EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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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 THIRTEEN

• JUDGMENTS AGAINST LYING PROPHETS V. 1-9
• THE WORK OF THESE DECEIVERS V. 10-16
• FALSE PROPHETESSES DENOUNCED V. 17-23

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READ EZEKIEL 131-2

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
  Israel who prophesy, and say to those who
  prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word
  of the LORD!'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 131-2

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
  Israel who prophesy, and say to those who
  prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word
  of the LORD!'"
• WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT IS A SEER?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 99
• 9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire
  of God, he spoke thus "Come, let us go to the
  seer" for he who is now called a prophet was
  formerly called a seer.)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 131-2

• 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
  Israel who prophesy, and say to those who
  prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word
  of the LORD!'"
• WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 531
• 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the
  priests rule by their own power And My people
  love to have it so. But what will you do in the
  end? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 132

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 614
• 14 They have also healed the hurt of My people
  slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When there is
  no peace.
• READ JEREMIAH 1413
• 13 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the
  prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the
  sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give
  you assured peace in this place.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 132

• EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 2316
• 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts "Do not listen
  to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
  They make you worthless They speak a vision of
  their own heart,
• Not from the mouth of the LORD. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 2338
• 38 But since you say, 'The oracle of the LORD!'
  therefore thus says the LORD 'Because you say
  this word, "The oracle of the LORD!" and I have
  sent to you, saying, "Do not say, 'The oracle of
  the LORD!'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 132

• EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO HANANIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 2815-16
• 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the
  prophet, "Hear now, Hananiah, the LORD has not
  sent you, but you make this people trust in a
  lie.
• 16 Therefore thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will
  cast you from the face of the earth. This year
  you shall die, because you have taught rebellion
  against the LORD.'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 132

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
  Israel who prophesy, and say to those who
  prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word
  of the LORD!'"
• WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY?
• WHAT DID PETER SAY ABOUT PROPHECY?
• 2 PETER 120-21
• 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of
  Scripture is of any private interpretation,
• 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man,
  but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by
  the Holy Spirit. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 133-5

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 3 Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the foolish
  prophets, who follow their own spirit and have
  seen nothing!
• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a
  wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle
  on the day of the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133-5

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 3 Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the foolish
  prophets, who follow their own spirit and have
  seen nothing!
• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a
  wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle
  on the day of the LORD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133

• WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT ISAIAH?
• READ ISAIAH 21
• 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
  concerning Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 131
• 1 The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son
  of Amoz saw. NKJV
• WHO WAS AMOS?
• WHAT DID AMOS PROPHESY?
• READ AMOS 11
• 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep
  breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel
  in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the
  days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of
  Israel, two years before the earthquake. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 3 Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the foolish
  prophets, who follow their own spirit and have
  seen nothing!
• WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT HOSEA?
• WHAT DID HOSEA PROPHESY?
• READ HOSEA 97
• 7 The days of punishment have come The days of
  recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet
  is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because
  of the greatness of your iniquity and great
  enmity. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 3 Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the foolish
  prophets, who follow their own spirit and have
  seen nothing!
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS?
• 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 133

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• WHAT WERE THE FALSE PROPHETS SAYING?
• READ JEREMIAH 2325-27
• 25 "I have heard what the prophets have said who
  prophesy lies in My name, saying, 'I have
  dreamed, I have dreamed!'
• 26 How long will this be in the heart of the
  prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are
  prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
• 27 who try to make My people forget My name by
  their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor,
  as their fathers forgot My name for Baal. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 2328-30
• 28 "The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a
  dream And he who has My word, let him speak My
  word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?"
  says the LORD.
• 29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD,
  "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in
  pieces?
• 30 "Therefore behold, I am against the
  prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words
  every one from his neighbor. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 133

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 3 Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the foolish
  prophets, who follow their own spirit and have
  seen nothing!
• WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 119-22
• 19 For it is written "I will destroy the wisdom
  of the wise, And bring to nothing the
  understanding of the prudent."
• 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where
  is the disputer of this age? Has not God made
  foolish the wisdom of this world?
• 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world
  through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God
  through the foolishness of the message preached
  to save those who believe. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 134

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS?
• WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING?
• READ SONG 215
• 15 Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that
  spoil the vines, For our vines have tender
  grapes. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 134

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE?
• WHAT IS THIS VINE?
• READ ISAIAH 51-2
• GOD'S DISAPPOINTING VINEYARD
• 1 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my
  Beloved regarding His vineyard My Well-beloved
  has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 134

• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE?
• WHAT IS THE VINE?
• READ ISAIAH 57
• 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His
  pleasant plant.
• He looked for justice, but behold, oppression
  For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 221
• 21 I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of
  highest quality. How then have you turned before
  Me
• Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 135

• 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a
  wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle
  on the day of the LORD.
• WHAT DID THE PROPHETS FAIL TO DO?
• WHY DID THE LORD BREAK DOWN THEIR HEDGES?
• READ ISAIAH 52-5
• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• 5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 134

• 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
  deserts.
• WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VINE?
• READ PSALMS 8015-16
• 15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has
  planted, And the branch that You made strong for
  Yourself.
• 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down They
  perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. NKJV
• READ LAMENTATIONS 518
• 18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With
  foxes walking about on it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 135

• 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a
  wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle
  on the day of the LORD.
• WHAT DID THE PROPHETS FAIL TO DO?
• WHY DID THE LORD BREAK DOWN THEIR HEDGES?
• READ PSALMS 8012
• 12 Why have You broken down her hedges, So that
  all who pass by the way pluck her fruit? NKJV
• WHAT DID MOSES DO?
• READ PSALMS 10623
• 23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
  Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in
  the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He
  destroy them.

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READ EZEKIEL 136-7

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have
  you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The
  LORD says,' but I have not spoken."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136-7

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have
  you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The
  LORD says,' but I have not spoken."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136

• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?
• READ JEREMIAH 1414-15
• 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.
• 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the
  prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not
  send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be
  in this land' 'By sword and famine those
  prophets shall be consumed! NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136

• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?
• READ JEREMIAH 2316
• 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts "Do not listen to
  the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
  They make you worthless They speak a vision of
  their own heart,
• Not from the mouth of the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136

• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?
• READ JEREMIAH 298-9
• 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel Do not let your prophets and your
  diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor
  listen to your dreams which you cause to be
  dreamed.
• 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name I
  have not sent them, says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136

• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?
• WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY TO THESE PROPHETS?
• READ ISAIAH 309-11
• 9 This is a rebellious people, Lying children,
  Children who will not hear the law of the LORD
• 10 Who say to the seers, "Do not see, And to the
  prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things
  Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
• 11 Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path,
  Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before
  us."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136-7

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have
  you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The
  LORD says,' but I have not spoken."
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT JEREMIAH TO DO?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 51
• 1 Run to and fro through the streets of
  Jerusalem
• See now and know And seek in her open places If
  you can find a man, If there is anyone who
  executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I
  will pardon her.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 136-7

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 6 They have envisioned futility and false
  divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the
  LORD has not sent them yet they hope that the
  word may be confirmed.
• 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have
  you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The
  LORD says,' but I have not spoken."
• WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS?
• READ 2 THESSALONIANS 211-12
• 11 And for this reason God will send them strong
• delusion, that they should believe the lie,
• 12 that they all may be condemned who did not
  believe the truth but had pleasure in
  unrighteousness.

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READ EZEKIEL 138-9

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Because you
  have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies,
  therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord
  GOD.
• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 138-9

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Because you
  have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies,
  therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord
  GOD.
• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THESE PROPHETS?
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF?
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 138

• 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Because you
  have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies,
  therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord
  GOD.
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 131-3
• 1 "If there arises among you a prophet or a
  dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a
  wonder,
• 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of
  which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after
  other gods' which you have not known 'and let
  us serve them,'
• 3 you shall not listen to the words of that
  prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD
  your God is testing you to know whether you love
  the LORD your God with all your heart and with
  all your soul. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 138

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Because you
  have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies,
  therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord
  GOD.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THESE PROPHETS?
• READ JEREMIAH 2313
• 13 "And I have seen folly in the prophets of
  Samaria
• They prophesied by Baal And caused My people
  Israel to err. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 139

• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 6927-28
• 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them
  not come into Your righteousness.
• 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the
  living,
• And not be written with the righteous. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 139

• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 876
• 6 The LORD will record, When He registers the
  peoples "This one was born there. NKJV
• READ EXODUS 3232
• 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin but
  if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which
  You have written."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 139

• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1713
• 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake
  You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me
  Shall be written in the earth, Because they have
  forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living
  waters." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 139

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1117
• 17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I
  will gather you from the peoples, assemble you
  from the countries where you have been scattered,
  and I will give you the land of Israel." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 139

• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?
• READ DANIEL 121
• 1 "At that time Michael shall stand up, The great
  prince who stands watch over the sons of your
  people
• And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as
  never was since there was a nation, Even to that
  time. And at that time your people shall be
  delivered, Every one who is found written in the
  book. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 1310-11

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying,'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  untempered mortar
• 11 say to those who plaster it with untempered
  mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding
  rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall
  and a stormy wind shall tear it down.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered
  mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding
  rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall
  and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
• WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT? WHY?
• WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• WHAT ARE THEY TELLING THE PEOPLE?
• READ JEREMIAH 614
• 14 They have also healed the hurt of My people
  slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When there is
  no peace.
• NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 811
• 11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of
  My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When
  there is no peace. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 410
• 10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have
  greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
  Saying, 'You shall have peace, Whereas the sword
  reaches to the heart. NKJV
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY?
• READ EZEKIEL 725
• 25 Destruction comes They will seek peace, but
  there shall be none. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered
  mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding
  rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall
  and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
• WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT? WHY?
• WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered
  mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding
  rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall
  and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
• WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL?
• 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.

48
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My
  people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace
  and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with
  un-tempered mortar
• 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered
  mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding
  rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall
  and a stormy wind shall tear it down.
• WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL?
• WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL?
• READ PSALMS 116
• 6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals Fire and
  brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion
  of their cup. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER?
• WHY?
• READ PSALMS 1812-13
• 12 From the brightness before Him, His thick
  clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
• 13 The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most
  High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of
  fire.
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO PHARAOH?
• READ EXODUS 917-19
• 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause
  very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not
  been in Egypt since its founding until now. NKJV

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER?
• WHY?
• READ EXODUS 924-26
• 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the
  hail, so very heavy that there was none like it
  in all the land of Egypt since it became a
  nation.
• 25 And the hail struck throughout the whole land
  of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and
  beast and the hail struck every herb of the
  field and broke every tree of the field.
• 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the
  children of Israel were, there was no hail. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER?
• WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT GIBEON?
• READ JOSHUA 1011
• 11 And it happened, as they fled before Israel
  and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the
  LORD cast down large hailstones from heaven on
  them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were
  more who died from the hailstones than the
  children of Israel killed with the sword. NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 282
• 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
• Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
  Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who
  will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
  NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 3030
• 30 The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be
  heard, And show the descent of His arm, With the
  indignation of His anger And the flame of a
  devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and
  hailstones. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1310-11

• HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY?
• READ REVELATION 1119
• 19 The temple of God was opened in heaven, and
  the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.
  And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings,
  an earthquake, and great hail. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 1621
• 21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men,
  each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men
  blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,
  since that plague was exceedingly great. NKJV

54
READ EZEKIEL 1312-14

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not
  be said to you, 'Where is the mortar with which
  you plastered it?'"
• 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "I will
  cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury
  and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger,
  and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
• 14 So I will break down the wall you have
  plastered with un-tempered mortar, and bring it
  down to the ground, so that its foundation will
  be uncovered it will fall, and you shall be
  consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know
  that I am the LORD.

55
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1312-14

• 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not
  be said to you, 'Where is the mortar with which
  you plastered it?'"
• 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "I will
  cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury
  and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger,
  and great hailstones in fury to consume it.
• 14 So I will break down the wall you have
  plastered with un-tempered mortar, and bring it
  down to the ground, so that its foundation will
  be uncovered it will fall, and you shall be
  consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know
  that I am the LORD.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
• WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT?

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1312-14

• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
• WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT?
• READ ISAIAH 225
• 5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down
  and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the
  Valley of Vision Breaking down the walls And of
  crying to the mountain. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 615
• 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
  abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed
  Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they
  shall fall among those who fall At the time I
  punish them, They shall be cast down," says the
  LORD. NKJV

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1312-14

• WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMARIA?
• WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT?
• READ MICAH 16
• 6 "Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins
  in the field, Places for planting a vineyard I
  will pour down her stones into the valley, And I
  will uncover her foundations. NKJV

58
READ EZEKIEL 1315-16

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 15 "Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall
  and on those who have plastered it with
  untempered mortar and I will say to you, 'The
  wall is no more, nor those who plastered it,
• 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy
  concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of
  peace for her when there is no peace,'" says the
  Lord GOD.

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1315-16

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 15 "Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall
  and on those who have plastered it with
  un-tempered mortar and I will say to you, 'The
  wall is no more, nor those who plastered it,
• 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy
  concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of
  peace for her when there is no peace,'" says the
  Lord GOD.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FOOLISH PROPHETS?
• READ EZEKIEL 726
• 26 Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor
  will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision
  from a prophet But the law will perish from the
  priest, And counsel from the elders. NKJV

60
READ EZEKIEL 1317-19

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and
  make veils for the heads of people of every
  height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of
  My people, and keep yourselves alive?
• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317-19

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and
  make veils for the heads of people of every
  height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of
  My people, and keep yourselves alive?
• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHAT WERE THE WOMEN OF JUDAH DOING?
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHO WAS MIRIAM?
• READ EXODUS 1520
• 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of
  Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand and all the
  women went out after her with timbrels and with
  dances. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHAT DID MIRIAM AARON DO?
• READ NUMBERS 121-2
• 1 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses
  because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
  married for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
• 2 So they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only
  through Moses? Has He not spoken through us
  also?" And the LORD heard it. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHO WAS DEBORAH?
• READ JUDGES 44-5
• 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of
  Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
• 5 And she would sit under the palm tree of
  Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains
  of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to
  her for judgment.

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHO WAS HULDAH?
• READ 2 KINGS 2214-17
• 14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor,
  Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the
  prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of
  Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the
  wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second
  Quarter.) And they spoke with her.
• 15 Then she said to them, "Thus says the LORD God
  of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me,
• 16 "Thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will bring
  calamity on this place and on its inhabitants
  all the words of the book which the king of Judah
  has read
• 17 because they have forsaken Me and burned
  incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me
  to anger with all the works of their hands.
  Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this
  place and shall not be quenched.'" NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WHAT DID JOEL PROPHESY?
• READ JOEL 228
• 28 "And it shall come to pass afterward That I
  will pour out My Spirit on all flesh Your sons
  and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men
  shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see
  visions. NKJV

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHO WAS ANNA?
• READ LUKE 236-38
• 36 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the
  daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She
  was of a great age, and had lived with a husband
  seven years from her virginity
• 37 and this woman was a widow of about
  eighty-four years, who did not depart from the
  temple, but served God with fastings and prayers
  night and day.
• 38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to
  the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who
  looked for redemption in Jerusalem. NKJV

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHAT DID PHILIPS DAUGHTER DO?
• READ ACTS 218-9
• 8 On the next day we who were Paul's companions
  departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the
  house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of
  the seven, and stayed with him.
• 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who
  prophesied. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1317

• 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against
  the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of
  their own heart prophesy against them,
• WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?
• WHO WAS JEZEBEL?
• READ REVELATION 220-23
• 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you,
  because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls
  herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My
  servants to commit sexual immorality and eat
  things sacrificed to idols.
• 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual
  immorality, and she did not repent. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1318

• 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and
  make veils for the heads of people of every
  height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of
  My people, and keep yourselves alive?
• WHAT WERE THE WOMEN OF JUDAH DOING?
• READ PROVERBS 626
• 26 For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to
  a crust of bread And an adulteress will prey
  upon his precious life. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 814
• 14 So He brought me to the door of the north
  gate of the LORDS house and to my dismay, women
  were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. NKJV

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1319

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"
• HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD?
• READ PROVERBS 2821
• 21 To show partiality is not good, Because for a
  piece of bread a man will transgress. NKJV

72
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1319

• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"
• HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD?
• WHAT DID JEROBOAM TELL HIS WIFE TO DO?
• READ 1 KINGS 142-3
• 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise,
  and disguise yourself, that they may not
  recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to
  Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who
  told me that I would be king over this people.
• 3 Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and
  a jar of honey, and go to him he will tell you
  what will become of the child." NKJV

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1319

• HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD?
• WHAT DID MICAH SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS?
• READ MICAH 39-11
• 9 Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob
• And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor
  justice
• And pervert all equity,
• 10 Who build up Zion with bloodshed And
  Jerusalem with iniquity
• 11 Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests
  teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money.
  Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the
  LORD among us? No harm can come upon us." NKJV

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1319

• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"
• HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 4426
• 26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Judah
  who dwell in the land of Egypt 'Behold, I have
  sworn by My great name,' says the LORD, 'that My
  name shall no more be named in the mouth of any
  man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
  "The Lord GOD lives." NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1319

• 19 And will you profane Me among My people for
  handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
  killing people who should not die, and keeping
  people alive who should not live, by your lying
  to My people who listen to lies?"
• HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD?
• WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 217
• 17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word
  of God but as of sincerity, but as from God, we
  speak in the sight of God in Christ. NKJV

76
READ EZEKIEL 1320-21

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I
  am against your magic charms by which you hunt
  souls there like birds. I will tear them from
  your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you
  hunt like birds.
• 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver
  My people out of your hand, and they shall no
  longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall
  know that I am the LORD.

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1320-21

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I
  am against your magic charms by which you hunt
  souls there like birds. I will tear them from
  your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you
  hunt like birds.
• 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver
  My people out of your hand, and they shall no
  longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall
  know that I am the LORD.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS?
• HOW WILL HE DELIVER HIS PEOPLE?

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1320-21

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I
  am against your magic charms by which you hunt
  souls there like birds. I will tear them from
  your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you
  hunt like birds.
• 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver
  My people out of your hand, and they shall no
  longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall
  know that I am the LORD.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS?
• READ HOSEA 98-9
• 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God But
  the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways
  Enmity in the house of his God.
• 9 They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of
  Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity He will
  punish their sins. NKJV

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1320-21

• HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE?
• READ PSALMS 913-4
• 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of
  the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
• 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And
  under His wings you shall take refuge His truth
  shall be your shield and buckler. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1247-8
• 7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare
  of the fowlers The snare is broken, and we have
  escaped.
• 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made
  heaven and earth. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1320-21

• 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I
  am against your magic charms by which you hunt
  souls there like birds. I will tear them from
  your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you
  hunt like birds.
• 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver
  My people out of your hand, and they shall no
  longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall
  know that I am the LORD.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS?
• HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT SHOULD HIS PEOPLE DO?
• READ PROVERBS 65
• 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand
  of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of
  the fowler. NKJV

81
READ EZEKIEL 1322-23

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322-23

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• WHAT WILL THEY LORD DO ABOUT THEM?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?

83
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322

• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• WHAT DID TOBIAH SANBALLAT DO? WHY?
• READ NEHEMIAH 612-13
• 12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at
  all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against
  me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
• 13 For this reason he was hired, that I should
  be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they
  might have cause for an evil report, that they
  might reproach me.

84
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322

• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• READ ISAIAH 915-16
• 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head The
  prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
• 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to
  err,
• And those who are led by them are destroyed.
  NKJV

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322

• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• READ JEREMIAH 2314
• 14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the
  prophets of Jerusalem They commit adultery and
  walk in lies They also strengthen the hands of
  evildoers, So that no one turns back from his
  wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And
  her inhabitants like Gomorrah. NKJV

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322

• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ GALATIANS 110
• 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I
  seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I
  would not be a bondservant of Christ. NKJV
• READ ROMANS 121
• 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
  NKJV

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1322

• 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of
  the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad and
  you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so
  that he does not turn from his wicked way to save
  his life.
• HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD?
• WHAT DID JEZEBEL DO?
• READ REVELATION 220-21
• 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you,
  because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls
  herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My
  servants to commit sexual immorality and eat
  things sacrificed to idols.
• 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual
  immorality, and she did not repent. NKJV

88
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1323

• WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS
• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THEY LORD DO ABOUT THEM?
• READ MICAH 36-7
• 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.
• 7 So the seers shall be ashamed, And the
  diviners abashed Indeed they shall all cover
  their lips For there is no answer from God."
  NKJV

89
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1323

• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ PSALMS 7214
• 14 He will redeem their life from oppression and
  violence And precious shall be their blood in
  His sight.

90
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1323

• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ PSALMS 511
• 11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust
  in You
• Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend
  them
• Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in
  You.
• READ PSALMS 2230-31
• 30 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be
  recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
• 31 They will come and declare His righteousness
  to a people who will be born, That He has done
  this. NKJV

91
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 1323

• 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision
  futility nor practice divination for I will
  deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall
  know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ ISAIAH 261
• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 25
• 5 For I,' says the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire
  all around her, and I will be the glory in her
  midst.'" NKJV

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