EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

• SINS OF JERUSALEM V. 1-12
• JUDGMENTS V. 13-16
• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE V. 17-22
• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS V. 23-31

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READ EZEKIEL 221-3

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 221-3

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL?
• WHY CALL JERUSALEM THE BLOODY CITY?
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 222-3

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.
• WHY CALL JERUSALEM THE BLOODY CITY?
• READ NAHUM 31
• 1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies
  and robbery. Its victim never departs. NKJV
• READ HABAKKUK 212-14
• 12 "Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
• Who establishes a city by iniquity! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 222-3

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.
• WHY CALL JERUSALEM THE BLOODY CITY?
• READ HOSEA 41-2
• 1 Hear the word of the LORD, You children of
  Israel,
• For the LORD brings a charge against the
  inhabitants of the land "There is no truth or
  mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.
• 2 By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing
  and committing adultery, They break all
  restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 222-3

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 162
• 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her
  abominations NKJV
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 222

• 2 "Now, son of man, will you judge, will you
  judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her
  abominations!
• 3 Then say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "The city
  sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may
  come and she makes idols within herself to
  defile herself.
• WHY?
• READ PROVERBS 836
• 36 He who sins against me wrongs his own soul
• All those who hate me love death. NKJV
• WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 427
• 27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be
  acceptable to you break off your sins by being
  righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy
  to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening
  of your prosperity. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• WHAT WAS JERUSALEM GUILTY OF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• WHAT WAS JERUSALEM GUILTY OF?
• READ 2 KINGS 2116
• 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent
  blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end
  to another, besides his sin by which he made
  Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the
  LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• WHAT WAS JERUSALEM GUILTY OF?
• READ EZEKIEL 2026
• 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of
  their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their
  firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might
  make them desolate and that they might know that
  I am the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 514
• 14 Moreover I will make you a waste and a
  reproach among the nations that are all around
  you, in the sight of all who pass by. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR INIQUITY?
• READ EZEKIEL 514
• 14 Moreover I will make you a waste and a
  reproach among the nations that are all around
  you, in the sight of all who pass by. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 224-5

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you
  have shed, and have defiled yourself with the
  idols which you have made. You have caused your
  days to draw near, and have come to the end of
  your years therefore I have made you a reproach
  to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
• 5 Those near and those far from you will mock
  you as infamous and full of tumult.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR INIQUITY?
• READ PSALMS 4413-14
• 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A
  scorn and a derision to those all around us.
• 14 You make us a byword among the nations, A
  shaking of the head among the peoples. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• READ MICAH 76
• 6 For son dishonors father, Daughter rises
  against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her
  mother-in-law A man's enemies are the men of
  his own household.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ EXODUS 2221-22
• 21 "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor
  oppress him, for you were strangers in the land
  of Egypt.
• 22 "You shall not afflict any widow or
  fatherless child.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ EXODUS 239
• 9 You shall not oppress a stranger, for you
  know the heart of a stranger, because you were
  strangers in the land of Egypt. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 516
• 16 'Honor your father and your mother, as the
  LORD your God has commanded you, that your days
  may be long, and that it may be well with you in
  the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2716
• 16 'Cursed is the one who treats his father or
  his mother with contempt. And all the people
  shall say, 'Amen!' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 226-7

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 6 "Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you.
• 7 In you they have made light of father and
  mother in your midst they have oppressed the
  stranger in you they have mistreated the
  fatherless and the widow.
• WHAT DID THEIR LEADERS CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR SINS?
• READ EZEKIEL 116-7
• 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city,
  and you have filled its streets with the slain."
• 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Your slain
  whom you have laid in its midst, they are the
  meat, and this city is the caldron but I shall
  bring you out of the midst of it. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 228-12

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 8 You have despised My holy things and profaned
  My Sabbaths.
• 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed
  in you are those who eat on the mountains in
  your midst they commit lewdness.
• 10 In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness
  in you they violate women who are set apart
  during their impurity.
• 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's
  wife another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law
  and another in you violates his sister, his
  father's daughter.
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 228-12

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 8 You have despised My holy things and profaned
  My Sabbaths.
• 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed
  in you are those who eat on the mountains in
  your midst they commit lewdness.
• 10 In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness
  in you they violate women who are set apart
  during their impurity.
• 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's
  wife another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law
  and another in you violates his sister, his
  father's daughter.
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 228

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 8 You have despised My holy things and profaned
  My Sabbaths.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ EXODUS 208-10
• 8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
• 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
  
• 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
  LORD your God. In it you shall do no work you,
  nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male
  servant, nor your female servant, nor your
  cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
  gates. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 229

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed
  in you are those who eat on the mountains in
  your midst they commit lewdness.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 1916
• 16 You shall not go about as a talebearer among
  your people nor shall you take a stand against
  the life of your neighbor I am the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 229

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed
  in you are those who eat on the mountains in
  your midst they commit lewdness.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• READ ISAIAH 593
• 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And
  your fingers with iniquity Your lips have spoken
  lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. NKJV
• READ HOSEA 69
• 9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So
  the company of priests murder on the way to
  Shechem Surely they commit lewdness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2210

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 10 In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness
  in you they violate women who are set apart
  during their impurity.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 122
• 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying 'If
  a woman has conceived, and borne a male child,
  then she shall be unclean seven days as in the
  days of her customary impurity she shall be
  unclean. NKJV
• READ LEVITICUS 1819
• 19 You shall not approach a woman to uncover her
  nakedness as long as she is in her customary
  impurity.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2211

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's
  wife another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law
  and another in you violates his sister, his
  father's daughter.
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 186-17
• 6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near
  of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness I am the
  LORD.
• MOTHER, MOTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER, DAUGHTER, AUNT,
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW, GRAND-DAUGHTER
• 17 They are near of kin. It is wickedness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2211

• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 186-17
• 6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near
  of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness I am the
  LORD.
• MOTHER, MOTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER, DAUGHTER, AUNT,
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW, GRAND-DAUGHTER
• 17 They are near of kin. It is wickedness. NKJV
• REMEMBER
• LOT HIS DAUGHTERS GENESIS 1930-38
• JACOB LEAH GENESIS 2916-30
• REUBEN BILAH (JACOBS CONCUBINE) GENESIS 3522
• DAVID BATHSHEBA 2 SAMUEL 11
• AMNON TAMAR (ABSOLOMS DAUGHTER)2 SAMUEL 131-22

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2211

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's
  wife another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law
  and another in you violates his sister, his
  father's daughter.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF
• READ JEREMIAH 58
• 8 They were like well-fed lusty stallions Every
  one neighed after his neighbor's wife. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ LEVITICUS 1913
• 13 'You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob
  him. The wages of him who is hired shall not
  remain with you all night until morning. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• WHAT LAWS HAVE THEY BROKEN?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2725-26
• 25 'Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay
  an innocent person. "And all the people shall
  say, 'Amen!'
• 26 'Cursed is the one who does not confirm all
  the words of this law. "And all the people shall
  say, 'Amen!'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ ISAIAH 522-23
• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to
  men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ AMOS 512
• 12 I know your manifold transgressions and your
  mighty sins Afflicting the just and taking
  bribes Diverting the poor from justice at the
  gate. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT WERE THEY GUILTY OF?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ MICAH 72-3
• 2 The faithful man has perished from the earth,
  And there is no one upright among men. They all
  lie in wait for blood Every man hunts his
  brother with a net.
• 3 That they may successfully do evil with both
  hands
• The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a
  bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire
  So they scheme together. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3218
• 18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
• And have forgotten the God who fathered you. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 10621
• 21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done
  great things in Egypt, NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ ISAIAH 1710-11
• 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your
  salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock
  of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant
  pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings
• 11 In the day you will make your plant to grow,
  And in the morning you will make your seed to
  flourish But the harvest will be a heap of ruins
  In the day of grief and desperate sorrow. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2212

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 12 In you they take bribes to shed blood you
  take usury and increase you have made profit
  from your neighbors by extortion, and have
  forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
• WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 232
• 32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride
  her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days
  without number. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 321
• 21 A voice was heard on the desolate heights,
  Weeping and supplications of the children of
  Israel. For they have perverted their way They
  have forgotten the LORD their God. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2213-16

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2213-16

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT IS THE LORD DOING?
• WHAT IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2213

• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• READ EZEKIEL 611
• 11 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Pound your fists and
  stamp your feet, and say, 'Alas, for all the evil
  abominations of the house of Israel! For they
  shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by
  pestilence. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2213

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• READ EZEKIEL 2117
• 17 "I also will beat My fists together, And I
  will cause My fury to rest I, the LORD, have
  spoken." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2213

• SINS OF JERUSALEM
• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID BALAK DO? WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 2410
• 10 Then Balak's anger was aroused against
  Balaam, and he struck his hands together and
  Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my
  enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed
  them these three times! NKJV

46
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2213

• 13 "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the
  dishonest profit which you have made, and at the
  bloodshed which has been in your midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ ISAIAH 3315-16
• 15 He who walks righteously and speaks
  uprightly,
• He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who
  gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who
  stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And
  shuts his eyes from seeing evil
• 16 He will dwell on high His place of defense
  will be the fortress of rocks Bread will be
  given him, His water will be sure. NKJV

47
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2214

• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY?
• WHAT ABOUT THE LORDS JUDGMENT?
• READ PSALMS 767-9
• 7 You, Yourself, are to be feared And who may
  stand in Your presence When once You are angry?
• 8 You caused judgment to be heard from heaven
• The earth feared and was still,
• 9 When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the
  oppressed of the earth. NKJV

48
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2214

• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY?
• WHAT ABOUT THE LORDS JUDGMENT?
• READ EZEKIEL 217
• 7 And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are
  you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of
  the news when it comes, every heart will melt,
  all hands will be feeble, every spirit will
  faint, and all knees will be weak as water.
  Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to
  pass,' says the Lord GOD." NKJV

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2214

• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• WHAT ABOUT THE LORDS JUDGMENT?
• READ EZEKIEL 716-18
• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee
  will be as weak as water.
• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads. NKJV

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2214

• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY?
• WHAT ABOUT THE LORDS JUDGMENT?
• READ EZEKIEL 724
• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2214

• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY?
• WHAT ABOUT THE LORDS JUDGMENT?
• READ JOEL 211
• 11 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His
  camp is very great For strong is the One who
  executes His word. For the day of the LORD is
  great and very terrible Who can endure it? NKJV
• READ NAHUM 15
• 5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills
  melt,
• And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the
  world and all who dwell in it. NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2215-16

• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEM? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM IN THE BEGINNING?
• READ EXODUS 195
• 5 If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My
  covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to
  Me above all people for all the earth is
  Mine. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2215-16

• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEM? WHY?
• WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY REBELLED?
• READ LEVITICUS 2633
• 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw
  out a sword after you your land shall be
  desolate and your cities waste. NKJV
• READ DEUTERONOMY 427
• 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples,
  and you will be left few in number among the
  nations where the LORD will drive you. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2215-16

• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEM? WHY?
• WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY REBELLED?
• READ EZEKIEL 1640-41
• 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

55
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2215-16

• 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse
  you throughout the countries, and remove your
  filthiness completely from you.
• 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the
  nations then you shall know that I am the
  LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEM? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH THEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 714
• 14 "I scattered them with a whirlwind among all
  the nations which they had not known. Thus the
  land became desolate after them, so that no one
  passed through or returned for they made the
  pleasant land desolate."

56
READ EZEKIEL 2217-20

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 17 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me they are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace they have become
  dross from silver.
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because you
  have all become dross, therefore behold, I will
  gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it so I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury, and I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMPARE THEM TO?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2217-20

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 17 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me they are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace they have become
  dross from silver.
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because you
  have all become dross, therefore behold, I will
  gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it so I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury, and I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMPARE THEM TO?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2218

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me they are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace they have become
  dross from silver.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMPARE THEM TO?
• READ ISAIAH 122-23
• 22 Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed
  with water.
• 23 Your princes are rebellious, And companions
  of thieves Everyone loves bribes, And follows
  after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless,
  Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
  NKJV

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2218

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me they are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace they have become
  dross from silver.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMPARE THEM TO?
• READ JEREMIAH 628-30
• 28 They are all stubborn rebels, walking as
  slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are
  all corrupters
• 29 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is
  consumed by the fire The smelter refines in
  vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.
• 30 People will call them rejected silver,
  Because the LORD has rejected them. NKJV

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2219

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because you
  have all become dross, therefore behold, I will
  gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMPARE THEM TO?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 119119
• 119 You put away all the wicked of the earth
  like dross
• Therefore I love Your testimonies. NKJV

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2220

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it so I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury, and I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 89-10
• 9 They have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild
  donkey alone by itself Ephraim has hired lovers.
  
• 10 Yes, though they have hired among the
  nations,
• Now I will gather them And they shall sorrow a
  little,
• Because of the burden of the king of princes.
  NKJV

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2220

• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it so I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury, and I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ MALACHI 31-3
• 1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will
  prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you
  seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the
  Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight.
  Behold, He is coming,"
• Says the LORD of hosts.
• 2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And
  who can stand when He appears? For He is like a
  refiner's fire And like launderers' soap.
• 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of
  silver He will purify the sons of Levi, And
  purge them as gold and silver, That they may
  offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness.
  NKJV

63
READ EZEKIEL 2221-22

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a
  furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst
  then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured
  out My fury on you.'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2221-22

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a
  furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst
  then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured
  out My fury on you.'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2221

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BLOWS ON THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 406-8
• 6 "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is
  like the flower of the field.
• 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because
  the breath of the LORD blows upon it Surely the
  people are grass.
• 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the
  word of our God stands forever." NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2221

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BLOWS ON THEM?
• READ PSALMS 681-2
• 1 Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered
  Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
• 2 As smoke is driven away, So drive them away
  As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked
  perish at the presence of God. NKJV

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2221

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BLOWS ON THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 2131-32
• 31 I will pour out My indignation on you I will
  blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And
  deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are
  skillful to destroy.
• 32 You shall be fuel for the fire Your blood
  shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not
  be remembered, For I the LORD have spoken.'"
  NKJV

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2221

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHY DID THE LORD BLOW ON THEM?
• READ HAGGAI 19-11
• 9 "You looked for much, but indeed it came to
  little and when you brought it home, I blew it
  away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of
  My house that is in ruins, while every one of you
  runs to his own house.
• 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the
  dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
• 11 For I called for a drought on the land and
  the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and
  the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on
  men and livestock, and on all the labor of your
  hands." NKJV

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2222

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a
  furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst
  then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured
  out My fury on you.'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 77-8
• 7 Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the
  land
• The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And
  not of rejoicing in the mountains.
• 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And
  spend My anger upon you I will judge you
  according to your ways, And I will repay you for
  all your abominations.

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2222

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a
  furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst
  then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured
  out My fury on you.'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 125-26
• 25 I will turn My hand against you, And
  thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away
  all your alloy.
• 26 I will restore your judges as at the first,
  And your counselors as at the beginning.
  Afterward you shall be called the city of
  righteousness, the faithful city." NKJV

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2222

• ISRAEL IN THE FURNACE
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a
  furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst
  then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured
  out My fury on you.'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?
• READ ISAIAH 547-8
• 7 "For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But
  with great mercies I will gather you.
• 8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for
  a moment But with everlasting kindness I will
  have mercy on you, Says the LORD, your Redeemer.
  NKJV

72
READ EZEKIEL 2223-24

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 23 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2223-24

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 23 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
• READ LEVITICUS 263-5
• 3 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My
  commandments, and perform them,
• 4 then I will give you rain in its season, the
  land shall yield its produce, and the trees of
  the field shall yield their fruit.
• 5 Your threshing shall last till the time of
  vintage and the vintage shall last till the time
  of sowing you shall eat your bread to the full,
  and dwell in your land safely. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1113-15
• 13 'And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My
  commandments which I command you today, to love
  the LORD your God and serve Him with all your
  heart and with all your soul,
• 14 Then I will give you the rain for your land
  in its season, the early rain and the latter
  rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new
  wine, and your oil.
• 15 And I will send grass in your fields for
  your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.'
  NKJV

76
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2812
• 12 The LORD will open to you His good treasure,
  the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its
  season, and to bless all the work of your hand.
  You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not
  borrow. NKJV

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• WHAT DID ELIJAH SAY TO AHAB? WHY?
• READ 1 KINGS 171
• 1 Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of
  Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel
  lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be
  dew nor rain these years, except at my word."
  NKJV

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• READ JEREMIAH 32-3
• 2 "Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and
  see
• Where have you not lain with men? By the road you
  have sat for them Like an Arabian in the
  wilderness And you have polluted the land With
  your harlotries and your wickedness.
• 3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, And
  there has been no latter rain. You have had a
  harlot's forehead You refuse to be ashamed.
  NKJV

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• READ JEREMIAH 143-4
• 3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water
  They went to the cisterns and found no water.
  They returned with their vessels empty They were
  ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
• 4 Because the ground is parched, For there was
  no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed
  They covered their heads. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• READ AMOS 47-8
• 7 "I also withheld rain from you, When there
  were still three months to the harvest. I made it
  rain on one city, I withheld rain from another
  city. One part was rained upon, And where it did
  not rain the part withered.
• 8 So two or three cities wandered to another
  city to drink water, But they were not satisfied
  Yet you have not returned to Me, Says the LORD.
  NKJV

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2224

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 24 "Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAND?
• WHY WAS THERE NO RAIN?
• WHY DID THE RAIN RETURN?
• READ JOEL 223-24
• 23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, And
  rejoice in the LORD your God For He has given
  you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause
  the rain to come down for you - the former rain
  And the latter rain in the first month.
• 24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,
  And the vats shall overflow with new wine and
  oil. NKJV

82
READ EZEKIEL 2225-26

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• 26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned
  My holy things they have not distinguished
  between the holy and unholy, nor have they made
  known the difference between the unclean and the
  clean and they have hidden their eyes from My
  Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?

83
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2225-26

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• 26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned
  My holy things they have not distinguished
  between the holy and unholy, nor have they made
  known the difference between the unclean and the
  clean and they have hidden their eyes from My
  Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRIESTS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

84
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2225

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• READ JEREMIAH 119-10
• 9 The LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been
  found among the men of Judah and among the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of
  their forefathers who refused to hear My words,
  and they have gone after other gods to serve
  them the house of Israel and the house of Judah
  have broken My covenant which I made with their
  fathers." NKJV

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2225

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• READ HOSEA 69-10
• 9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So
  the company of priests murder on the way to
  Shechem
• Surely they commit lewdness.
• 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of
  Israel
• There is the harlotry of Ephraim Israel is
  defiled. NKJV

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2225

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 33-4
• 3 Her princes in her midst are roaring lions
  Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a
  bone till morning.
• 4 Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people
• Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They
  have done violence to the law. NKJV

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2225

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT THEM?
• READ MATTHEW 2314
• 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
  hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and
  for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you
  will receive greater condemnation. NKJV

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• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is
  like a roaring lion tearing the prey they have
  devoured people they have taken treasure and
  precious things they have made many widows in
  her midst.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ABOUT IT?
• READ JEREMIAH 158
• 8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than
  the sand of the seas I will bring against them,
  Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer
  at noonday I will cause anguish and terror to
  fall on them suddenly. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2226

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AARON? WHY?
• READ LEVITICUS 109-11
• 9 "Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you,
  nor your sons with you, when you go into the
  tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be
  a statute forever throughout your generations,
• 10 that you may distinguish between holy and
  unholy, and between unclean and clean,
• 11 and that you may teach the children of Israel
  all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to
  them by the hand of Moses." NKJV

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• 26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned
  My holy things they have not distinguished
  between the holy and unholy, nor have they made
  known the difference between the unclean and the
  clean and they have hidden their eyes from My
  Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRIESTS?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 34
• 4 Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people
• Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They
  have done violence to the law. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2226

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRIESTS?
• READ HOSEA 97-9
• 7 The days of punishment have come The days of
  recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet
  is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because
  of the greatness of your iniquity and great
  enmity.
• 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God But
  the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways
  Enmity in the house of his God.
• 9 They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of
  Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity He will
  punish their sins. NKJV

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• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRIESTS?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ABOUT IT?
• READ MALACHI 27-9
• 7 "For the lips of a priest should keep
  knowledge,
• And people should seek the law from his mouth
  For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
• 8 But you have departed from the way You have
  caused many to stumble at the law. You have
  corrupted the covenant of Levi, Says the LORD of
  hosts.
• 9 "Therefore I also have made you contemptible
  and base Before all the people, Because you have
  not kept My ways But have shown partiality in the
  law." NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2227-28

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• 28 Her prophets plastered them with un-tempered
  mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies
  for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when
  the LORD had not spoken.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRINCES?
• PROPHETS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2227-28

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• 28 Her prophets plastered them with un-tempered
  mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies
  for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when
  the LORD had not spoken.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRINCES?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2227

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ ISAIAH 123
• 23 Your princes are rebellious, And companions
  of thieves Everyone loves bribes, And follows
  after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless,
  Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2227

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ JEREMIAH 122
• 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken
  root
• They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in
  their mouth But far from their mind. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2227

• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 2610-11
• 10 When the princes of Judah heard these things,
  they came up from the king's house to the house
  of the LORD and sat down in the entry of the New
  Gate of the LORDS house.
• 11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the
  princes and all the people, saying, "This man
  deserves to die! For he has prophesied against
  this city, as you have heard with your ears."
  NKJV

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• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ EZEKIEL 116-8
• 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city,
  and you have filled its streets with the slain."
• 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Your slain
  whom you have laid in its midst, they are the
  meat, and this city is the caldron but I shall
  bring you out of the midst of it. NKJV

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• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ MICAH 31-3
• 1 "Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of
  the house of Israel Is it not for you to know
  justice?
• 2 You who hate good and love evil Who strip the
  skin from My people, And the flesh from their
  bones
• 3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay
  their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop
  them in pieces
• Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the
  caldron." NKJV

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• ISRAEL'S WICKED LEADERS
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ MICAH 39-12
• 9 Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob
• And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor
  justice
• And pervert all equity,
• 10 Who build up Zion wi