EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINE

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINE

• THE WICKED WILL BE SLAIN V. 1-7
• EZEKIEL PLEADS FOR THE PEOPLE V. 8-11

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READ EZEKIEL 91-2

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 1 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud
  voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over
  the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in
  his hand."
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 91-2

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 1 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud
  voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over
  the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in
  his hand."
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHO DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO CALL?
• WHAT WERE THEY PREPARED TO DO?
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• WHAT WAS THE WRITERS INKHORN FOR?
• WHERE DID HE GO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 91

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 1 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud
  voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over
  the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in
  his hand."
• WHO DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO CALL?
• WHAT DID THIS PRIEST DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1118
• 18 And all the people of the land went to the
  temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly
  broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed
  Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And
  the priest appointed officers over the house of
  the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 91

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 1 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud
  voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over
  the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in
  his hand."
• WHO DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO CALL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
• READ ISAIAH 6017
• 17 "Instead of bronze I will bring gold, Instead
  of iron I will bring silver, Instead of wood,
  bronze, And instead of stones, iron. I will also
  make your officers peace, And your magistrates
  righteousness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHAT WERE THEY PREPARED TO DO?
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• HOW WAS AARON CLOTHED? WHY?
• READ LEVITICUS 164
• 4 He shall put the holy linen tunic and the
  linen trousers on his body he shall be girded
  with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he
  shall be attired. These are holy garments.
  Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and
  put them on. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHAT WERE THEY PREPARED TO DO?
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• WHO DID DANIEL SEE?
• READ DANIEL 105
• 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a
  certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was
  girded with gold of Uphaz! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHAT WERE THEY PREPARED TO DO?
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• WHO DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 113
• 13 in the midst of the seven lamp-stands One
  like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down
  to the feet and girded about the chest with a
  golden band. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• WHAT WAS THE WRITERS INKHORN FOR?
• WHO WAS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING IN ZION?
• READ ISAIAH 43
• 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left
  in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
  holy everyone who is recorded among the living
  in Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN?
• WHAT WAS THE WRITERS INKHORN FOR?
• WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
• READ REVELATION 35
• 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white
  garments, and I will not blot out his name from
  the Book of Life but I will confess his name
  before My Father and before His angels. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 92

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of
  the upper gate, which faces north, each with his
  battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was
  clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at
  his side. They went in and stood beside the
  bronze altar.
• WHERE DID THE SIX MEN COME FROM?
• WHO WAS WITH THEM?
• WHERE DID THE GO?
• WHY TO THE BRAZEN ALTAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 123
• 3 But You, O LORD, know me You have seen me,
  And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull
  them out like sheep for the slaughter, And
  prepare them for the day of slaughter. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 93-4

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up
  from the cherub, where it had been, to the
  threshold of the temple. And He called to the man
  clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn
  at his side
• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 93-4

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up
  from the cherub, where it had been, to the
  threshold of the temple. And He called to the man
  clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn
  at his side
• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF GOD GO? WHY?
• WHO DID GOD CALL?
• WHAT DID GOD TELL HIM TO DO? WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 93

• 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up
  from the cherub, where it had been, to the
  threshold of the temple. And He called to the man
  clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn
  at his side
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF GOD GO? WHY?
• WHAT DID PHINEHAS WIFE NAME HER CHILD? WHY?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 421-22
• 21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, "The
  glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark
  of God had been captured and because of her
  father-in-law and her husband.
• 22 She said, "The glory has departed from
  Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHO DID GOD CALL?
• WHAT DID GOD TELL HIM TO DO?
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO CAIN? WHY?
• READ GENESIS 415
• 15 And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever
  kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
  sevenfold." And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest
  anyone finding him should kill him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• WHAT DID GOD TELL THE HEBREW CHILDREN TO DO?
• READ EXODUS 127
• 7 And they shall take some of the blood and put
  it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the
  houses where they eat it. NKJV
• WHY PUT BLOOD ON THE DOORPOSTS THE LINTEL?
• READ EXODUS 1213
• 13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the
  houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I
  will pass over you and the plague shall not be
  on you to destroy you when I strike the land of
  Egypt. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHY DID THE ANGLE TELL LOT TO HURRY?
• READ GENESIS 1921-22
• 21 And he said to him, "See, I have favored you
  concerning this thing also, in that I will not
  overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
• 22 Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything
  until you arrive there. Therefore the name of
  the city was called Zoar.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHY DID THE LORD MARK THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ REVELATION 73
• 3 "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees
  till we have sealed the servants of our God on
  their foreheads."
• WHAT ABOUT THE UNRIGHTEOUS?
• READ REVELATION 94
• 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of
  the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but
  only those men who do not have the seal of God on
  their foreheads.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HIS PEOPLE TO DO?
• READ ISAIAH 2620-21
• 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut
  your doors behind you Hide yourself, as it were,
  for a little moment, Until the indignation is
  past.
• 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place
  To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
  iniquity The earth will also disclose her blood,
  And will no more cover her slain. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 729-30
• 29 Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take
  up a lamentation on the desolate heights for the
  LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of
  His wrath.'
• 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in My
  sight," says the LORD. "They have set their
  abominations in the house which is called by My
  name, to pollute it.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHAT IS THE LORD PLANNING TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 2529
• 29 For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the
  city which is called by My name, and should you
  be utterly unpunished? You shall not be
  unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all
  the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of
  hosts.' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4610
• 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
  A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on
  His adversaries. The sword shall devour It shall
  be satiated and made drunk with their blood For
  the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the
  north country by the River Euphrates. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• 4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst
  of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
  put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh
  and cry over all the abominations that are done
  within it.
• WHY MARK THEIR FOREHEADS?
• WHAT IS THE LORD PLANNING TO DO?
• READ AMOS 99-10
• 9 "For surely I will command, And will sift the
  house of Israel among all nations, As grain is
  sifted in a sieve
• Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the
  ground.
• 10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the
  sword,
• Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor
  confront us.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ 2 PETER 24-11
• 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned,
  but cast them down to hell and delivered them
  into chains of darkness, to be reserved for
  judgment
• 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved
  Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of
  righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world
  of the ungodly
• 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
  into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making
  them an example to those who afterward would live
  ungodly
• 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed
  by the filthy conduct of the wicked
• 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them,
  tormented his righteous soul from day to day by
  seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 94

• IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ 2 PETER 24-11
• 9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly
  out of temptations and to reserve the unjust
  under punishment for the day of judgment,
• 10 and especially those who walk according to the
  flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise
  authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed.
  They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
  
• 11 whereas angels, who are greater in power and
  might, do not bring a reviling accusation against
  them before the Lord. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 95-6

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 5 To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after
  him through the city and kill do not let your
  eye spare, nor have any pity.
• 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and
  little children and women but do not come near
  anyone on whom is the mark and begin at My
  sanctuary." So they began with the elders who
  were before the temple.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 95-6

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 5 To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after
  him through the city and kill do not let your
  eye spare, nor have any pity.
• 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and
  little children and women but do not come near
  anyone on whom is the mark and begin at My
  sanctuary." So they began with the elders who
  were before the temple.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE OTHERS TO DO?
• WHO WERE THEY SENT TO SLAY? WHY?
• WHERE WOULD THEM BEGIN THE SLAYING?
• WHY THE ELDERS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 95

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO? WHY?
• READ EXODUS 3225-28
• 25 Now when Moses saw that the people were
  unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them,
  to their shame among their enemies),
• 26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp,
  and said, "Whoever is on the LORDS side come
  to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered
  themselves together to him.
• 27 And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God
  of Israel 'Let every man put his sword on his
  side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance
  throughout the camp, and let every man kill his
  brother, every man his companion, and every man
  his neighbor.'"
• 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word
  of Moses. And about three thousand men of the
  people fell that day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 95

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 5 To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after
  him through the city and kill do not let your
  eye spare, nor have any pity.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?
• READ ISAIAH 1317-18
• 17 "Behold, I will stir up the Medes against
  them,
• Who will not regard silver And as for gold, they
  will not delight in it.
• 18 Also their bows will dash the young men to
  pieces,
• And they will have no pity on the fruit of the
  womb Their eye will not spare children. 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."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 96

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and
  little children and women but do not come near
  anyone on whom is the mark and begin at My
  sanctuary." So they began with the elders who
  were before the temple.
• WHO WERE THEY SENT TO SLAY? WHY?
• WHERE WOULD THEM BEGIN THE SLAYING?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3617
• 17 Therefore He brought against them the king of
  the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with
  the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and
  had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the
  aged or the weak He gave them all into his hand.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 96

• 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and
  little children and women but do not come near
  anyone on whom is the mark and begin at My
  sanctuary." So they began with the elders who
  were before the temple.
• WHO WERE THEY SENT TO SLAY? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 166
• 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this
  land. They shall not be buried neither shall men
  lament for them, cut themselves, nor make
  themselves bald for them. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 2529
• 29 For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the
  city which is called by My name, and should you
  be utterly unpunished? You shall not be
  unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all
  the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of
  hosts.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 96

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• WHO WERE THEY SENT TO SLAY? WHY?
• READ ZECHARIAH 139
• 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire,
  Will refine them as silver is refined, And test
  them as gold is tested.
• They will call on My name, And I will answer
  them. I will say, 'This is My people' And each
  one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 142
• 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle
  against Jerusalem The city shall be taken, The
  houses rifled,
• And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go
  into captivity, But the remnant of the people
  shall not be cut off from the city. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 96

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and
  little children and women but do not come near
  anyone on whom is the mark and begin at My
  sanctuary." So they began with the elders who
  were before the temple.
• WHO WERE THEY SENT TO SLAY? WHY?
• WHERE WOULD THEM BEGIN THE SLAYING?
• READ 1 PETER 417-18
• 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin
  at the house of God and if it begins with us
  first, what will be the end of those who do not
  obey the gospel of God?
• 18 Now "If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
  Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 97-8

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 7 Then He said to them, "Defile the temple, and
  fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they
  went out and killed in the city.
• 8 So it was, that while they were killing them,
  I was left alone and I fell on my face and cried
  out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy
  all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your
  fury on Jerusalem?"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 97-8

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 7 Then He said to them, "Defile the temple, and
  fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they
  went out and killed in the city.
• 8 So it was, that while they were killing them,
  I was left alone and I fell on my face and cried
  out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy
  all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your
  fury on Jerusalem?"
• HOW WOULD THEY DEFILE THE TEMPLE?
• HOW DID EZEKIEL RESPOND TO THIS?
• WHAT DID HE SAY TO THE LORD?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 97

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 7 Then He said to them, "Defile the temple, and
  fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they
  went out and killed in the city.
• HOW WOULD THEY DEFILE THE TEMPLE?
• READ NUMBERS 1911-12
• 11 'He who touches the dead body of anyone shall
  be unclean seven days. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 98

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 8 So it was, that while they were killing them,
  I was left alone and I fell on my face and cried
  out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy
  all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your
  fury on Jerusalem?"
• HOW DID EZEKIEL RESPOND TO THIS?
• WHAT DID ACHAN DO AT AI?
• WHY DID JOSHUA LOSE THE BATTLE AT AI?
• HOW DID JOSHUA RESPOND TO THIS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 98

• "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant
  of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?"
  
• HOW DID EZEKIEL RESPOND TO THIS?
• HOW DID JOSHUA RESPOND TO THIS?
• READ JOSHUA 76-7
• 6 Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the
  earth on his face before the ark of the LORD
  until evening, he and the elders of Israel and
  they put dust on their heads.
• 7 And Joshua said, "Alas, Lord GOD, why have You
  brought this people over the Jordan at all to
  deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to
  destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and
  dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 99-11

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• 10 And as for Me also, My eye will neither
  spare, nor will I have pity, but I will
  recompense their deeds on their own head."
• 11 Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had
  the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said,
  "I have done as You commanded me." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 99-11

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• 10 And as for Me also, My eye will neither
  spare, nor will I have pity, but I will
  recompense their deeds on their own head."
• 11 Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had
  the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said,
  "I have done as You commanded me." NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN SAY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 99

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 581-2
• 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent
• ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
• 2 No, in heart you work wickedness You weigh
  out the violence of your hands in the earth.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 99

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ JEREMIAH 121-2
• 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with
  You Yet let me talk with You about Your
  judgments. Why does the way of the wicked
  prosper? Why are those happy who deal so
  treacherously?
• 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 99

• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID HABAKKUK SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ HABAKKUK 12-4
• 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not
  hear? Even cry out to You, "Violence! And You
  will not save.
• 3 Why do You show me iniquity, And cause me to
  see trouble? For plundering and violence are
  before me
• There is strife, and contention arises.
• 4 Therefore the law is powerless, And justice
  never
• goes forth. For the wicked surround the
  righteous
• Therefore perverse judgment proceeds. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 99

• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ JOB 2213-14
• 13 And you say, 'What does God know? Can He
  judge
• through the deep darkness?
• 14 Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot
  see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.'
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 99

• 9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the
  land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of
  perversity for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken
  the land, and the LORD does not see!'
• WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ JOB 2213-14
• 13 And you say, 'What does God know? Can He
  judge
• through the deep darkness?
• 14 Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot
  see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.'
  NKJV
• 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 910

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 10 And as for Me also, My eye will neither
  spare, nor will I have pity, but I will
  recompense their deeds on their own head."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID THE WISEMAN SAY?
• READ PROVERBS 131
• 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their
  own way,
• And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 910

• THE WICKED ARE SLAIN
• 10 And as for Me also, My eye will neither
  spare, nor will I have pity, but I will
  recompense their deeds on their own head."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISAIAH?
• READ ISAIAH 656-7
• 6 "Behold, it is written before Me I will not
  keep
• silence, but will repay Even repay into their
  bosom
• 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your
  fathers
• together, Says the LORD, "Who have burned
  incense
• on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills
• Therefore I will measure their former work into
  their
• bosom." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 911

• 11 Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had
  the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said,
  "I have done as You commanded me." NKJV
• WHAT DID THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN SAY?
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 10321-22
• 21 Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You
  ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
• 22 Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places
  of His
• dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 911

• 11 Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had
  the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said,
  "I have done as You commanded me." NKJV
• WHAT DID THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN SAY?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
• READ JOHN 174-5
• 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have
  finished the work which You have given Me to do.
  
• 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with
  Yourself, with the glory which I had with You
  before the world was.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 911

• WHY DID PETER WRITE THIS SECOND EPISTLE?
• READ 2 PETER 31-4
• 1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle
  (in
• both of which I stir up your pure minds by way
  of
• reminder),
• 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were
• spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the
• commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and
• Savior,
• 3 knowing this first that scoffers will come in
  the last
• days, walking according to their own lusts,
• 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His
  coming?
• For since the fathers fell asleep, all things
  continue as
• they were from the beginning of creation."
  NKJV

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