The prophet Ezekiel was active from 597-587 during the time of the Babylonian conquest. At the time of the writing, Babylon was a leading political power as a nation
and one action of theirs was to exile the people of Judea in order to keep a tighter grip on their power. As the exile went on, Jerusalem and the Temple in the city were destroyed with the Judean people still in exile with little hope or thought of redemption left.
Ezekiel himself was a priest and temple worker, the temple was the most important thing to him and serving God was very important to him. …
