EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWELVE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWELVE

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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 TWELVE

• THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH V. 1-7
• THE SUFFERINGS OF ZEDEKIAH V. 8-16
• JERUSALEM SURROUNDED V. 17-20
• SCOFFERS DISBELIEVE THE WARNINGS V. 21-28

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READ EZEKIEL 121-2

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying
• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 121-2

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying
• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• WHAT DO THEY NOT SEE AND HEAR?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• they are a rebellious house
• WHEN DID THEY START REBELLING?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 126
• 26 "Nevertheless you would not go up, but
  rebelled against the command of the LORD your
  God NKJV
• READ PSALMS 7840-41
• 40 How often they provoked Him in the
  wilderness,
• And grieved Him in the desert!
• 41 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And
  limited the Holy One of Israel. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• they are a rebellious house
• WHEN DID THEY START REBELLING?
• READ JEREMIAH 4221-22
• 21 And I have this day declared it to you, but
  you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your
  God, or anything which He has sent you by me.
• 22 Now therefore, know certainly that you shall
  die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in
  the place where you desire to go to dwell." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• they are a rebellious house
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 292-4
• 2 Now Moses called all Israel and said to them
  "You have seen all that the LORD did before your
  eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all
  his servants and to all his land
• 3 the great trials which your eyes have seen, the
  signs, and those great wonders.
• 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to
  perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to
  this very day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• they are a rebellious house
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• READ ISAIAH 69-10
• 9 And He said, "Go, and tell this people 'Keep
  on hearing, but do not understand Keep on
  seeing, but do not perceive.'
• 10 "Make the heart of this people dull, And
  their ears heavy, And shut their eyes Lest they
  see with their eyes,
• And hear with their ears, And understand with
  their heart,
• And return and be healed." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• HOW DOES THE LORD DEFINE THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?
• they are a rebellious house
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 520-21
• 20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob And
  proclaim it in Judah, saying,
• 21 'Hear this now, O foolish people, Without
  understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who
  have ears and hear not NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY CONCERNING THEM?
• READ MATTHEW 1314-15
• 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is
  fulfilled, which says 'Hearing you will hear and
  shall not understand, And seeing you will see and
  not perceive
• 15 For the hearts of this people have grown
  dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their
  eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with
  their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they
  should understand with their hearts and turn, So
  that I should heal them.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• WHY DID JESUS SPEAK IN PARABLES?
• READ MARK 410-12
• 10 But when He was alone, those around Him with
  the twelve asked Him about the parable.
• 11 And He said to them, "To you it has been
  given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God
  but to those who are outside, all things come in
  parables,
• 12 so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive,
• And hearing they may hear and not understand
  Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven
  them.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 122

• 2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a
  rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does
  not see, and ears to hear but does not hear for
  they are a rebellious house.
• WHY WERE THEY REBELLIOUS?
• WHY DID JESUS SPEAK IN PARABLES?
• READ LUKE 89-10
• 9 Then His disciples asked Him, saying, "What
  does this parable mean?"
• 10 And He said, "To you it has been given to
  know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to
  the rest it is given in parables, that 'Seeing
  they may not see, And hearing they may not
  understand.' NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 123-4

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 3 "Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings
  for captivity, and go into captivity by day in
  their sight. You shall go from your place into
  captivity to another place in their sight. It may
  be that they will consider, though they are a
  rebellious house.
• 4 By day you shall bring out your belongings in
  their sight, as though going into captivity and
  at evening you shall go in their sight, like
  those who go into captivity.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 123-4

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 3 "Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings
  for captivity, and go into captivity by day in
  their sight. You shall go from your place into
  captivity to another place in their sight. It may
  be that they will consider, though they are a
  rebellious house.
• 4 By day you shall bring out your belongings in
  their sight, as though going into captivity and
  at evening you shall go in their sight, like
  those who go into captivity.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHY IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 123

• 3 "Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings
  for captivity, and go into captivity by day in
  their sight. You shall go from your place into
  captivity to another place in their sight. It may
  be that they will consider, though they are a
  rebellious house.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Prepare to go into captivity
• WHY IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE?
• It may be that they will consider
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3229
• 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood
  this,
• That they would consider their latter end! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 123

• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Prepare to go into captivity
• WHY IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE?
• It may be that they will consider
• READ JEREMIAH 263
• 3 Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his
  evil way, that I may relent concerning the
  calamity which I purpose to bring on them because
  of the evil of their doings.' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 363
• 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear
  all the adversities which I purpose to bring upon
  them, that everyone may turn from his evil way,
  that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 123

• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Prepare to go into captivity
• WHY IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE?
• It may be that they will consider
• IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
• READ 2 TIMOTHY 224-26
• 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but
  be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
• 25 in humility correcting those who are in
  opposition, if God perhaps will grant them
  repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• 26 and that they may come to their senses and
  escape the snare of the devil, having been taken
  captive by him to do his will. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 125-7

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 5 Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry
  your belongings out through it.
• 6 In their sight you shall bear them on your
  shoulders and carry them out at twilight you
  shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the
  ground, for I have made you a sign to the house
  of Israel."
• 7 So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my
  belongings by day, as though going into
  captivity, and at evening I dug through the wall
  with my hand. I brought them out at twilight, and
  I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 125-7

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 5 Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry
  your belongings out through it.
• 6 In their sight you shall bear them on your
  shoulders and carry them out at twilight you
  shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the
  ground, for I have made you a sign to the house
  of Israel."
• 7 So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my
  belongings by day, as though going into
  captivity, and at evening I dug through the wall
  with my hand. I brought them out at twilight, and
  I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHY COVER HIS FACE?
• WHY IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE?
• DID EZEKIEL DO AS THE LORD COMMANDED HIM?

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READ EZEKIEL 128-11

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 8 And in the morning the word of the LORD came to
  me, saying,
• 9 "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the
  rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you
  doing?'
• 10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "This
  burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all
  the house of Israel who are among them."'
• 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so
  shall it be done to them they shall be carried
  away into captivity.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 128-11

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 8 And in the morning the word of the LORD came to
  me, saying,
• 9 "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the
  rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you
  doing?'
• 10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "This
  burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all
  the house of Israel who are among them."'
• 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so
  shall it be done to them they shall be carried
  away into captivity.'
• WHAT DID THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ASK EZEKIEL?
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 129-10

• 9 "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the
  rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you
  doing?'
• 10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "This
  burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all
  the house of Israel who are among them."'
• WHAT DID THE ASK EZEKIEL?
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THEM?
• WHAT DID THEY ASK JEREMIAH?
• WHAT SHOULD JEREMIAH SAY TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 152
• 2 And it shall be, if they say to you, 'Where
  should we go?' then you shall tell them, 'Thus
  says the LORD
• "Such as are for death, to death And such as are
  for the sword, to the sword And such as are for
  the famine, to the famine And such as are for
  the captivity, to the captivity."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1211

• 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so
  shall it be done to them they shall be carried
  away into captivity.'
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THEM?
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY TO THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 818
• 18 Here am I and the children whom the LORD has
  given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel
  From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 1212-13

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear
  his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go
  out. They shall dig through the wall to carry
  them out through it. He shall cover his face, so
  that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
• 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.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1212-13

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear
  his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go
  out. They shall dig through the wall to carry
  them out through it. He shall cover his face, so
  that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
• 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.
• WHAT WILL THE PRINCE OF JERUSALEM DO?
• WHY WILL HE COVER HIS FACE?
• WHY WILL HE NOT SEE BABYLON?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1212

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear
  his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go
  out. They shall dig through the wall to carry
  them out through it. He shall cover his face, so
  that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
• WHAT WILL THE PRINCE OF JERUSALEM DO?
• WHY WILL HE COVER HIS FACE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• READ EZEKIEL 126
• 6 In their sight you shall bear them on your
  shoulders and carry them out at twilight you
  shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the
  ground, for I have made you a sign to the house
  of Israel." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1212

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear
  his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go
  out. They shall dig through the wall to carry
  them out through it. He shall cover his face, so
  that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
• WHAT WILL THE PRINCE OF JERUSALEM DO?
• HOW DID ZEDEKIAH HIS ARMY TRY TO ESCAPE?
• READ JEREMIAH 394
• 4 So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and
  all the men of war saw them, that they fled and
  went out of the city by night, by way of the
  king's garden, by the gate between the two walls.
  And he went out by way of the plain.
  NKJV (JEREMIAH 527)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1213

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• READ HOSEA 711-12
• 11 "Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without
  sense
• They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.
• 12 Wherever they go, I will spread My net on
  them
• I will bring them down like birds of the air I
  will chastise them According to what their
  congregation has heard.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1213

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 248
• 8 'And as the bad figs which cannot be eaten,
  they are so bad' surely thus says the LORD
  'so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah,
  his princes, the residue of Jerusalem who remain
  in this land, and those who dwell in the land of
  Egypt. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1213

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• WHY WILL HE COVER HIS FACE?
• WHY WILL HE NOT SEE BABYLON?
• 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.
• (JEREMIAH 396-7)

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READ EZEKIEL 1214-16

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• 15 "Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I scatter them among the nations and disperse
  them throughout the countries.
• 16 But I will spare a few of their men from the
  sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that
  they may declare all their abominations among the
  Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know
  that I am the LORD."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1214-16

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• 15 "Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I scatter them among the nations and disperse
  them throughout the countries.
• 16 But I will spare a few of their men from the
  sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that
  they may declare all their abominations among the
  Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know
  that I am the LORD."
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH HIS ARMY?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHO WILL BE SPARED? WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1214-15

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• 15 "Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I scatter them among the nations and disperse
  them throughout the countries.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH HIS ARMY?
• READ 2 KINGS 254-5
• 4 Then the city wall was broken through, and all
  the men of war fled at night by way of the gate
  between two walls, which was by the king's
  garden, even though the Chaldeans were still
  encamped all around against the city. And the
  king went by way of the plain.
• 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

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1214-15

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 510
• 10 Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in
  your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers and
  I will execute judgments among you, and all of
  you who remain I will scatter to all the winds.
  NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 512
• 12 One-third of you shall die of the pestilence,
  and be consumed with famine in your midst and
  one-third shall fall by the sword all around you
  and I will scatter another third to all the
  winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1214-15

• 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.
• 15 "Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I scatter them among the nations and disperse
  them throughout the countries.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 216-7
• 6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city,
  both man and beast they shall die of a great
  pestilence.
• 7 And afterward," says the LORD, "I will deliver
  Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the
  people, and such as are left in this city from
  the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into
  the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into
  the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of
  those who seek their life and he shall strike
  them with the edge of the sword. He shall not
  spare them, or have pity or mercy."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1214-15

• JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY PORTRAYED
• 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.
• 15 "Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I scatter them among the nations and disperse
  them throughout the countries.
• DID THE LORD WARNED 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

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1216

• 16 But I will spare a few of their men from the
  sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that
  they may declare all their abominations among the
  Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know
  that I am the LORD."
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• READ JEREMIAH 228-9
• 8 And many nations will pass by this city and
  everyone will say to his neighbor, 'Why has the
  LORD done so to this great city?'
• 9 Then they will answer, Because they have
  forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and
  worshiped other gods and served them.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1216

• 16 But I will spare a few of their men from the
  sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that
  they may declare all their abominations among the
  Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know
  that I am the LORD."
• WHO WILL BE SPARED? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 4310
• 10 "You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "And
  My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know
  and believe Me, And understand that I am He.
  Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall
  there be after Me. NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 813
• 13 And it shall come to pass That just as you
  were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah
  and house of Israel, So I will save you, and you
  shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands
  be strong.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1216

• WHO WILL BE SPARED? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 68-10
• 8 "Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may
  have some who escape the sword among the nations,
  when you are scattered through the countries.
• 9 Then those of you who escape will remember Me
  among the nations where they are carried captive,
  because I was crushed by their adulterous heart
  which has departed from Me, and by their eyes
  which play the harlot after their idols they
  will loathe themselves for the evils which they
  committed in all their abominations.
• 10 And they shall know that I am the LORD I have
  not said in vain that I would bring this calamity
  upon them."

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READ EZEKIEL 1217-18

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 18 "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and
  drink your water with trembling and anxiety.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1217-18

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 18 "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and
  drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EZEKIEL? WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1217-18

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 18 "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and
  drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EZEKIEL? WHY?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 57-9
• 7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we
  bear their iniquities.
• 8 Servants rule over us There is none to
  deliver us from their hand.
• 9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
  Because of the sword in the wilderness. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 1219-20

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 19 And say to the people of the land, 'Thus says
  the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and
  to the land of Israel "They shall eat their
  bread with anxiety, and drink their water with
  dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who
  are in it, because of the violence of all those
  who dwell in it.
• 20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be
  laid waste, and the land shall become desolate
  and you shall know that I am the LORD."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1219-20

• 19 And say to the people of the land, 'Thus says
  the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and
  to the land of Israel "They shall eat their
  bread with anxiety, and drink their water with
  dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who
  are in it, because of the violence of all those
  who dwell in it.
• 20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be
  laid waste, and the land shall become desolate
  and you shall know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 723-24
• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever
  there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand
  shekels of silver, It will be for briers and
  thorns.
• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there,
  Because all the land will become briers and
  thorns. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1219-20

• 19 And say to the people of the land, 'Thus says
  the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and
  to the land of Israel "They shall eat their
  bread with anxiety, and drink their water with
  dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who
  are in it, because of the violence of all those
  who dwell in it.
• 20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be
  laid waste, and the land shall become desolate
  and you shall know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 47
• 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, And the
  destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone
  forth from his place To make your land desolate.
  Your cities will be laid waste, Without
  inhabitant. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1219-20

• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1021-22
• 21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
  And have not sought the LORD Therefore they
  shall not prosper, And all their flocks shall be
  scattered.
• 22 Behold, the noise of the report has come, And
  a great commotion out of the north country, To
  make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of
  jackals. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 259
• 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families
  of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar
  the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring
  them against this land, against its inhabitants,
  and against these nations all around, and will
  utterly destroy them, and make them an
  astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual
  desolations.

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READ EZEKIEL 1221-23

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 21 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you
  people have about the land of Israel, which says,
  'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• 23 Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall
  no more use it as a proverb in Israel." But say
  to them, "The days are at hand, and the
  fulfillment of every vision.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1221-23

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 21 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you
  people have about the land of Israel, which says,
  'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• 23 Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall
  no more use it as a proverb in Israel." But say
  to them, "The days are at hand, and the
  fulfillment of every vision.
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1222

• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ISAIAH?
• READ ISAIAH 519
• 19 That say, "Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, That we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it."
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ISAIAH?
• READ ISAIAH 665
• 5 Hear the word of the LORD, You who tremble at
  His word "Your brethren who hated you, Who cast
  you out for My name's sake, said, 'Let the LORD
  be glorified,
• That we may see your joy. But they shall be
  ashamed."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1222

• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 1715
• 15 Indeed they say to me, "Where is the word of
  the LORD? Let it come now!" NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 207
• 7 O LORD, You induced me, and I was persuaded
• You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I am
  in derision daily Everyone mocks me. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1222

• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY, THEY SAID?
• READ EZEKIEL 112-3
• 2 And He said to me "Son of man, these are the
  men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel
  in this city,
• 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses
  this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.'
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1222

• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID AMOS SAY ABOUT THEM?
• READ AMOS 518
• 18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!
  For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It
  will be darkness, and not light. NKJV
• READ AMOS 63
• 3 Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who
  cause the seat of violence to come near NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1222

• 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you
  people have about the land of Israel, which says,
  'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
  
• WHAT DID PETER SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ 2 PETER 33-4
• 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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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1223

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 23 Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall
  no more use it as a proverb in Israel." But say
  to them, "The days are at hand, and the
  fulfillment of every vision.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 3713
• 13 The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his
  day is coming. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1223

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 23 Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall
  no more use it as a proverb in Israel." But say
  to them, "The days are at hand, and the
  fulfillment of every vision.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?
• READ EZEKIEL 77
• 7 Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the
  land
• The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And
  not of rejoicing in the mountains. NKJV
• READ JOEL 21
• 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in
  My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the
  land tremble For the day of the LORD is coming,
  For it is at hand NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 1224-25

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  
• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1224-25

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  
• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1224

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHY?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 214
• 14 Your prophets have seen for you False and
  deceptive visions They have not uncovered your
  iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have
  envisioned for you false prophecies and
  delusions.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1224

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1414
• 14 And the LORD said to me, "The prophets
  prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them,
  commanded them, nor spoken to them they prophesy
  to you a false vision, divination, a worthless
  thing, and the deceit of their heart. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1224

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 24 For no more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
  
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHY?
• READ MICAH 36
• 6 "Therefore you shall have night without
  vision, And you shall have darkness without
  divination The sun shall go down on the
  prophets, And the day shall be dark for them.
  NKJV

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WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?

• READ ZECHARIAH 132-4
• 2 "It shall be in that day," says the LORD of
  hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the
  idols from the land, and they shall no longer be
  remembered. I will also cause the prophets and
  the unclean spirit to depart from the land.
• 3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still
  prophesies, then his father and mother who begot
  him will say to him, 'You shall not live, because
  you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.'
  And his father and mother who begot him shall
  thrust him through when he prophesies.
• 4 "And it shall be in that day that every
  prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he
  prophesies they will not wear a robe of coarse
  hair to deceive. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1225

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• READ ISAIAH 1424
• 24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, "Surely,
  as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And
  as I have purposed, so it shall stand NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 5511
• 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My
  mouth It shall not return to Me void, But it
  shall accomplish what I please, And it shall
  prosper in the thing for which I sent it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1225

• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID DANIEL SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ DANIEL 912
• 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He
  spoke against us and against our judges who
  judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster
  for under the whole heaven such has never been
  done as what has been done to Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1225

• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HABAKKUK?
• READ HABAKKUK 15
• 5 "Look among the nations and watch Be utterly
  astounded! For I will work a work in your days
  Which you would not believe, though it were told
  you. NKJV
• READ HABAKKUK 23
• 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time
  But at the end it will speak, and it will not
  lie. Though it tarries, wait for it Because it
  will surely come, It will not tarry.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1225

• 25 For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which
  I speak will come to pass it will no more be
  postponed for in your days, O rebellious house,
  I will say the word and perform it," says the
  Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT HIS WORD?
• READ MATTHEW 2434-35
• 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will
  by no means pass away till all these things take
  place.
• 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words
  will by no means pass away. NKJV (LUKE 2133)

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READ EZEKIEL 1226-28

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 27 "Son of man, look, the house of Israel is
  saying, 'The vision that he sees is for many days
  from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'
• 28 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "None of My words will be postponed any
  more, but the word which I speak will be done,"
  says the Lord GOD.'"
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1226-28

• JUDGMENT NOT POSTPONED
• 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 27 "Son of man, look, the house of Israel is
  saying, 'The vision that he sees is for many days
  from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'
• 28 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "None of My words will be postponed any
  more, but the word which I speak will be done,"
  says the Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL SAYING?
• 'The vision that he sees is for many days from
  now,
• and he prophesies of times far off.'
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?
• "None of My words will be postponed any more, but
  the word which I speak will be done,"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1226-28

• WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ MATTHEW 2448-51
• 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart,
  'My master is delaying his coming,'
• 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to
  eat and drink with the drunkards,
• 50 the master of that servant will come on a day
  when he is not looking for him and at an hour
  that he is not aware of,
• 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his
  portion with the hypocrites. There shall be
  weeping and gnashing of teeth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1226-28

• IS THERE A MESSAGE FOUR US TODAY?
• READ MATTHEW 2443-44
• 43 But know this, that if the master of the house
  had known what hour the thief would come, he
  would have watched and not allowed his house to
  be broken into.
• 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of
  Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
  NKJV
• WHY?
• READ 1 THESSALONIANS 52
• 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day
  of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. NKJV

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