EZEKIEL CHAPTER EIGHT

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER EIGHT

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER EIGHT

• EZEKIELS VISION OF JERUSALEM V. 1-4
• IDOLATRY OF THE JEWISH RULERS V. 5
• THREE PRINCIPAL SUPERSTITIONS
• THE EGYPTIANS V. 6-12
• THE PHOENICIANS V. 13-14
• THE PERSIANS V. 15-16
• GREATNESS OF THEIR PUNISHMENT V. 17-18

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READ EZEKIEL 81-2

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the
  sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
  sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting
  before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell
  upon me there.
• 2 Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like
  the appearance of fire from the appearance of
  His waist and downward, fire and from His waist
  and upward, like the appearance of brightness,
  like the color of amber.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 81-2

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the
  sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
  sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting
  before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell
  upon me there.
• 2 Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like
  the appearance of fire from the appearance of
  His waist and downward, fire and from His waist
  and upward, like the appearance of brightness,
  like the color of amber.
• WHERE WAS EZEKIEL?
• WHO WAS WITH HIM?
• WHO DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN GOD?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 81

• 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the
  sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
  sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting
  before
• WHERE WAS EZEKIEL? WHO WAS WITH HIM?
• WHERE WAS ELISHA? WHO WAS WITH HIM?
• WHAT DID THE MESSENGER SAY TO THE ELDERS?
• READ 2 KINGS 632
• 32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the
  elders
• were sitting with him. And the king sent a man
  ahead of
• him, but before the messenger came to him, he
  said to
• the elders, "Do you see how this son of a
  murderer has
• sent someone to take away my head? Look, when
  the
• messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him
  fast at
• the door. Is not the sound of his master's feet
  behind
• him?" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 82

• 2 Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like
  the appearance of fire from the appearance of
  His waist and downward, fire and from His waist
  and upward, like the appearance of brightness,
  like the color of amber.
• WHO DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN GOD?
• READ EXODUS 249-11
• 9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and
  Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
• 10 and they saw the God of Israel. And there was
  under His feet as it were a paved work of
  sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens
  in its clarity.
• 11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel
  He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and
  they ate and drank. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 82

• 2 Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like
  the appearance of fire from the appearance of
  His waist and downward, fire and from His waist
  and upward, like the appearance of brightness,
  like the color of amber.
• WHO DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN GOD?
• READ JOHN 118
• 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only
  begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father,
  He has declared Him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 81

• 2 Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like
  the appearance of fire from the appearance of
  His waist and downward, fire and from His waist
  and upward, like the appearance of brightness,
  like the color of amber.
• WHO DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN GOD?
• READ 1 TIMOTHY 613-16
• 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He
  who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King
  of kings and Lord of lords,
• 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in
  unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can
  see, to whom be honor and everlasting power.
  Amen.

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READ EZEKIEL 83-4

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 3 He stretched out the form of a hand, and took
  me by a lock of my hair and the Spirit lifted me
  up between earth and heaven, and brought me in
  visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the
  north gate of the inner court, where the seat of
  the image of jealousy was, which provokes to
  jealousy.
• 4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
  there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 83-4

• 3 He stretched out the form of a hand, and took
  me by a lock of my hair and the Spirit lifted me
  up between earth and heaven, and brought me in
  visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the
  north gate of the inner court, where the seat of
  the image of jealousy was, which provokes to
  jealousy.
• 4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
  there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
• WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE AT THE NORTH GATE?
• WHY CALL THIS IMAGE THE IMAGE OF JEALOUSY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3216
• 16 They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign
  gods
• With abominations they provoked Him to anger. NKJV

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WHAT DID MANASSEH DO?

• READ 2 KINGS 213-7
• 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah
  his father had destroyed he raised up altars for
  Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of
  Israel had done 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 I will
  put My name."
• 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven
  in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
• 7 He even set a carved image of Asherah that he
  had made, in the house of which the LORD 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 NKJV

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WHAT DID JOSIAH DO?

• READ 2 KINGS 234-6
• 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest,
  the priests of the second order, and the
  doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the
  LORD all the articles that were made for Baal,
  for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven and
  he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of
  Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
• 5 Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the
  kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on
  the high places in the cities of Judah and in the
  places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned
  incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the
  constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
• 6 And he brought out the wooden image from the
  house of the LORD, to the Brook Kidron outside
  Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and
  ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the
  graves of the common people.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 84

• 4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
  there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE AT THE NORTH GATE?
• WHAT DID MOSES SEE ON MOUNT SINAI?
• READ EXODUS 2416-18
• 16 Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount
  Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on
  the seventh day He called to Moses out of the
  midst of the cloud.
• 17 The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a
  consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the
  eyes of the children of Israel. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 85-6

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 5 Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift your eyes
  now toward the north." So I lifted my eyes toward
  the north, and there, north of the altar gate,
  was this image of jealousy in the entrance.
• 6 Furthermore He said to me, "Son of man, do you
  see what they are doing, the great abominations
  that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me
  go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again,
  you will see greater abominations."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 85-6

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 5 Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift your eyes
  now toward the north." So I lifted my eyes toward
  the north, and there, north of the altar gate,
  was this image of jealousy in the entrance.
• 6 Furthermore He said to me, "Son of man, do you
  see what they are doing, the great abominations
  that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me
  go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again,
  you will see greater abominations."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE AT THE NORTH GATE?
• WHY CALL THIS IMAGE THE IMAGE OF JEALOUSY?
• WHY DID THE LORD DEPART FROM HIS SANCTUARY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 85-6

• HOW DID ISRAEL JUDAH PROVOKE THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 7858
• 58 They provoked Him to anger with their high
  places, And moved Him to jealousy with their
  carved images.
• READ JEREMIAH 41
• 1 "If you will return, O Israel," says the LORD,
  "Return to Me And if you will put away your
  abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not
  be moved. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 3234
• 34 But they set their abominations in the house
  which is called by My name, to defile it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 85-6

• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1610-15
• 10 Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
  Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar
  that was at Damascus and King Ahaz sent to
  Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its
  pattern, according to all its workmanship.
• 11 Then Urijah the priest built an altar
  according to all that King Ahaz had sent from
  Damascus. So Urijah the priest made it before
  King Ahaz came back from Damascus.
• 12 And when the king came back from Damascus, the
  king saw the altar and the king approached the
  altar and made offerings on it.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 85-6

• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1610-15
• 13 So he burned his burnt offering and his grain
  offering and he poured his drink offering and
  sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the
  altar.
• 14 He also brought the bronze altar which was
  before the LORD, from the front of the temple
  from between the new altar and the house of the
  LORD and put it on the north side of the new
  altar.
• 15 Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest,
  saying, "On the great new altar burn the morning
  burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the
  king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering,
  with the burnt offering of all the people of the
  land, their grain offering, and their drink
  offerings and sprinkle on it all the blood of
  the burnt offering and all the blood of the
  sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me
  to inquire by." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 86

• 6 Furthermore He said to me, "Son of man, do you
  see what they are doing, the great abominations
  that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me
  go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again,
  you will see greater abominations."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 7860-61
• 60 . 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

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 86

• 6 Furthermore He said to me, "Son of man, do you
  see what they are doing, the great abominations
  that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me
  go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again,
  you will see greater abominations."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 56-7
• 6 "With their flocks and herds They shall go to
  seek the LORD, But they will not find Him He has
  withdrawn Himself from them.
• 7 They have dealt treacherously with the LORD,
  For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New
  Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 87-9

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 7 So He brought me to the door of the court and
  when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
• 8 Then He said to me, "Son of man, dig into the
  wall" and when I dug into the wall, there was a
  door.
• 9 And He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked
  abominations which they are doing there."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 87-9

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 7 So He brought me to the door of the court and
  when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
• 8 Then He said to me, "Son of man, dig into the
  wall" and when I dug into the wall, there was a
  door.
• 9 And He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked
  abominations which they are doing there."
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL FIND IN THE HOLE IN THE WALL?
• WHAT WOULD HE FIND BEHIND THIS DOOR?

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READ EZEKIEL 810-12

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 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.
• 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the
  elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst
  stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had
  a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of
  incense went up.
• 12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
  what the elders of the house of Israel do in the
  dark, every man in the room of his idols? For
  they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has
  forsaken the land.'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 810-12

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 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.
• 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the
  elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst
  stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had
  a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of
  incense went up.
• 12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
  what the elders of the house of Israel do in the
  dark, every man in the room of his idols? For
  they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has
  forsaken the land.'
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• WHO WERE THESE SEVENTY ELDERS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 810

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 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.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 202-4
• 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of
  the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• 3 "You shall have no other gods before Me.
• 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved
  image any likeness of anything that is in
  heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
  that is in the water under the earth NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 810

• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 415-18
• 15 "Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw
  no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out
  of the midst of the fire,
• 16 lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves
  a carved image in the form of any figure the
  likeness of male or female,
• 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the
  earth or the likeness of any winged bird that
  flies in the air,
• 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the
  ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the
  water beneath the earth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 810

• WHAT DID MICAHS MOTHER DO? WHY?
• READ JUDGES 173-6
• 3 So when he had returned the eleven hundred
  shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said,
  "I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand
  to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image
  and a molded image now therefore, I will return
  it to you."
• 4 Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then
  his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and
  gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into
  a carved image and a molded image and they were
  in the house of Micah.
• 5 The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod
  and household idols and he consecrated one of
  his sons, who became his priest.
• 6 In those days there was no king in Israel
  everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 810

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 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.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND HIS PEOPLE PEOPLE?
• READ JEREMIAH 444-6
• 4 I have sent to you all My servants the
  prophets, rising early and sending them, saying,
  "Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I
  hate!"
• 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to
  turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to
  other gods.
• 6 So My fury and My anger were poured out and
  kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets
  of Jerusalem and they are wasted and desolate,
  as it is this day.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 811

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the
  elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst
  stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had
  a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of
  incense went up.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• WHO WERE THESE SEVENTY ELDERS?
• WHO WAS JAAZANIAH? JEZANIAH?
• WHO WAS SHAPHAN? WHAT DID HE DO?
• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?

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WHO WAS SHAPHAN? WHAT DID HE DO?

• READ 2 KINGS 2210-13
• 10 Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king,
  saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book."
  And Shaphan read it before the king.
• 11 Now it happened, when the king heard the
  words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his
  clothes.
• 12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,
  Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of
  Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a
  servant of the king, saying,
• 13 "Go, inquire of the LORD for me, for the
  people and for all Judah, concerning the words of
  this book that has been found for great is the
  wrath of the LORD that is aroused against us,
  because our fathers have not obeyed the words of
  this book, to do according to all that is written
  concerning us." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 812

• 12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen
  what the elders of the house of Israel do in the
  dark, every man in the room of his idols? For
  they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has
  forsaken the land.'
• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?
• WHAT DID THESE MEN SAY IN THEIR HEART?
• READ PSALMS 1011
• 11 He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten
  He hides His face He will never see." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 812

• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?
• WHAT DID THESE MEN SAY IN THEIR HEART?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• READ ISAIAH 2915
• 15 Woe to those who seek deep to hide their
  counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in
  the dark They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who
  knows us?" NKJV
• READ ZEPHANIAH 112
• 12 "And it shall come to pass at that time That
  I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish
  the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say
  in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, Nor
  will He do evil.' NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 813-14

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 13 And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will
  see greater abominations that they are doing."
• 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate
  of the LORDS house and to my dismay, women were
  sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 813-14

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 13 And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will
  see greater abominations that they are doing."
• 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate
  of the LORDS house and to my dismay, women were
  sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
• WHAT GREATER ABOMINATION DID HE SEE?
• WHO WAS TAMMUZ BABYLONIAN GOD?
• WHY WERE THE WOMAN WEEPING?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 814

• 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate
  of the LORDS house and to my dismay, women were
  sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
• WHO WAS TAMMUZ BABYLONIAN GOD?
• WHAT GREATER ABOMINATION DID HE SEE?
• READ JEREMIAH 718-19
• 18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle
  the fire, and the women knead dough, to make
  cakes for the queen of heaven and they pour out
  drink offerings to other gods, that they may
  provoke Me to anger.
• 19 Do they provoke Me to anger?" says the LORD.
  "Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of
  their own faces?" NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 815-16

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son
  of man? Turn again, you will see greater
  abominations than these."
• 16 So He brought me into the inner court of the
  LORDS house and there, at the door of the
  temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
  altar, were about twenty-five men with their
  backs toward the temple of the LORD and their
  faces toward the east, and they were worshiping
  the sun toward the east.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 815-16

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son
  of man? Turn again, you will see greater
  abominations than these."
• 16 So He brought me into the inner court of the
  LORDS house and there, at the door of the
  temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
  altar, were about twenty-five men with their
  backs toward the temple of the LORD and their
  faces toward the east, and they were worshiping
  the sun toward the east.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE IN THE INNER COURT?
• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 816

• 16 So He brought me into the inner court of the
  LORDS house and there, at the door of the
  temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
  altar, were about twenty-five men with their
  backs toward the temple of the LORD and their
  faces toward the east, and they were worshiping
  the sun toward the east.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE IN THE INNER COURT?
• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 419
• 19 And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to
  heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and
  the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel
  driven to worship them and serve them, which the
  LORD your God has given to all the peoples under
  the whole heaven as a heritage. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 817-18

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 17 And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son
  of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of
  Judah to commit the abominations which they
  commit here? For they have filled the land with
  violence then they have returned to provoke Me
  to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their
  nose.
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 817-18

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 17 And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son
  of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of
  Judah to commit the abominations which they
  commit here? For they have filled the land with
  violence then they have returned to provoke Me
  to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their
  nose.
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV
• WHAT DID THE SAY ABOUT JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?

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WHAT DID JEROBOAM DO? WHY?

• READ 1 KINGS 1227-30
• 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in
  the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the
  heart of this people will turn back to their
  lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill
  me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah."
• 28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two
  calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is
  too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are
  your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from
  the land of Egypt!"
• 29 he set up one in Bethel and the other he put
  in Dan
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ 1 KINGS 149
• 9 but you have done more evil than all who were
  before you, for you have gone and made for
  yourself other gods and molded images to provoke
  Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back

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• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV
• WHAT DID GOD SAY WHEN ISRAEL WANTED A KING?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 818-20
• 18 And you will cry out in that day because of
  your king whom you have chosen for yourselves,
  and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
• 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the
  voice of Samuel and they said, "No, but we will
  have a king over us,
• 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and
  that our king may judge us and go out before us
  and fight our battles." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 818

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ PROVERBS 128-29
• 28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not
  answer
• They will seek me diligently, but they will not
  find me.
• 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not
  choose the fear of the LORD, NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 818

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV
• WHY WILL THE LORD NOT HEAR THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 115
• 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My
  eyes from you Even though you make many prayers,
• I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 818

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 1111
• 11 Therefore thus says the LORD "Behold, I will
  surely bring calamity on them which they will not
  be able to escape and though they cry out to Me,
  I will not listen to them. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 1314
• 14 And I will dash them one against another,
  even the fathers and the sons together," says the
  LORD. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy,
  but will destroy them."'"
• READ JEREMIAH 446
• 6 My fury and My anger were poured out and
  kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets
  of Jerusalem and they are wasted and desolate,
  as it is this day.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 818

• ABOMINATIONS IN THE TEMPLE
• 18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye
  will not spare nor will I have pity and though
  they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not
  hear them." NKJV
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ COLOSSIANS 35-7
• 5 Therefore put to death your members which are
  on the earth fornication, uncleanness, passion,
  evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  
• 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is
  coming upon the sons of disobedience,
• 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you
  lived in them. NKJV

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