Ezekiel

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Where the songs go in Ezekiel

The 22 songs here set 7 of the 8 movements in Ezekiel to music: “Wheels, and a Scroll That Tasted Sweet” (Ezekiel 1–11), “Every Man in the Chambers of His Imagery” (Ezekiel 12–19), “The Day the Prophet Lost His Wife” (Ezekiel 20–24), “Against the Nations” (Ezekiel 25–32), “Can These Bones Live” (Ezekiel 33–37), “Gog, and Fire on Magog” (Ezekiel 38–39) and “Measuring a Temple That Is Not There” (Ezekiel 40–43). Others take the book as a whole.

Wheels, and a Scroll That Tasted Sweet (Ezekiel 1–11). A priest sitting by a canal in Babylon sees a storm out of the north, four living creatures, wheels full of eyes, and a throne above them.

Against the Nations (Ezekiel 25–32). Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia, and then a long passage on Tyre, the trading city whose ships and cargo lists are recited like an inventory before it goes down.

Measuring a Temple That Is Not There (Ezekiel 40–43). A man with a line of flax and a measuring reed takes the prophet round a building that does not exist yet, and the measurements are recorded cubit by cubit.

Not in song here yet: “A River from Under the Door”.