<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah . According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years 593--571 BC, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very words of the prophet . </P> <P> The visions, and the book, are structured around three themes: (1) Judgment on Israel (chapters 1--24); (2) Judgment on the nations (chapters 25--32); and (3) Future blessings for Israel (chapters 33--48). Its themes include the concepts of the presence of God, purity, Israel as a divine community, and individual responsibility to God . Its later influence has included the development of mystical and apocalyptic traditions in Second Temple and rabbinic Judaism and Christianity . </P>

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