--- title: "Book of Ezekiel: Summary & All 48 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/ description: "The Book of Ezekiel (also called Ezechiel), a book of prophetic visions in 48 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 48 chapters, and the full text free." --- Old Testament # The Book of Ezekiel The Book of Ezekiel is the thirty-first of the 46 books of the Old Testament: 48 chapters and 1,272 verses. The Douay-Rheims calls it Ezechiel. [Start reading: Ezekiel 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/1/) Chapters 1–48: [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/1/) … [48](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/48/) ## About Ezekiel About Ezekiel · Prophetic visions Ezekiel was a priest deported to Babylon before Jerusalem fell, and his book records the strangest visions in the prophets: the throne-chariot of God, the departure of God's glory from the temple, the valley of dry bones brought to life. He wrote for fellow exiles in two registers — demolishing false hope before the city fell, then building real hope after. His promises of a new heart and a new spirit, and of God himself shepherding his flock, feed directly into the Gospels. *Ezekiel in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | Old Testament — book 31 of 46, 31 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 48 | | Verses | 1,272, as Bless numbers them | | In the Douay-Rheims | Ezechiel | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, every chapter | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 48 chapters · 92 notes | | Catechism | 18 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 48 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [Ezekiel 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/1/) 28 verses The time of Ezechiel's prophecy: he sees a glorious vision. 2. ### [Ezekiel 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/2/) 9 verses The prophet receives his commission. 3. ### [Ezekiel 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/3/) 27 verses The prophet eats the book, and receives further instructions: the office of a watchman. 4. ### [Ezekiel 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/4/) 17 verses A prophetic description of the siege of Jerusalem, and the famine that shall reign there. 5. ### [Ezekiel 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/5/) 17 verses The judgments of God upon the Jews are foreshewn under the type of the prophet's hair. 6. ### [Ezekiel 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/6/) 14 verses The punishment of Israel for their idolatry: a remnant shall be saved. 7. ### [Ezekiel 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/7/) 27 verses The final desolation of Israel: from which few shall escape. 8. ### [Ezekiel 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/8/) 18 verses The prophet sees in a vision the abominations committed in Jerusalem; which determine the Lord to spare them no longer. 9. ### [Ezekiel 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/9/) 11 verses All are ordered to be destroyed that are not marked in their foreheads. God will not be entreated for them. 10. ### [Ezekiel 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/10/) 22 verses Fire is taken from the midst of the wheels under the cherubims, and scattered over the city. A description of the cherubims. 11. ### [Ezekiel 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/11/) 25 verses A prophecy against the presumptuous assurance of the great ones. A remnant shall be saved, and receive a new spirit, and a new heart. 12. ### [Ezekiel 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/12/) 28 verses The prophet forsheweth, by signs, the captivity of Sedecias, and the desolation of the people: all which shall quickly come to pass. 13. ### [Ezekiel 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/13/) 23 verses God declares against false prophets and prophetesses, that deceive the people with lies. 14. ### [Ezekiel 14](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/14/) 23 verses God suffers the wicked to be deceived in punishment of their wickedness. The evils that shall come upon them for their sins: for which they shall not be delivered by the prayers of Noe, Daniel, and Job. But a remnant shall be preserved. 15. ### [Ezekiel 15](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/15/) 8 verses As a vine cut down is fit for nothing but the fire; so it shall be with Jerusalem, for her sins. 16. ### [Ezekiel 16](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/16/) 63 verses Under the figure of an unfaithful wife, God upbraids Jerusalem with her ingratitude and manifold disloyalties: but promiseth mercy by a new covenant. 17. ### [Ezekiel 17](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/17/) 24 verses The parable of the two eagles and the vine. A promise of the cedar of Christ and his church. 18. ### [Ezekiel 18](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/18/) 32 verses One man shall not bear the sins of another, but every one his own; if a wicked man truly repent, he shall be saved; and if a just man leave his justice, he shall perish. 19. ### [Ezekiel 19](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/19/) 14 verses The parable of the young lions, and of the vineyard that is wasted. 20. ### [Ezekiel 20](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/20/) 49 verses God refuses to answer the ancients of Israel inquiring by the prophet: but by him setteth his benefits before their eyes, and their heinous sins: threatening yet greater punishments: but still mixed with mercy. 21. ### [Ezekiel 21](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/21/) 32 verses The destruction of Jerusalem by the sword is further described: the ruin also of the Ammonites is forshewn. And finally Babylon, the destroyer of others, shall be destroyed. 22. ### [Ezekiel 22](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/22/) 31 verses The general corruption of the inhabitants of Jerusalem: for which God will consume them as dross in his furnace. 23. ### [Ezekiel 23](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/23/) 49 verses Under the names of the two harlots, Oolla and Ooliba, are described the manifold disloyalties of Samaria and Jerusalem, with the punishment of them both. 24. ### [Ezekiel 24](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/24/) 27 verses Under the parable of a boiling pot is shewn the utter destruction of Jerusalem: for which the Jews at Babylon shall not dare to mourn. 25. ### [Ezekiel 25](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/25/) 17 verses A prophecy against the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines, for their malice against the Israelites. 26. ### [Ezekiel 26](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/26/) 21 verses A prophecy of the destruction of the famous city of Tyre by Nabuchodonosor. 27. ### [Ezekiel 27](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/27/) 36 verses A description of the glory and riches of Tyre: and of her irrecoverable fall. 28. ### [Ezekiel 28](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/28/) 26 verses The king of Tyre, who affected to be like to God, shall fall under the like sentence with Lucifer. The judgment of Sidon. The restoration of Israel. 29. ### [Ezekiel 29](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/29/) 21 verses The king of Egypt shall be overthrown, and his kingdom wasted: it shall be given to Nabuchodonosor for his service against Tyre. 30. ### [Ezekiel 30](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/30/) 26 verses The desolation of Egypt and her helpers: all her cities shall be wasted. 31. ### [Ezekiel 31](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/31/) 18 verses The Assyrian empire fell for their pride: the Egyptian shall fall in like manner. 32. ### [Ezekiel 32](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/32/) 32 verses The prophet's lamentation for the king of Egypt. 33. ### [Ezekiel 33](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/33/) 33 verses The duty of the watchman appointed by God: the justice of God's ways: his judgments upon the Jews. 34. ### [Ezekiel 34](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/34/) 31 verses Evil pastors are reproved. Christ the true pastor shall come, and gather together his flock from all parts of the earth, and preserve it for ever. 35. ### [Ezekiel 35](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/35/) 15 verses The judgment of mount Seir, for their hatred of Israel. 36. ### [Ezekiel 36](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/36/) 38 verses The restoration of Israel, not for their merits, but by God's special grace. Christ's baptism. 37. ### [Ezekiel 37](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/37/) 28 verses A vision of the resurrection of dry bones, foreshewing the deliverance of the people from their captivity. Juda and Israel shall be all one kingdom under Christ. God's everlasting covenant with the church. 38. ### [Ezekiel 38](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/38/) 23 verses Gog shall persecute the church in the latter days. He shall be overthrown. 39. ### [Ezekiel 39](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/39/) 29 verses God's judgments upon Gog. God's people were punished for their sins: but shall be favoured with everlasting kindness. 40. ### [Ezekiel 40](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/40/) 49 verses The prophet sees in a vision the rebuilding of the temple: the dimensions of several parts thereof. 41. ### [Ezekiel 41](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/41/) 26 verses A description of the temple, and of all the parts of it. 42. ### [Ezekiel 42](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/42/) 20 verses A description of the courts, chambers, and other places belonging to the temple. 43. ### [Ezekiel 43](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/43/) 27 verses The glory of God returns to the new temple. The Israelites shall no more profane God's name by idolatry: the prophet is commanded to shew them the dimensions, and form of the temple, and of the altar, with the sacrifices to be offered thereon. 44. ### [Ezekiel 44](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/44/) 31 verses The east gate of the sanctuary shall be always shut. The uncircumcised shall not enter into the sanctuary: nor the Levites that have served idols: but the sons of Sadoc shall do the priestly functions, who stood firm in the worst of times. 45. ### [Ezekiel 45](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/45/) 25 verses Portions of land for the sanctuary, for the city, and for the prince. Ordinances for the prince. 46. ### [Ezekiel 46](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/46/) 24 verses Other ordinances for the prince and for the sacrifices. 47. ### [Ezekiel 47](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/47/) 23 verses The vision of the holy waters issuing out from under the temple: the borders of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes. 48. ### [Ezekiel 48](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/48/) 35 verses The portions of the twelve tribes, of the sanctuary, of the city, and of the prince. The dimensions and gates of the city. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, Ezekiel is read at the principal Mass on 12 days in the US calendar. The next 8 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Mon, Nov 9, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/09/) | Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome | First Reading | [Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/47/) | | [Sun, Nov 22, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/22/) | The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe | First Reading | [Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/34/) | | [Sat, Feb 13, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/13/) | Saturday after Ash Wednesday | Verse before the Gospel | [Ezekiel 33:11](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/33/) | | [Fri, Feb 19, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/19/) | Friday of the First Week of Lent | First Reading | [Ezekiel 18:21-28](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/18/) | | [Fri, Feb 19, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/19/) | Friday of the First Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [Ezekiel 18:31](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/18/) | | [Tue, Feb 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/23/) | Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [Ezekiel 18:31](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/18/) | | [Tue, Mar 9, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/09/) | Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | First Reading | [Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/47/) | | [Mon, Mar 15, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/15/) | Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [Ezekiel 33:11](https://blessbible.app/bible/ezekiel/33/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). 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