The material between Ezekiel’s call (chs. 1–3) and his vision of Jerusalem’s destruction (chs. 8–11) falls into two parts. Chapters 4 and 5 present a series of four sign-acts depicting Jerusalem’s siege and fall (4:1–3, 4–8, 9–17; 5:1–17). Chapters 6 and 7 are oracles of judgment directed against the mountains of Israel (ch. 6) and the people, particularly the leaders, of Jerusalem (ch. 7). However, these two sections are neatly interwoven. In the fourth sign-act, the Lord calls down destruction upon Israel because of “your detestable idols” (5:9) and “detestable practices” (5:11). Both verses use the same Hebrew word, toʿebah (see the discussion of this term in the Additional Notes). These detestable things (again, toʿebah) are also the reason for judgment in Ezekiel 6:9, 11 and 7:3–4, 8–…