EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

• APOSTASY OF ISRAEL AND SAMARIA V. 1-8
• ISRAEL AND SAMARIA DESTROYED V. 9-10
• APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM V. 11-21
• JUDAH AND JERUSALEM DESTROYED V. 22-35
• WICKEDNESS OF THEM BOTH V. 36-44
• THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH V. 45-49

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READ EZEKIEL 231-2

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying
• 2 "Son of man, there were two women, The
  daughters of one mother.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 231-2

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying
• 2 "Son of man, there were two women, The
  daughters of one mother.
• WHO WERE THESE TWO WOMEN?
• WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 231-2

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying
• 2 "Son of man, there were two women, The
  daughters of one mother.
• WHO WERE THESE TWO WOMEN?
• Israel and Judah?
• WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER? SARAH?
• Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.
• All the Hebrews were derived from one source,
• Abraham and Sarah

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READ EZEKIEL 233-4

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• 4 Their names Oholah the elder and Oholibah her
  sister They were Mine, And they bore sons and
  daughters. As for their names,Samaria is Oholah,
  and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 233-4

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• 4 Their names Oholah the elder and Oholibah her
  sister They were Mine, And they bore sons and
  daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah,
  and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
• WHO WERE THESE TWO SISTERS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?
• WHEN DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY?
• WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 233

• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• WHERE DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY? WHEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEM? WHEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 177
• 7 They shall no more offer their sacrifices to
  demons, after whom they have played the harlot.
  This shall be a statute forever for them
  throughout their generations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 233

• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• WHERE DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY? WHEN?
• WHAT DID JOSHUA COMMAND THEM? WHEN?
• READ JOSHUA 2414-15
• 14 Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in
  sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods
  which your fathers served on the other side of
  the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!
• 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the
  LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you
  will serve, whether the gods which your fathers
  served that were on the other side of the River,
  or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you
  dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve
  the LORD." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 233

• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ EZEKIEL 166
• 6 When I passed by you and saw you struggling in
  your own blood, I said to you in your blood,
  'Live!' Yes, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!'
  NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 1622
• 22 And in all your abominations and acts of
  harlotry you did not remember the days of your
  youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling
  in your blood. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 233

• 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They
  committed harlotry in their youth Their breasts
  were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there
  pressed.
• MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ EZEKIEL 207-8
• 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away
  the abominations which are before his eyes, and
  do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
  I am the LORD your God.'
• 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not
  obey Me. They did not all cast away the
  abominations which were before their eyes, nor
  did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said,
  'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My
  anger against them in the midst of the land of
  Egypt.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 234

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 4 Their names Oholah the elder and Oholibah her
  sister They were Mine, And they bore sons and
  daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah,
  and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
• WHO WERE THESE TWO SISTERS?
• OHOLAH - (her own tent)
• - symbolic name for Samaria, capital of Israel.
• OHOLIBAH - (my tent is in her)
• - symbolic name for for Jerusalem, the capital of
  Judah.
• WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER? SARAH?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 234

• 4 Their names Oholah the elder and Oholibah her
  sister They were Mine, And they bore sons and
  daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah,
  and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
• WHO WAS OHOLAH? ISRAEL? - SAMARIA?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL?
• READ JEREMIAH 36-8
• 6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah
  the king Have you seen what backsliding Israel
  has done? She has gone up on every high mountain
  and under every green tree, and there played the
  harlot.
• 7 And I said, after she had done all these
  things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return.
  And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 234

• TWO HARLOT SISTERS
• 4 Their names Oholah the elder and Oholibah her
  sister They were Mine, And they bore sons and
  daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah,
  and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
• WHO WAS OHOLIBAH? JUDAH? - JERUSALEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 1644-45
• 44 Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use
  this proverb against you 'Like mother, like
  daughter!'
• 45 You are your mother's daughter, loathing
  husband and children and you are the sister of
  your sisters, who loathed their husbands and
  children your mother was a Hittite and your
  father an Amorite. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 235-6

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was
  Mine And she lusted for her lovers, the
  neighboring Assyrians,
• 6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and
  rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen
  riding on horses.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 235-6

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was
  Mine And she lusted for her lovers, the
  neighboring Assyrians,
• 6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and
  rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen
  riding on horses.
• WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? Oholah?
• WITH WHOM? Assyrians?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 235

• 5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was
  Mine And she lusted for her lovers, the
  neighboring Assyrians,
• 6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and
  rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen
  riding on horses.
• WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? ISRAEL?
• WITH WHOM? ASSYRIA?
• WHAT DID MENAHEM D? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 1519-20
• 19 Pul king of Assyria came against the land
  and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of
  silver, that his hand might be with him to
  strengthen the kingdom under his control.
• 20 And Menahem exacted the money from Israel,
  from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty
  shekels of silver, to give to the king of
  Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and
  did not stay there in the land. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 235

• 5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was
  Mine And she lusted for her lovers, the
  neighboring Assyrians,
• 6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and
  rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen
  riding on horses.
• WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? ISRAEL?
• WITH WHOM? ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID ISRAEL GO TO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 88-9
• 8 Israel is swallowed up Now they are among the
  Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
• 9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild
  donkey alone by itself Ephraim has hired lovers.
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 237-8

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All
  of them choice men of Assyria And with all for
  whom she lusted, With all their idols, she
  defiled herself.
• 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought
  from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with
  her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out
  their immorality upon her.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 237-8

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All
  of them choice men of Assyria And with all for
  whom she lusted, With all their idols, she
  defiled herself.
• 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought
  from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with
  her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out
  their immorality upon her.
• WHO WAS THE OLDER SISTER? ISRAEL? SAMARIA?
• HOW DID SHE DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?
• WHY DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP HER IDOLATRY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 237

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All
  of them choice men of Assyria And with all for
  whom she lusted, With all their idols, she
  defiled herself.
• HOW DID SHE DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?
• READ HOSEA 53
• 3 I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from
  Me
• For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry Israel
  is defiled. NKJV
• READ HOSEA 610
• 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of
  Israel
• There is the harlotry of Ephraim Israel is
  defiled. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 237

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All
  of them choice men of Assyria And with all for
  whom she lusted, With all their idols, she
  defiled herself.
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?
• READ ISAIAH 577-8
• 7 On a lofty and high mountain you have set your
  bed Even there you went up To offer sacrifice.
• 8 Also behind the doors and their posts you have
  set up your remembrance For you have uncovered
  yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up
  to them you have enlarged your bed And made a
  covenant with them you have loved their bed,
  Where you saw their nudity.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 238

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought
  from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with
  her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out
  their immorality upon her.
• WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? IDOLATRY?
• WHAT DID SHE DO IN EGYPT?
• WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY?
• READ EXODUS 321-4

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 238

• WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY?
• READ EXODUS 321-4
• 1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed
  coming down from the mountain, the people
  gathered together to Aaron, and said to him,
  "Come, make us gods that shall go before us for
  as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out
  of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has
  become of him."
• 2 And Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden
  earrings which are in the ears of your wives,
  your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to
  me."
• 3 So all the people broke off the golden
  earrings which were in their ears, and brought
  them to Aaron.
• 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and
  he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made
  a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god,
  O Israel, that brought you out of the land of
  Egypt!" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 238

• 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought
  from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with
  her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out
  their immorality upon her.
• WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 301-3
• 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says the
  LORD, "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who
  devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may
  add sin to sin
• 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not
  asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the
  strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow
  of Egypt!
• 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be
  your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt
  shall be your humiliation. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 238

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought
  from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with
  her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out
  their immorality upon her.
• WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 311
• 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And
  rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because
  they are many, And in horsemen because they are
  very strong,
• But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
  Nor seek the LORD! NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 239-10

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 239-10

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
• WHAT WILL THE ASSYRIANS DO TO HER?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 239

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
• READ HOSEA 29-10
• 9 I will return and take away My grain in its
  time And My new wine in its season, And will take
  back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her
  nakedness.
• 10 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight
  of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from
  My hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 239

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
• READ HOSEA 113-5
• 3 "I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by
  their arms But they did not know that I healed
  them.
• 4 I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of
  love,
• And I was to them as those who take the yoke from
  their neck. I stooped and fed them.
• 5 "He shall not return to the land of Egypt But
  the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they
  refused to repent. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 239

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1635-37
• 35 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the
  LORD!
• 36 Thus says the Lord GOD "Because your
  filthiness was poured out and your nakedness
  uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and
  with all your abominable idols, and because of
  the blood of your children which you gave to
  them,
• 37 surely, therefore, I will gather all your
  lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you
  loved, and all those you hated I will gather
  them from all around against you and will uncover
  your nakedness to them, that they may see all
  your nakedness.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 239

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand
  of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians,
  For whom she lusted.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1639-41
• 39 I will also give you into their hand, and
  they shall throw down your shrines and break down
  your high places. They shall also strip you of
  your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and
  leave you naked and bare.
• 40 They shall also bring up an assembly against
  you, and they shall stone you with stones and
  thrust you through with their swords.
• 41 They shall burn your houses with fire, and
  execute judgments on you in the sight of many
  women and I will make you cease playing the
  harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2310

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1527-30
• 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel,
  Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took
  Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,
  Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali
  and he carried them captive to Assyria.
• 30 Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy
  against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and
  killed him so he reigned in his place in the
  twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2310

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 176
• 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of
  Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to
  Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the
  Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of
  the Medes. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2310

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1724-25
• 24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from
  Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from
  Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of
  Samaria instead of the children of Israel and
  they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its
  cities.
• 25 And it was so, at the beginning of their
  dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD
  therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which
  killed some of them.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2310

• THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
• 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her
  sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword
  She became a byword among women, For they had
  executed judgment on her.
• TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1811-12
• 11 Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away
  captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by
  the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities
  of the Medes,
• 12 because they did not obey the voice of the
  LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and
  all that Moses the servant of the LORD had
  commanded and they would neither hear nor do
  them. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2311-13

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
  she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and
  in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's
  harlotry.
• 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
  Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
  Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable
  young men.
• 13 Then I saw that she was defiled Both took
  the same way.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311-13

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
  she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and
  in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's
  harlotry.
• 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
  Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
  Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable
  young men.
• 13 Then I saw that she was defiled Both took
  the same way.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
  she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and
  in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's
  harlotry.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?
• READ EZEKIEL 1647
• 47 You did not walk in their ways nor act
  according to their abominations but, as if that
  were too little, you became more corrupt than
  they in all your ways. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
  she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and
  in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's
  harlotry.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?
• READ EZEKIEL 1651-52
• 51 "Samaria did not commit half of your sins but
  you have multiplied your abominations more than
  they, and have justified your sisters by all the
  abominations which you have done.
• 52 You who judged your sisters, bear your own
  shame also, because the sins which you committed
  were more abominable than theirs they are more
  righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and
  bear your own shame, because you justified your
  sisters. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?
• READ JEREMIAH 36-8
• 6 The LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the
  king "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has
  done? She has gone up on every high mountain and
  under every green tree, and there played the
  harlot.
• 7 And I said, after she had done all these
  things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return.
  And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
• 8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which
  backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had
  put her away and given her a certificate of
  divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah did not
  fear, but went and played the harlot also.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
  she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and
  in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's
  harlotry.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?
• READ JEREMIAH 310-11
• 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister
  Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart,
  but in pretense," says the LORD.
• 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel
  has shown herself more righteous than treacherous
  Judah.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT MANASSEH?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 331-4
• 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became
  king, and he reigned fifty-five years in
  Jerusalem.
• 2 But he did evil in the sight of the LORD,
  according to the abominations of the nations whom
  the LORD had cast out before the children of
  Israel.
• 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah
  his father had broken down he raised up altars
  for the Baals, and made wooden images and he
  worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
  
• 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD,
  of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem shall
  My name be forever."

45
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2311

• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHAT DID SHE SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT MANASSEH?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 335-7
• 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in
  the two courts of the house of the LORD.
• 6 He caused his sons to pass through the fire in
  the Valley of the Son of Hinnom he practiced
  soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and
  consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much
  evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to
  anger.
• 7 He even set a carved image, the idol which he
  had made, in the house of God, of which God had
  said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this
  house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out
  of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name
  forever." (2 Kings 211-9)

46
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2312

• 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
  Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
  Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable
  young men.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians? WHY?
• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 167-8
• 7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king
  of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your
  son. Come up and save me from the hand of the
  king of Syria and from the hand of the king of
  Israel, who rise up against me."
• 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was
  found in the house of the LORD, and in the
  treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a
  present to the king of Assyria. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2312

• 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
  Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
  Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable
  young men.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians? WHY?
• WHAT DID TIGLATH-PILESER DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 2820-21
• 20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him
  and distressed him, and did not assist him.
• 21 For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the
  house of the LORD, from the house of the king,
  and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king
  of Assyria but he did not help him. NKJV

48
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2312

• 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
  Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
  Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable
  young men.
• WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?
• WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEH SAY TO JERUSALEM?
• READ ISAIAH 368-9
• 8 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my
  master the king of Assyria, and I will give you
  two thousand horses if you are able on your
  part to put riders on them!
• 9 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? NKJV

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2313

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 13 Then I saw that she was defiled Both took
  the same way.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 1719
• 19 Judah did not keep the commandments of the
  LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of
  Israel which they made. NKJV
• READ HOSEA 122
• 2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah,
  And will punish Jacob according to his ways
  According to his deeds He will recompense him.
  NKJV

50
READ EZEKIEL 2314-16

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 14 But she increased her harlotry She looked at
  men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans
  portrayed in vermilion,
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for
  them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2314-16

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 14 But she increased her harlotry She looked at
  men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans
  portrayed in vermilion,
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for
  them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
• WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?
• WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2314-15

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 14 But she increased her harlotry She looked at
  men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans
  portrayed in vermilion,
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?
• HOW DID NAHUM DESCRIBE THEM?
• READ NAHUM 23
• 3 The shields of his mighty men are made red,
  The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come
  with flaming torches In the day of his
  preparation, And the spears are brandished. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2314-15

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 14 But she increased her harlotry She looked at
  men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans
  portrayed in vermilion,
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?
• WHAT DID THEY PAINT ON THEIR WALLS?
• JEREMIAH 2214
• 14 .'I will build myself a wide house with
  spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it,
  Paneling it with cedar And painting it with
  vermilion.' NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2314-15

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 14 But she increased her harlotry She looked at
  men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans
  portrayed in vermilion,
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE ON THE WALLS?
• READ EZEKIEL 810
• 10 So I went in and saw, and there - every sort
  of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the
  idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all
  around on the walls.

55
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2315

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?
• WHO WERE THE BABYLONIANS?
• READ GENESIS 108-12
• 8 Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one
  on the earth.
• 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD
  therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty
  hunter before the LORD.
• 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,
  Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  NKJV

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2315

• 15 Girded with belts around their waists,
  Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them
  looking like captains, In the manner of the
  Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their
  nativity.
• WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE BABYLONIANS?
• READ ISAIAH 526-28
• 26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from
  afar, And will whistle to them from the end of
  the earth Surely they shall come with speed,
  swiftly.
• 27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
  No one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt
  on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their
  sandals be broken
• 28 Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows
  bent
• Their horses' hooves will seem like flint, And
  their wheels like a whirlwind. NKJV

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2316

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for
  them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
• HOW DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 69-10
• 9 Then those of you who escape will remember Me
  among the nations where they are carried captive,
  because I was crushed by their adulterous heart
  which has departed from Me, and by their eyes
  which play the harlot after their idols they
  will loathe themselves for the evils which they
  committed in all their abominations.
• 10 And they shall know that I am the LORD I have
  not said in vain that I would bring this calamity
  upon them."

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2316

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for
  them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
• WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 1627-29
• 28 You also played the harlot with the
  Assyrians, because you were insatiable indeed
  you played the harlot with them and still were
  not satisfied.
• 29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry
  as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea and
  even then you were not satisfied. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2316

• WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH JERUSALEM?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 241-4
• 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for
  three years. Then he turned and rebelled against
  him.
• 2 And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of
  Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites,
  and bands of the people of Ammon He sent them
  against Judah to destroy it, according to the
  word of the LORD which He had spoken by His
  servants the prophets.
• 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD this
  came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight
  because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all
  that he had done,
• 4 and also because of the innocent blood that he
  had shed for he had filled Jerusalem with
  innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
  NKJV

60
READ EZEKIEL 2317-18

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the
  bed of love, And they defiled her with their
  immorality So she was defiled by them, and
  alienated herself from them.
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2317-18

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the
  bed of love, And they defiled her with their
  immorality So she was defiled by them, and
  alienated herself from them.
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.
• WHAT DID THE BABYLONIANS DO TO HER?
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2317

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the
  bed of love, And they defiled her with their
  immorality So she was defiled by them, and
  alienated herself from them.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
• WHAT DID PHAROAH DO?
• WHAT DID THE CHALDEANS DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 374-5
• 4 Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the
  people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
• 5 Then Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt and
  when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem
  heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2317

• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?
• READ JEREMIAH 377-10
• 7 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Thus
  you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you
  to Me to inquire of Me "Behold, Pharaoh's army
  which has come up to help you will return to
  Egypt, to their own land.
• 8 And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight
  against this city, and take it and burn it with
  fire."'
• 9 Thus says the LORD 'Do not deceive
  yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely
  depart from us," for they will not depart.
• 10 For though you had defeated the whole army of
  the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there
  remained only wounded men among them, they would
  rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city
  with fire.'" NKJV

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2317

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the
  bed of love, And they defiled her with their
  immorality So she was defiled by them, and
  alienated herself from them.
• WHAT DID GEDALIAH SAY TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 409
• 9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of
  Shaphan, took an oath before them and their men,
  saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans.
  Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon,
  and it shall be well with you. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2318

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?
• READ ISAIAH 577-8
• 7 "On a lofty and high mountain You have set
  your bed Even there you went up To offer
  sacrifice.
• 8 Also behind the doors and their posts You have
  set up your remembrance For you have uncovered
  yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up
  to them You have enlarged your bed And made a
  covenant with them You have loved their bed,
  Where you saw their nudity. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2318

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ PSALMS 7859-61
• 59 When God heard this, He was furious, And
  greatly abhorred Israel,
• 60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
  The tent He had placed among men,
• 61 And delivered His strength into captivity,
  And His glory into the enemy's hand. NKJV

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2318

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ PSALMS 10640-42
• 40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled
  against His people, So that He abhorred His own
  inheritance.
• 41 And He gave them into the hand of the
  Gentiles,
• And those who hated them ruled over them.
• 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they
  were brought into subjection under their hand.
  NKJV

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2318

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her
  nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
  had alienated Myself from her sister.
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 68
• 8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul
  depart from you Lest I make you desolate, A land
  not inhabited.
• READ JEREMIAH 128
• 8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the
  forest It cries out against Me Therefore I have
  hated it. NKJV

69
READ EZEKIEL 2319-21

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling
  to remembrance the days of her youth, When she
  had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• 20 For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh
  is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is
  like the issue of horses.
• 21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness
  of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your
  bosom Because of your youthful breasts.

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2319-21

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling
  to remembrance the days of her youth, When she
  had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• 20 For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh
  is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is
  like the issue of horses.
• 21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness
  of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your
  bosom Because of your youthful breasts.
• WHAT DID SHE CALL TO REMEMBRANCE?
• WHAT DID SHE DO IN EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 1625-26

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2319-21

• THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
• 19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling
  to remembrance the days of her youth, When she
  had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• READ EZEKIEL 1625-26
• 25 You built your high places at the head of
  every road, and made your beauty to be abhorred.
  You offered yourself to everyone who passed by,
  and multiplied your acts of harlotry.
• 26 You also committed harlotry with the
  Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and
  increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to
  anger. NKJV

72
READ EZEKIEL 2322-24

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD
• 'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
  From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will
  bring them against you from every side
• 23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod,
  Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of
  them desirable young men, Governors and rulers,
  Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on
  horses.
• 24 And they shall come against you With
  chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of
  people. They shall array against you Buckler,
  shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate
  judgment to them, And they shall judge you
  according to their judgments.

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2322-24

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD
• 'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
  From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will
  bring them against you from every side
• 23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod,
  Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of
  them desirable young men, Governors and rulers,
  Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on
  horses.
• 24 And they shall come against you With
  chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of
  people. They shall array against you Buckler,
  shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate
  judgment to them, And they shall judge you
  according to their judgments.
• WHAT WILL HER LOVERS DO?
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DELEGATE THEM TO DO?

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2322

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD
• 'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
  From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will
  bring them against you from every side
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?
• WHAT WILL HER LOVERS DO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 430
• 30 "And when you are plundered, What will you
  do?
• Though you clothe yourself with crimson, Though
  you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, Though
  you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you
  will make yourself fair Your lovers will despise
  you They will seek your life. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2322

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD
• 'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
  From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will
  bring them against you from every side
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1636-37
• 36 Thus says the Lord GOD "Because your
  filthiness was poured out and your nakedness
  uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and
  with all your abominable idols, and because of
  the blood of your children which you gave to
  them,
• 37 Surely, therefore, I will gather all your
  lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you
  loved, and all those you hated I will gather
  them from all around against you and will uncover
  your nakedness to them, that they may see all
  your nakedness. NKJV

76
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2323-24

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod,
  Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of
  them desirable young men, Governors and rulers,
  Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on
  horses.
• 24 And they shall come against you With
  chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of
  people. They shall array against you Buckler,
  shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate
  judgment to them, And they shall judge you
  according to their judgments.
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?
• WHAT DID HEZEKIEH DO? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 2014-18

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READ 2 KINGS 2014-18

• WHAT DID HEZEKIEH DO?
• 14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King
  Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men
  say, and from where did they come to you? So
  Hezekiah said, "They came from a far country,
  from Babylon."
• 15 And he said, "What have they seen in your
  house? So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all
  that is in my house there is nothing among my
  treasures that I have not shown them."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?
• 17 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is
  in your house, and what your fathers have
  accumulated until this day, shall be carried to
  Babylon nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.
• 18 'And they shall take away some of your sons
  who will descend from you, whom you will beget
  and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the
  king of Babylon.'"

78
READ EZEKIEL 2325-27

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And
  take away your beautiful jewelry.
• 27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and
  your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So
  that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor
  remember Egypt anymore.'

79
QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325-27

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And
  take away your beautiful jewelry.
• 27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and
  your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So
  that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor
  remember Egypt anymore.'
• WHY IS THE LORD JEALOUS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD CAUSE THEM TO FORGET?

80
QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 2047-48
• 47 Say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the
  word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD
  "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it
  shall devour every green tree and every dry tree
  in you the blazing flame shall not be quenched,
  and all faces from the south to the north shall
  be scorched by it.
• 48 All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have
  kindled it it shall not be quenched. NKJV

81
QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325

• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2919-20
• 19 So it may not happen, when he hears the words
  of this curse, that he blesses himself in his
  heart, saying, 'I shall have peace, even though I
  follow the dictates of my heart' as though the
  drunkard could be included with the sober.
• 20 "The LORD would not spare him for then the
  anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn
  against that man, and every curse that is written
  in this book would settle on him, and the LORD
  would blot out his name from under heaven. NKJV

82
QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?
• READ DANIEL 25
• 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,
  "My decision is firm if you do not make known
  the dream to me, and its interpretation, you
  shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
  made an ash heap. NKJV
• HOW DID DANIEL RESPOND?

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire.
• HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?
• READ DANIEL 35-6
• 5 .At the time you hear the sound of the horn,
  flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with
  all kinds of music, you shall fall down and
  worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar
  has set up
• 6 and whoever does not fall down and worship
  shall be cast immediately into the midst of a
  burning fiery furnace." NKJV
• HOW DID DANIEL RESPOND?

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2325

• HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO AHAB ZEDEKIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 2921-23
• 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and
  Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie
  to you in My name Behold, I will deliver them
  into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
  and he shall slay them before your eyes.
• 22 And because of them a curse shall be taken up
  by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon,
  saying, "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and
  Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the
  fire"
• 23 because they have done disgraceful things in
  Israel, have committed adultery with their
  neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in
  My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed
  I know, and am a witness, says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2326

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And
  take away your beautiful jewelry.
• WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ ISAIAH 318-23
• 18 In that day the Lord will take away the
  finery The jingling anklets, the scarves, and
  the crescents
• 19 The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils
• 20 The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the
  headbands The perfume boxes, the charms,
• 21 and the rings The nose jewels,
• 22 the festal apparel, and the mantles The
  outer garments, the purses,
• 23 and the mirrors The fine linen, the turbans,
  and the robes.

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2326

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And
  take away your beautiful jewelry.
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO?
• READ EZEKIEL 1638-39
• 38 And I will judge you as women who break
  wedlock or shed blood are judged I will bring
  blood upon you in fury and jealousy.
• 39 I will also give you into their hand, and
  they shall throw down your shrines and break down
  your high places. They shall also strip you of
  your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and
  leave you naked and bare.

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2326

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And
  take away your beautiful jewelry.
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY?
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND?
• READ JEREMIAH 1322
• 22 And if you say in your heart, "Why have these
  things come upon me? For the greatness of your
  iniquity Your skirts have been uncovered, Your
  heels made bare. NKJV

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2327

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and
  your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So
  that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor
  remember Egypt anymore.'
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1643
• 43 Because you did not remember the days of your
  youth, but agitated Me with all these things,
  surely I will also recompense your deeds on your
  own head," says the Lord GOD. "And you shall not
  commit lewdness in addition to all your
  abominations. NKJV

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QUESTION EZEKIEL 2327

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and
  your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So
  that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor
  remember Egypt anymore.'
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 34-5
• 4 The children of Israel shall abide many days
  without king or prince, without sacrifice or
  sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
• 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return
  and seek the LORD their God and David their king.
  They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the
  latter days. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2328-29

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 28 "For thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will
  deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into
  the hand of those from whom you alienated
  yourself.
• 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away
  all you have worked for, and leave you naked and
  bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be
  uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2328-29

• JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
• 28 "For thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will
  deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into
  the hand of those from whom you alienated
  yourself.
• 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away
  all you have worked for, and leave you naked and
  bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be
  uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THEIR ENEMIES DO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2328-29

• 28 "For thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will
  deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into
  the hand of those from whom you alienated
  yourself.
• 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away
  all you have worked for, and leave you naked and
  bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be
  uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2847-48
• 47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God
  with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance
  of everything,
• 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom
  the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in
  thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything
  and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until
  He has destroyed you.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2328-29

• 28 "For thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will
  deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into
  the hand of those from whom you alienated
  yourself.
• 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away
  all you have worked for, and leave you naked and
  bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be
  uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1327
• 27 I have seen your adulteries And your lustful
  neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your
  abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to
  you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made
  clean? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2328-29

• 28 "For thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will
  deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into
  the hand of those from whom you alienated
  yourself.
• 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away
  all you have worked for, and leave you naked and
  bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be