ezekiel is in seven great prophetic strains indicated by the expression, "The hand of the Lord was upon me." (Eze 1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 33:22; 37:1; 40:1). The minor divisions are indicated by the formula, "And the word of the LORD came unto me." These divisions are indicated in the text.
The events recorded in Ezekiel cover a period of 21 years (Ussher).
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