Chapter xiv.
The elders now appear to inquire of the Lord through the prophet (verse
3; xx:1). Though the prophet had faithfully uttered the messages of
judgment and impending doom and the people and their leaders had heard
them, yet would they inquire of the Lord. The Word, the Lord had sent to
them, they rejected and now they expected some new kind of a message.
When these inquiring elders were in the presence of Ezekiel, the Word of
the Lord came unto him. This chapter contains two sections; each is
introduced by the statement, "And the Word of the Lord came unto me."