Ezekiel was one of those taken captive to Babylon when Israel and Judah were defeated. Judah was in a terrible state, but Jerusalem had not yet fallen. Even after all this devastation, the people of Judah were still practicing idolatry and disobedience to God’s law. God called Ezekiel through several important visions to prophecy against his fellow captives in Babylon. He had to tell them that Jerusalem would be destroyed, many would be killed, and they would remain in captivity for a long time. But he was also to show them that God would not forsake them totally.