EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE V. 1-10
• PARABLE EXPLAINED V. 11-21
• ISRAEL EXALTED V. 22-24

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READ EZEKIEL 171-3

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable
  to the house of Israel,
• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 171-3

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable
  to the house of Israel,
• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHY SPEAK IN RIDDLES OR PARABLES?
• WHAT IS THIS RIDDLE (PARABLE) ABOUT?
• WHO DOES THIS GREAT EAGLE REPRESENT?
• WHERE DID IT GO? WHAT DID IT DO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 171-3

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable
  to the house of Israel,
• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHAT IS A RIDDLE? A PARABLE?
• RIDDLE - puzzle - dark saying - hard question -
  proverb
• PARABLE - a simile - an adage - byword - proverb

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 171-2

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable
  to the house of Israel,
• WHAT IS A RIDDLE?
• RIDDLE - puzzle - dark saying - hard question -
  proverb
• WHAT IS A PARABLE?
• PARABLE - a simile - an adage - byword - proverb
• WHAT IS THIS RIDDLE PARABLE ABOUT?
• THE EAGLES THE VINE
• REMEMBER SAMSONS RIDDLE
• READ JUDGES 1412-18

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REMEMBER SAMSONS RIDDLE

• READ JUDGES 1412-14
• 12 Then Samson said to them, "Let me pose a
  riddle to you. If you can correctly solve and
  explain it to me within the seven days of the
  feast, then I will give you thirty linen garments
  and thirty changes of clothing.
• 13 But if you cannot explain it to me, then you
  shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty
  changes of clothing. And they said to him, "Pose
  your riddle, that we may hear it."
• 14 So he said to them "Out of the eater came
  something to eat, And out of the strong came
  something sweet. Now for three days they could
  not explain the riddle.

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REMEMBER SAMSONS RIDDLE

• READ JUDGES 1415-16
• 15 But it came to pass on the seventh day that
  they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband,
  that he may explain the riddle to us, or else we
  will burn you and your father's house with fire.
  Have you invited us in order to take what is
  ours? Is that not so?"
• 16 Then Samson's wife wept on him, and said,
  "You only hate me! You do not love me! You have
  posed a riddle to the sons of my people, but you
  have not explained it to me. And he said to her,
  "Look, I have not explained it to my father or my
  mother so should I explain it to you?"

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REMEMBER SAMSONS RIDDLE

• READ JUDGES 1417-18
• 17 Now she had wept on him the seven days while
  their feast lasted. And it happened on the
  seventh day that he told her, because she pressed
  him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the
  sons of her people.
• 18 So the men of the city said to him on the
  seventh day before the sun went down "What is
  sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a
  lion? And he said to them "If you had not
  plowed with my heifer, You would not have solved
  my riddle!"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID HE DO?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2849-50
• 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from
  afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the
  eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not
  understand,
• 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does
  not
• respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID HE DO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 81
• 1 "Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come
  like an eagle against the house of the LORD,
  Because they have transgressed My covenant And
  rebelled against My law. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID HE DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 369-10
• 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became
  king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months
  and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the
  LORD.
• 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar
  summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the
  costly articles from the house of the LORD, and
  made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over
  Judah and Jerusalem.
• (2 KINGS 248-9)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID HE DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 2412-13
• 12 Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother,
  his servants, his princes, and his officers went
  out to the king of Babylon and the king of
  Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took
  him prisoner.
• 13 And he carried out from there all the
  treasures of the house of the LORD and the
  treasures of the king's house, and he cut in
  pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon
  king of Israel had made in the temple of the
  LORD, as the LORD had said.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID HE DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 4840
• 40 For thus says the LORD "Behold, one shall
  fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over
  Moab. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4922
• 22 Behold, He shall come up and fly like the
  eagle,
• And spread His wings over Bozrah The heart of
  the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like
  the heart of a woman in birth pangs. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• REMEMBER DANIELS VISION
• READ DANIEL 72-4

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 72-4
• 2 Daniel spoke, saying, "I saw in my vision by
  night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were
  stirring up the Great Sea.
• 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea,
  each different from the other.
• 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's
  wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off
  and it was lifted up from the earth and made to
  stand on two feet like a man, and a man's heart
  was given to it.
• WHAT DID DANIEL SEE?
• WHAT WAS THE FIRST BEAST LIKE?
• The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings
• WHO DID IT REPRESENT? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 173

• 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "A great
  eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of
  feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And
  took from the cedar the highest branch.
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHO IS THIS GREAT EAGLE?
• THE CHALDEANS NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD LIKEN LEBANON TO?
• READ JEREMIAH 2223
• 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in
  the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs
  come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor?
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 174-6

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 4 He cropped off its topmost young twig And
  carried it to a land of trade He set it in a
  city of merchants.
• 5 Then he took some of the seed of the land And
  planted it in a fertile field He placed it by
  abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
• 6 And it grew and became a spreading vine of low
  stature Its branches turned toward him, But its
  roots were under it. So it became a vine, Brought
  forth branches, And put forth shoots.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 174-6

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 4 He cropped off its topmost young twig And
  carried it to a land of trade He set it in a
  city of merchants.
• 5 Then he took some of the seed of the land And
  planted it in a fertile field He placed it by
  abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
• 6 And it grew and became a spreading vine of low
  stature Its branches turned toward him, But its
  roots were under it. So it became a vine, Brought
  forth branches, And put forth shoots.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO LEBANON?
• WHERE DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR TAKE THEM?
• WHAT DID HE DO WITH THE SEED?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 174

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 4 He cropped off its topmost young twig And
  carried it to a land of trade He set it in a
  city of merchants.
• WHAT WILL HAPPENED TO LEBANON?
• READ ISAIAH 1033-34
• 33 Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop
  off the bough with terror Those of high stature
  will be hewn down, And the haughty will be
  humbled.
• 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest
  with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty
  One. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 174

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 4 He cropped off its topmost young twig And
  carried it to a land of trade He set it in a
  city of merchants.
• WHERE DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR TAKE THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 2414-16
• 15 And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon.
  The king's mother, the king's wives, his
  officers, and the mighty of the land he carried
  into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• 16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and
  craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were
  strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon
  brought captive to Babylon. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 175

• 5 Then he took some of the seed of the land And
  planted it in a fertile field He placed it by
  abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ PSALMS 808-11
• 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt You have
  cast out the nations, and planted it.
• 9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to
  take deep root, And it filled the land.
• 10 The hills were covered with its shadow, And
  the mighty cedars with its boughs.
• 11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea, And her
  branches to the River. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 175

• 5 Then he took some of the seed of the land And
  planted it in a fertile field He placed it by
  abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO WITH THE SEED?
• READ 2 KINGS 2417
• 17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah,
  Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and
  changed his name to Zedekiah. NKJV
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3610
• 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar
  summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the
  costly articles from the house of the LORD, and
  made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over
  Judah and Jerusalem.

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READ EZEKIEL 177-8

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• 8 It was planted in good soil by many waters, To
  bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a
  majestic vine."'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177-8

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• 8 It was planted in good soil by many waters, To
  bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a
  majestic vine."'
• WHO IS THIS SECOND EAGLE? EGYPT PHARAOH?
• WHO IS THE VINE? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE VINE DO?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT JUDAH?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177

• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers
• WHO IS THIS SECOND EAGLE? EGYPT PHARAOH?
• WHO IS THE VINE? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID KING OF JUDAH DO?
• WHAT OATH DID THE KING OF JUDAH MAKE?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3612-13
• 12 He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God,
  and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the
  prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.
• 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar,
  who had made him swear an oath by God but he
  stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against
  turning to the LORD God of Israel.
• (2 KINGS 2419-20 JEREMIAH 522-3)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177

• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• WHO IS THIS SECOND EAGLE? EGYPT PHARAOH?
• WHO IS THE VINE? JUDAH?
• WHO DID THE KING OF JUDAH TURN TO?
• READ JEREMIAH 375
• 5 Then Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt and
  when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem
  heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
  

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177

• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ JEREMIAH 375-9
• 6 Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet
  Jeremiah, saying,
• 7 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Thus
  you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you
  to Me to inquire of Me "Behold, Pharaoh's army
  which has come up to help you will return to
  Egypt, to their own land.
• 8 And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight
  against this city, and take it and burn it with
  fire."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177

• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?
• READ 2 KINGS 247
• 7 And the king of Egypt did not come out of his
  land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken
  all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the
  Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177

• 7 "But there was another great eagle with large
  wings and many feathers And behold, this vine
  bent its roots toward him, And stretched its
  branches toward him, From the garden terrace
  where it had been planted, That he might water
  it.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VINE? (JUDAH)?
• READ ISAIAH 85-8
• 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over
  them The waters of the River, strong and mighty
  The king of Assyria and all his glory He will go
  up over all his channels And go over all his
  banks.
• 8 He will pass through Judah, He will overflow
  and pass over, He will reach up to the neck And
  the stretching out of his wings Will fill the
  breadth of Your land, O Immanuel. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 177-8

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 8 It was planted in good soil by many waters, To
  bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a
  majestic vine."'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VINE? (JUDAH)?
• READ MALACHI 41-3
• 1 "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an
  oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly
  will be stubble. And the day which is coming
  shall burn them up, Says the LORD of hosts,
  "That will leave them neither root nor branch.
• 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of
  Righteousness shall arise With healing in His
  wings
• And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed
  calves.
• 3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall
  be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day
  that I do this, Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 179-10

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 9 "Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Will it thrive?
  Will he not pull up its roots, Cut off its fruit,
  And leave it to wither? All of its spring leaves
  will wither, And no great power or many people
  Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.
• 10 Behold, it is planted, Will it thrive? Will it
  not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
  It will wither in the garden terrace where it
  grew."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 179-10

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES AND THE VINE
• 9 "Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Will it thrive?
  Will he not pull up its roots, Cut off its fruit,
  And leave it to wither? All of its spring leaves
  will wither, And no great power or many people
  Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.
• 10 Behold, it is planted, Will it thrive? Will it
  not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
  It will wither in the garden terrace where it
  grew."'"
• WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 179-10

• 9 "Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Will it thrive?
  Will he not pull up its roots, Cut off its fruit,
  And leave it to wither? All of its spring leaves
  will wither, And no great power or many people
  Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.
• 10 Behold, it is planted, Will it thrive? Will it
  not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
  It will wither in the garden terrace where it
  grew."'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?
• READ JEREMIAH 3710
• 10 For though you had defeated the whole army of
  the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there
  remained only wounded men among them, they would
  rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city
  with fire.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1710

• 10 Behold, it is planted, Will it thrive? Will it
  not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
  It will wither in the garden terrace where it
  grew."'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• Will it thrive?
• HOW WILL JUDAH THRIVE?
• READ JEREMIAH 4210-11
• 10 'If you will still remain in this land, then I
  will build you and not pull you down, and I will
  plant you and not pluck you up. For I relent
  concerning the disaster that I have brought upon
  you.
• 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of
  whom you are afraid do not be afraid of him,'
  says the LORD, 'for I am with you, to save you
  and deliver you from his hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1710

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?
• READ HOSEA 121-2
• 1 "Ephraim feeds on the wind, And pursues the
  east wind He daily increases lies and
  desolation. Also they make a covenant with the
  Assyrians, And oil is carried to Egypt.
• 2 "The LORD also brings a charge against Judah,
• And will punish Jacob according to his ways
  According to his deeds He will recompense him.
  NKJV
• READ HOSEA 1315
• 15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren, An
  east wind shall come The wind of the LORD shall
  come up from the wilderness. Then his spring
  shall become dry,
• And his fountain shall be dried up. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1710

• 10 Behold, it is planted, Will it thrive? Will it
  not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
  It will wither in the garden terrace where it
  grew."'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• Will it thrive?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?
• READ AMOS 29-16
• 9 "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before
  them, Whose height was like the height of the
  cedars,
• And he was as strong as the oaks Yet I destroyed
  his fruit above And his roots beneath.
• 10 Also it was I who brought you up from the
  land of Egypt, And led you forty years through
  the wilderness,
• To possess the land of the Amorite.
• 11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets,
  And some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it
  not so, O you children of Israel? Says the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1710

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• Will it thrive?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?
• READ AMOS 29-16
• 12 'But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And
  commanded the prophets saying, 'Do not prophesy!'
  
• 13 "Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart
  full of sheaves is weighed down.
• 14 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift,
  The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor
  shall the mighty deliver himself
• 15 He shall not stand who handles the bow, The
  swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who
  rides a horse deliver himself.
• 16 The most courageous men of might Shall flee
  naked in that day, Says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1710

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS VINE?
• WILL JUDAH THRIVE? WHY NOT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 528-11
• 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king,
  and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of
  Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
• 9 So they took the king and brought him up to the
  king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
  and he pronounced judgment on him.
• 10 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of
  Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the
  princes of Judah in Riblah.
• 11 He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah and the
  king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took
  him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the
  day of his death.

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READ EZEKIEL 1711-14

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 12 "Say now to the rebellious house 'Do you not
  know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed
  the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took
  its king and princes, and led them with him to
  Babylon.
• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• 14 that the kingdom might be brought low and not
  lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant
  it might stand.

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READ EZEKIEL 1715-18

• 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his
  ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him
  horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he
  who does such things escape? Can he break a
  covenant and still be delivered?
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'"

43
READ EZEKIEL 1719-21

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be
  taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon
  and try him there for the treason which he
  committed against Me.
• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."

44
READ EZEKIEL 1711-12

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 12 "Say now to the rebellious house 'Do you not
  know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed
  the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took
  its king and princes, and led them with him to
  Babylon.

45
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1712

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 12 "Say now to the rebellious house 'Do you not
  know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed
  the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took
  its king and princes, and led them with him to
  Babylon.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?
• 'Do you not know what these things mean?'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY IT MEANT?
• 'Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem
• and took its king and princes,
• and led them with him to Babylon.

46
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1712

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 12 "Say now to the rebellious house 'Do you not
  know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed
  the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took
  its king and princes, and led them with him to
  Babylon.
• WHAT DID THE KING OF BABYLON DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 2413-16
• 13 And he carried out from there all the
  treasures of the house of the LORD and the
  treasures of the king's house, and he cut in
  pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon
  king of Israel had made in the temple of the
  LORD, as the LORD had said.
• 14 Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem
  all the captains and all the mighty men of valor,
  ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
  smiths. None remained except the poorest people
  of the land.

47
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1712

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 12 "Say now to the rebellious house 'Do you not
  know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed
  the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took
  its king and princes, and led them with him to
  Babylon.
• WHAT DID THE KING OF BABYLON DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 2413-16
• 15 And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon.
  The king's mother, the king's wives, his
  officers, and the mighty of the land he carried
  into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• 16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and
  craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were
  strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon
  brought captive to Babylon. NKJV

48
READ EZEKIEL 1713-15

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• 14 that the kingdom might be brought low and not
  lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant
  it might stand.
• 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his
  ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him
  horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he
  who does such things escape? Can he break a
  covenant and still be delivered?

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1713-15

• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• 14 that the kingdom might be brought low and not
  lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant
  it might stand.
• 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his
  ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him
  horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he
  who does such things escape? Can he break a
  covenant and still be delivered?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF JUDAH DO?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF BABYLON DO?
• DID THE KING OF JUDAH KEEP THE COVENANT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO ABOUT THIS?

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1713

• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• WHAT DID THE KING OF JUDAH DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 2332
• 32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor
  with their gods. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1713

• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• WHAT DID THE KING OF JUDAH DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3613
• 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar,
  who had made him swear an oath by God but he
  stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against
  turning to the LORD God of Israel.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ JEREMIAH 171
• 1 "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of
  iron
• With the point of a diamond it is engraved On the
  tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your
  altars, NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1713-14

• 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a
  covenant with him, and put him under oath. He
  also took away the mighty of the land,
• 14 that the kingdom might be brought low and not
  lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant
  it might stand.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO ABOUT THIS? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 31-3
• 1 For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes
  away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and
  the store, The whole supply of bread and the
  whole supply of water
• 2 The mighty man and the man of war, The judge
  and the prophet, And the diviner and the elder
• 3 The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
  The counselor and the skillful artisan, And the
  expert enchanter. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1715

• 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his
  ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him
  horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he
  who does such things escape? Can he break a
  covenant and still be delivered?
• DID THE KING OF JUDAH DO?
• WHY DID HE TURN TO EGYPT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1716
• 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself,
  nor cause the people to return to Egypt to
  multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you,
  'You shall not return that way again. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1715

• 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his
  ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him
  horses and many people.
• DID THE KING OF JUDAH DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 2418-20
• 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he
  became king, and he reigned eleven years in
  Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the
  daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 19 He also did evil in the sight of the LORD,
  according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
• 20 For because of the anger of the LORD this
  happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally
  cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah
  rebelled against the king of Babylon. NKJV

55
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1715

• DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL ABOUT THIS?
• READ ISAIAH 311-3
• 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And
  rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because
  they are many, And in horsemen because they are
  very strong,
• But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
  Nor seek the LORD!
• 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster,
  And will not call back His words, But will arise
  against the house of evildoers, And against the
  help of those who work iniquity.
• 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God And
  their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the
  LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps
  will fall, And he who is helped will fall down
  They all will perish together. NKJV
• WHO SHOULD THEY HAVE LOOKED TO?

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1715

• Will he prosper? Will he who does such things
  escape? Can he break a covenant and still be
  delivered?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• READ ISAIAH 301-3
• 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says the
  LORD,
• "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise
  plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add
  sin to sin
• 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not
  asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the
  strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow
  of Egypt!
• 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be
  your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt
  Shall be your humiliation. NKJV
• 5 They were all ashamed of a people who could
  not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a
  shame and also a reproach." NKJV

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1715

• Will he prosper? Will he who does such things
  escape? Can he break a covenant and still be
  delivered?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 343
• 3 And you shall not escape from his hand, but
  shall surely be taken and delivered into his
  hand your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of
  Babylon, he shall speak with you face to face,
  and you shall go to Babylon.'"'
• READ JEREMIAH 3818
• 18 If you do not surrender to the king of
  Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given
  into the hand of the Chaldeans they shall burn
  it with fire, and you shall not escape from their
  hand.'" NKJV

58
READ EZEKIEL 1716-18

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'"

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1716-18

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'"

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1716

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ZEDEKIAH? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1213
• 13 I will also spread My net over him, and he
  shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to
  Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans yet he
  shall not see it, though he shall die there.
  NKJV

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1716

• WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH DO TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 323-5
• 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up,
  saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Thus says
  the LORD "Behold, I will give this city into the
  hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take
  it
• 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape
  from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely
  be delivered into the hand of the king of
  Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face,
  and see him eye to eye
• 5 then he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and
  there he shall be until I visit him," says the
  LORD "though you fight with the Chaldeans, you
  shall not succeed"'?" NKJV

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1716

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 342-3
• 2 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel 'Go and
  speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him,
  "Thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will give this
  city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
  shall burn it with fire.
• 3 And you shall not escape from his hand, but
  shall surely be taken and delivered into his
  hand your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of
  Babylon, he shall speak with you face to face,
  and you shall go to Babylon.'"'

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1716

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 5210-11
• 10 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of
  Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the
  princes of Judah in Riblah.
• 11 He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah and the
  king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took
  him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the
  day of his death.

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717-18

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT PHARAOH?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO JUDAH?

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT PHARAOH?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY TO HEZEKIAH?
• READ ISAIAH 364-6
• 4 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to
  Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of
  Assyria "What confidence is this in which you
  trust?
• 5 I say you speak of having plans and power for
  war but they are mere words. Now in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

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

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT PHARAOH?
• READ JEREMIAH 4430
• 30 "Thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will give
  Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his
  enemies and into the hand of those who seek his
  life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the
  hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy
  who sought his life.'" NKJV
• the city with fire.'" NKJV

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO TO JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 524-7
• 4 Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his
  reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of
  the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  and all his army came against Jerusalem and
  encamped against it and they built a siege wall
  against it all around.
• 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh
  year of King Zedekiah.
• 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the
  month, the famine had become so severe in the
  city that there was no food for the people of the
  land.
• 7 Then the city wall was broken through, and all
  the men of war fled and went out of the city at
  night by way of the gate between the two walls,
  which was by the king's garden, even though the
  Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they
  went by way of the plain. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD TOLD EZEKIEL EARLIER
• READ EZEKIEL 41-3
• 1 "You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and
  lay it before you, and portray on it a city,
  Jerusalem.
• 2 Lay siege against it, build a siege wall
  against it, and heap up a mound against it set
  camps against it also, and place battering rams
  against it all around.
• 3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and
  set it as an iron wall between you and the city.
  Set your face against it, and it shall be
  besieged, and you shall lay siege against it.
  This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• READ EZEKIEL 296-7
• 6 "Then all the inhabitants of Egypt Shall know
  that I am the LORD, Because they have been a
  staff of reed to the house of Israel.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver." NKJV

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1717

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'"
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO JUDAH?
• HOW DID JUDAH RESPOND TO THIS?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 56-7
• 6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians And
  the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
• 7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we
  bear their iniquities. NKJV

72
READ EZEKIEL 1719-21

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be
  taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon
  and try him there for the treason which he
  committed against Me.
• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1719-21

• PARABLE OF THE EAGLES THE VINE EXPLAINED
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be
  taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon
  and try him there for the treason which he
  committed against Me.
• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1719

• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 714-16
• 14 Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity
  Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth
  falsehood.
• 15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen
  into the ditch which he made.
• 16 His trouble shall return upon his own head,
  And his violent dealing shall come down on his
  own crown.

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1719

• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1658-59
• 58 You have paid for your lewdness and your
  abominations," says the LORD.
• 59 For thus says the Lord GOD "I will deal with
  you as you have done, who despised the oath by
  breaking the covenant. NKJV

76
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1719

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 78-11
• 8 "Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot
  profit.
• 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear
  falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after
  other gods whom you do not know,
• 10 and then come and stand before Me in this
  house which is called by My name, and say, 'We
  are delivered to do all these abominations'?
• 11 Has this house, which is called by My name,
  become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I,
  even I, have seen it," says the LORD. NKJV

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1719

• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "As I live,
  surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant
  which he broke, I will recompense on his own
  head.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 104
• 4 They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in
  making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like
  hemlock in the furrows of the field. NKJV

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1720

• 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be
  taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon
  and try him there for the treason which he
  committed against Me.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 235
• 35 Yet you say, 'Because I am innocent, Surely
  His anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will
  plead My case against you, Because you say, 'I
  have not sinned.' NKJV

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1720

• 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be
  taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon
  and try him there for the treason which he
  committed against Me.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1213
• 13 I will also spread My net over him, and he
  shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to
  Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans yet he
  shall not see it, though he shall die there. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1721

• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1214
• 14 I will scatter to every wind all who are
  around him to help him, and all his troops and I
  will draw out the sword after them. NKJV

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1721

• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• 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

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1721

• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO KING ZEDEKIAH HIS ARMY?
• READ 2 KINGS 255
• 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the
  king, and they overtook him in the plains of
  Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. NKJV

83
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1720-21

• 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall
  fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be
  scattered to every wind and you shall know that
  I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS?
• READ JEREMIAH 278
• 8 And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom
  which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon, and which will not put its neck under
  the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I
  will punish,' says the LORD, 'with the sword, the
  famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed
  them by his hand. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 1722-24

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant
  it and it will bring forth boughs, and bear
  fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will
  dwell birds of every sort in the shadow of its
  branches they will dwell.
• 24 And all the trees of the field shall know
  that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree
  and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree
  and made the dry tree flourish I, the LORD, have
  spoken and have done it."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722-24

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant
  it and it will bring forth boughs, and bear
  fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will
  dwell birds of every sort in the shadow of its
  branches they will dwell.
• 24 And all the trees of the field shall know
  that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree
  and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree
  and made the dry tree flourish I, the LORD, have
  spoken and have done it."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH IT?
• READ 2 KINGS 1930-31
• 30 And the remnant who have escaped of the house
  of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear
  fruit upward.
• 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And
  those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the
  LORD of hosts will do this.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ ISAIAH 22
• 2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
  That the mountain of the LORDS house Shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, And
  shall be exalted above the hills And all nations
  shall flow to it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ ISAIAH 42
• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ ISAIAH 111-2 10
• 1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of
  Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
• 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,
  The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The
  Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of
  knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
• 10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of
  Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people
  For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting
  place shall be glorious." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• ISRAEL EXALTED AT LAST
• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ ISAIAH 532
• 2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender
  plant,
• And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form
  or comeliness And when we see Him, There is no
  beauty that we should desire Him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ JEREMIAH 317
• 17 "At that time Jerusalem shall be called The
  Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be
  gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to
  Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates
  of their evil hearts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ JEREMIAH 235-6
• 5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,
• "That I will raise to David a Branch of
  righteousness
• A King shall reign and prosper, And execute
  judgment and righteousness in the earth.
• 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel
  will dwell safely Now this is His name by which
  He will be called THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  NKJV
• (JEREMIAH 3315-16)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH?
• READ ZECHARIAH 38
• 8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your
  companions who sit before you, For they are a
  wondrous sign For behold, I am bringing forth My
  Servant the BRANCH. NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 612
• 12 Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the
  LORD of hosts, saying "Behold, the Man whose
  name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall
  branch out, And He shall build the temple of the
  LORD NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1722

• 22 Thus says the Lord GOD "I will take also one
  of the highest branches of the high cedar and set
  it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its
  young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a
  high and prominent mountain.
• WHERE DID THE LORD PLANT THIS BRANCH?
• READ PSALMS 26-8
• 6 "Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of
  Zion."
• 7 "I will declare the decree The LORD has said
  to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten
  You.
• 8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for
  Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for
  Your possession. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 8927
• 27 Also I will make him My firstborn, The
  highest of the kings of the earth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1723

• 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant
  it and it will bring forth boughs, and