13 APRIL 1895, Page 24

How to Read the Prophets : Ezekiel. By the Rev.

Buchanan flake, B.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—This most useful series is carried on by a volume which deals satisfactorily with a very difficult subject. Mr. Blake divides the ministry of Ezekiel into three periods, and his prophecy into corresponding portions —(1) The Message to Israel (i.-xxiv.) ; (2) Oracles against the Nations (xxv.-xxxii.) ; (3) The New Commonwealth and Temple (xxxiii.-xlviii.). This last should be read, it is suggested, in con- nection with the Priestly Code as it is found in Leviticus.