As a “sentinel for the house of Israel” (Ezekiel 3:17), Ezekiel had repeatedly warned of God’s pending penalty for Judah’s transgressions, including its fondness for idolatry (Ezekiel 5:7-10).

The Prophet Ezekiel’s memories of serving as a priest – the son of Buzi – in the Jerusalem Temple earlier in his life must have fortified him in exile. The Babylonian superpower first ...