EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY

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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 THIRTY

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL V. 1-11
• DISTRESS OF THE CITIES OF EGYPT V. 12-19
• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH V. 20-26

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READ EZEKIEL 301-4

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
  
• 2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD "Wail, 'Woe to the day!'
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• 4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great
  anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall
  in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her
  foundations are broken down.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 301-4

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
  
• 2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD "Wail, 'Woe to the day!'
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• 4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great
  anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall
  in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her
  foundations are broken down.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
• WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 302

• 2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD "Wail, 'Woe to the day!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE EGYPTIANS?
• Wail, Woe to the day!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO BABYLON?
• READ ISAIAH 134-6
• 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains,
  Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of
  the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The
  LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.
• 5 They come from a far country, From the end of
  heaven The LORD and His weapons of indignation,
• To destroy the whole land.
• 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It
  will come as destruction from the Almighty. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS?
• READ OBADIAH 15
• 15 The day of the LORD upon all the nations is
  near As you have done, it shall be done to you
  Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• 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

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 712
• 12 The time has come, The day draws near. 'Let
  not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For
  wrath is on their whole multitude.' NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 719
• 19 'They will throw their silver into the
  streets, And their gold will be like refuse
  Their silver and their gold will not be able to
  deliver them In the day of the wrath of the LORD
  They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their
  stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block
  of iniquity. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JOEL 115
• 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is
  at hand It shall come as destruction from the
  Almighty.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JOEL 21-2
• 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
• 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of
  clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning
  clouds spread over the mountains. A people come,
  great and strong, The like of whom has never
  been Nor will there ever be any such after them,
  Even for many successive generations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• the day of the LORD is near
• It will be a day of clouds, the time of the
  Gentiles
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JOEL 210-11
• 10 The earth quakes before them, The heavens
  tremble The sun and moon grow dark, And the
  stars diminish their brightness.
• 11 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His
  camp is very great For strong is the One who
  executes His word. For the day of the LORD is
  great and very terrible Who can endure it? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 303

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD
  is near It will be a day of clouds, the time of
  the Gentiles.
• WHAT DID JAMES SAY ABOUT THE RICH? WHY?
• READ JAMES 51-4
• 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your
  miseries that are coming upon you!
• 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments
  are moth-eaten.
• 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their
  corrosion will be a witness against you and will
  eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up
  treasure in the last days.
• 4 Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed
  your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry
  out and the cries of the reapers have reached
  the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 304

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great
  anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall
  in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her
  foundations are broken down.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
• WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?
• WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA?
• DESCENDENTS OF CUSH?
• READ GENESIS 106
• 6 The sons of Ham were Cush , Mizraim, Put, and
  Canaan. (1 CHRONICLES 18-9)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 304

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great
  anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall
  in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her
  foundations are broken down.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
• WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?
• WHERE WERE THE LORDS PEOPLE SCATTERED?
• READ ISAIAH 1111
• 11 It shall come to pass in that day That the
  Lord shall set His hand again the second time To
  recover the remnant of His people who are left,
  From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush,
  From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands
  of the sea.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 304

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL?
• READ DANIEL 1140-43
• 40 At the time of the end the king of the South
  shall attack him and the king of the North shall
  come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots,
  horsemen, and with many ships and he shall enter
  the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.
• 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and
  many countries shall be overthrown but these
  shall escape from his hand Edom, Moab, and the
  prominent people of Ammon.
• 42 He shall stretch out his hand against the
  countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
  escape.
• 43 He shall have power over the treasures of
  gold and silver, and over all the precious things
  of Egypt also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall
  follow at his heels. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 305-6

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305-6

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia Chub
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPTS ALLIES?
• shall fall with them by the sword

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305

• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya Lydia
• WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA? CUSH?
• SON OF HAM?
• READ GENESIS 106
• 6 The sons of Ham were Cush , Mizraim, Put, and
  Canaan. NKJV
• WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA? PUT?
• SON OF HAM?
• READ GENESIS 106
• 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and
  Canaan. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305

• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya Lydia
• WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF LYDIA? LUD?
• SON OF SHEM?
• READ GENESIS 1022
• 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad,
  Lud, and Aram. NKJV
• WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF CHUB?
• all the mingled people of Ethiopia, Libya
  Lydia?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305

• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya Lydia
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NINEVEH?
• READ NAHUM 38-9
• 8 Are you better than No Amon That was situated
  by the River, That had the waters around her,
  Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the
  sea?
• 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it
  was boundless Put and Lubim were your helpers.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305

• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya Lydia
• WHAT DID SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT DO? WHY?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 122-4
• 2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak
  king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because
  they had transgressed against the LORD,
• 3 with 1200 chariots, 6000 horsemen, and people
  without number who came with him out of Egypt
  the Lubim and the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.
• 4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and
  came to Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 305

• 5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled
  people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are
  allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
• WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Ethiopia, Libya Lydia
• WHAT DID HANANI SAY TO ASA KING OF JUDAH?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 168-9
• 8 Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge
  army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet,
  because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them
  into your hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT MIGDOL?
• WHERE DID GOD TELL THE ISRAELITES TO CAMP?
• READ EXODUS 142
• 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they
  turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol
  and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon you shall camp
  before it by the sea. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 4219
• 19 The LORD has said concerning you, O remnant
  of Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt!' Know certainly
  that I have admonished you this day.
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 437
• 7 So they went to the land of Egypt, for they
  did not obey the voice of the LORD. And they went
  as far as Tahpanhes. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• WHERE DID JUDAH GO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 441-3
• 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all
  the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who
  dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in
  the country of Pathros, saying,
• 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel 'You have seen all the calamity that I
  have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities
  of Judah and behold, this day they are a
  desolation, and no one dwells in them,
• 3 because of their wickedness which they have
  committed to provoke Me to anger, in that they
  went to burn incense and to serve other gods whom
  they did not know, they nor you nor your fathers.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• READ JEREMIAH 4413-14
• 13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land
  of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the
  sword, by famine, and by pestilence,
• 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have
  gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall
  escape or survive, lest they return to the land
  of Judah, to which they desire to return and
  dwell. For none shall return except those who
  escape.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• READ JEREMIAH 4614
• 14 "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol
  Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes Say, 'Stand
  fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword
  devours all around you.' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 469
• 9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And
  let the mighty men come forth The Ethiopians and
  the Libyans who handle the shield, And the
  Lydians who handle and bend the bow. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 306

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 6 'Thus says the LORD "Those who uphold Egypt
  shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come
  down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall
  fall by the sword, Says the Lord GOD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• READ JEREMIAH 4620-21
• 20 Egypt is a very pretty heifer, But
  destruction comes, it comes from the north.
• 21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like
  fat bulls, For they also are turned back, They
  have fled away together. They did not stand, For
  the day of their calamity had come upon them, The
  time of their punishment. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 307-9

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the
  desolate countries, And her cities shall be in
  the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
• 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I
  have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are
  destroyed.
• 9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me
  in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
  And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the
  day of Egypt For indeed it is coming!"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 307-9

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the
  desolate countries, And her cities shall be in
  the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
• 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I
  have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are
  destroyed.
• 9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me
  in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
  And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the
  day of Egypt For indeed it is coming!
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 307

• 7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the
  desolate countries, And her cities shall be in
  the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• READ EZEKIEL 298-11
• 8 Thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I will bring a
  sword upon you and cut off from you man and
  beast.
• 9 The land of Egypt shall become desolate and
  waste then they will know that I am the LORD,
  because he said, 'The River is mine, and I have
  made it.'
• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 308

• 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I
  have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are
  destroyed.
• WHAT WILL EGYPT HER ALLIES KNOW?
• WHEN?
• I have set a fire in Egypt
• And all her helpers are destroyed
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO HAZAEL BEN-HAAD?
• WHY?
• READ AMOS 14
• 4 I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
  Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 308

• WHY BEN-HADAD?
• READ 1 KINGS 1516-19
• 16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of
  Israel all their days.
• 17 Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah,
  and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or
  come in to Asa king of Judah.
• 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that
  was left in the treasuries of the house of the
  LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and
  delivered them into the hand of his servants. And
  King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of
  Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who
  dwelt in Damascus, saying,
• 19 "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as
  there was between my father and your father. See,
  I have sent you a present of silver and gold.
  Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of
  Israel, so that he will withdraw from me." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 308

• WHY BEN-HADAD?
• READ 1 KINGS 201-3
• 1 Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his
  forces together thirty-two kings were with him,
  with horses and chariots. And he went up and
  besieged Samaria, and made war against it.
• 2 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab
  king of Israel, and said to him, "Thus says
  Ben-Hadad
• 3 'Your silver and your gold are mine your
  loveliest wives and children are mine.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 308

• WHAT WILL EGYPT HER ALLIES KNOW?
• WHEN?
• I have set a fire in Egypt
• And all her helpers are destroyed
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO GAZA?
• READ AMOS 17
• 7 I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
  Which shall devour its palaces. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO TYRE?
• READ AMOS 110
• 10 I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
  Which shall devour its palaces. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 308

• 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I
  have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are
  destroyed.
• WHAT WILL EGYPT HER ALLIES KNOW?
• WHEN?
• I have set a fire in Egypt
• And all her helpers are destroyed
• WHAT DID NAHUM ASK?
• READ NAHUM 16
• 6 Who can stand before His indignation? And who
  can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury
  is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown
  down by Him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 309

• 9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me
  in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
  And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the
  day of Egypt For indeed it is coming!
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH? WHY?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 215
• 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt
  securely, that said in her heart, "I am it, and
  there is none besides me. How has she become a
  desolation, A place for beasts to lie down!
  Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake
  his fist. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3010-12

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 10 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also make a
  multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
• 11 He and his people with him, the most terrible
  of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the
  land They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
  And fill the land with the slain.
• 12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land
  into the hand of the wicked I will make the land
  waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of
  aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3010-12

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 10 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also make a
  multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
• 11 He and his people with him, the most terrible
  of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the
  land They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
  And fill the land with the slain.
• 12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land
  into the hand of the wicked I will make the land
  waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of
  aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3010

• 10 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also make a
  multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
• WHAT DID GOD WANT NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO DO?
• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO FIRST?
• READ 2 KINGS 251-2
• 1 It came to pass in the ninth year of his
  reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of
  the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  and all his army came against Jerusalem and
  encamped against it and they built a siege wall
  against it all around.
• 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh
  year of King Zedekiah. NKJV
• (JEREMIAH 391-2 JEREMIAH 524-5)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3010

• 10 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also make a
  multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
• WHAT DID GOD WANT NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO DO?
• WHY DID GOD GIVE EGYPT TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ EZEKIEL 2919-20
• 19 Thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will give
  the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of
  Babylon he shall take away her wealth, carry off
  her spoil, and remove her pillage and that will
  be the wages for his army.
• 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord
  GOD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3011

• 11 He and his people with him, the most terrible
  of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the
  land They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
  And fill the land with the slain.
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 286-8
• 6 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Because you have set
  your heart as the heart of a god,
• 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers
  against you, The most terrible of the nations
  And they shall draw their swords against the
  beauty of your wisdom,
• And defile your splendor.
• 8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And
  you shall die the death of the slain In the midst
  of the seas.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3012

• 12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land
  into the hand of the wicked I will make the land
  waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of
  aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 468-9
• 8 Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters
  move like the rivers And he says, 'I will go up
  and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and
  its inhabitants.'
• 9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And
  let the mighty men come forth The Ethiopians and
  the Libyans who handle the shield, And the
  Lydians who handle and bend the bow. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3012

• 12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land
  into the hand of the wicked I will make the land
  waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of
  aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 299-10
• 9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate
  and waste then they will know that I am the
  LORD, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I
  have made it.'
• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3012

• 12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land
  into the hand of the wicked I will make the land
  waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of
  aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR RIVERS?
• READ ISAIAH 195-8
• 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the
  river will be wasted and dried up.
• 6 The rivers will turn foul The brooks of
  defense will be emptied and dried up The reeds
  and rushes will wither.
• 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth
  of the River, And everything sown by the River,
  Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
• 8 The fishermen also will mourn All those will
  lament who cast hooks into the River, And they
  will languish who spread nets on the waters. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3013-15

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt I will cut off the multitude of No,

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013-15

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt I will cut off the multitude of No,
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NOPH EGYPT?
• will destroy the idols and cause the images to
  cease
• READ JEREMIAH 4312-13
• 12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the
  gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry
  them away captive. And he shall array himself
  with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his
  garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.
  
• 13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of
  Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt and
  the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall
  burn with fire."'"

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
• There shall no longer be princes in the land of
  Egypt
• READ ISAIAH 186
• 6 They will be left together for the mountain
  birds of prey And for the beasts of the earth
  The birds of prey will summer on them, And all
  the beasts of the earth will winter on them. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
• There shall no longer be princes in the land of
  Egypt
• READ EZKEIEL 295
• 5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and
  all the fish of your rivers You shall fall on
  the open field You shall not be picked up or
  gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts
  of the field And to the birds of the heavens.
  NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
• There shall no longer be princes in the land of
  Egypt
• READ ISAIAH 1913
• 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools The
  princes of Noph are deceived They have also
  deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its
  tribes. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
• There shall no longer be princes in the land of
  Egypt
• WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 2915
• 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms it
  shall never again exalt itself above the nations,
  for I will diminish them so that they will not
  rule over the nations anymore. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3013

• 13 'Thus says the Lord GOD "I will also destroy
  the idols, And cause the images to cease from
  Noph There shall no longer be princes from the
  land of Egypt I will put fear in the land of
  Egypt.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
• There shall no longer be princes in the land of
  Egypt
• WHAT WILL NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?
• READ ZECHARIAH 1011
• 11 He shall pass through the sea with
  affliction,
• And strike the waves of the sea All the depths
  of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of
  Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of
  Egypt shall depart.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014-15

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt I will cut off the multitude of No,
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPTS ALLIES?
• Make Pathros desolate
• Set fire to Zoan
• Pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt
• Execute judgments in No Cut off the multitude
  of No

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?
• PATHROS PATHRUSIM?
• WHO WAS PATHRUSIM? GRANDSON OF HAM?
• READ GENESIS 106
• 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and
  Canaan. NKJV
• READ GENESIS 1013-14
• 13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim,
  Naphtuhim,
• 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the
  Philistines and Caphtorim). (1 CHRONICLES
  18-13)

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?
• PATHROS PATHRUSIM?
• WHERE WERE GODS PEOPLE?
• READ ISAIAH 1111
• 11 It shall come to pass in that day That the
  Lord shall set His hand again the second time To
  recover the remnant of His people who are left,
  From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush,
  From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands
  of the sea. NKJV

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?
• PATHROS PATHRUSIM?
• WHO IS JEREMIAH TALKING TO?
• WHERE ARE THEY?
• READ JEREMIAH 441
• 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all
  the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who
  dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in
  the country of Pathros, saying,

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?
• PATHROS PATHRUSIM?
• WHAT DID THESE MEN SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 4415-17
• 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives
  had burned incense to other gods, with all the
  women who stood by, a great multitude, and all
  the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in
  Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying
• 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in
  the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
  NKJV

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?
• PATHROS PATHRUSIM?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE CAPTIVES OF EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 2914
• 14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and
  cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to
  the land of their origin, and there they shall be
  a lowly kingdom.

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT ZOAN?
• READ PSALMS 7812-14
• 12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their
  fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of
  Zoan.
• 13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass
  through And He made the waters stand up like a
  heap.
• 14 In the daytime also He led them with the
  cloud,
• And all the night with a light of fire. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT ZOAN?
• READ PSALMS 7843-44
• 43 He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders
  in the field of Zoan
• 44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their
  streams, that they could not drink. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE PRINCES OF ZOAN?
• READ ISAIAH 303-5
• 3 The strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame,
  And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your
  humiliation.
• 4 For his princes were at Zoan, And his
  ambassadors came to Hanes.
• 5 They were all ashamed of a people who could
  not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a
  shame and also a reproach." NKJV

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NO?
• NO THEBES? SOUTHERN EGYPT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF NO?
• READ JEREMIAH 4625
• 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says
  "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No,
  and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their
  kings Pharaoh and those who trust in him. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3014

• 14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to
  Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NO?
• NO THEBES? SOUTHERN EGYPT?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH?
• READ NAHUM 38
• 8 Are you better than No Amon That was situated
  by the River, That had the waters around her,
  Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the
  sea? NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt I will cut off the multitude of No,
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• WHERE DID THE HEBREW CHILDREN CAMP?
• READ NUMBERS 3311-14
• 11 They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the
  Wilderness of Sin.
• 12 They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and
  camped at Dophkah.
• 13 They departed from Dophkah and camped at
  Alush.
• 14 They moved from Alush and camped at Rephidim,
  where there was no water for the people to drink.
  NKJV

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO?
• READ EXODUS 162-3
• BREAD FROM HEAVEN
• 2 Then the whole congregation of the children of
  Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the
  wilderness.
• 3 And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh,
  that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the
  land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat
  and when we ate bread to the full! For you have
  brought us out into this wilderness to kill this
  whole assembly with hunger." (NUMBERS 3311-12)

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO?
• READ EXODUS 171-2
• WATER FROM THE ROCK
• 1 All the congregation of the children of Israel
  set out on their journey from the Wilderness of
  Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD,
  and camped in Rephidim but there was no water
  for the people to drink.
• 2 Therefore the people contended with Moses, and
  said, "Give us water, that we may drink. NKJV
• (NUMBERS 201-13)

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt I will cut off the multitude of No,
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• IN WHAT DIRECTION DID THE TWELVE SPIES GO?
• READ NUMBERS 1321
• 21 They went up and spied out the land from the
  Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the
  entrance of Hamath. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 2712-14
• 12 The LORD said to Moses "Go up into this
  Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given
  to the children of Israel.
• 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be
  gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother
  was gathered.
• 14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the
  strife of the congregation, you rebelled against
  My command to hallow Me at the waters before
  their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah, at
  Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.) NKJV

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3015

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?
• SIN PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
• WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?
• WHAT LAND DID JUDAH INHERIT?
• READ JOSHUA 151-3
• 1 This was the lot of the tribe of the children
  of Judah according to their families The border
  of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was
  the extreme southern boundary.
• 2 And their southern border began at the shore
  of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces
  southward.
• 3 Then it went out to the southern side of the
  Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended
  on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along
  to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to
  Karkaa.

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READ EZEKIEL 3016-17

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016-17

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHERE WERE THESE CITIES?
• SIN? NO? NOPH? AVEN? PI BESETH?
• WHAT WILL GOD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL?

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016

• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NOPH?
• NOPH? - MOPH? - MEMPHIS?
• WHAT DID THE PRINCES OF NOPH DO?
• READ ISAIAH 1913
• 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools The
  princes of Noph are deceived They have also
  deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its
  tribes. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 216
• 16 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken
  the crown of your head. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016

• WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
• The J ews in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph and
  Pathros
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 441-4
• 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all
  the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who
  dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in
  the country of Pathros, saying,
• 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel 'You have seen all the calamity that I
  have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities
  of Judah and behold, this day they are a
  desolation, and no one dwells in them,
• 4 I have sent to you all My servants the
  prophets, rising early and sending them, saying,
  "Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I
  hate!" NKJV

76
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016

• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NOPH?
• NOPH? - MOPH? - MEMPHIS?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL?
• they are gone because of destruction
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS DO? NOPH?
• READ HOSEA 96
• 6 Indeed they are gone because of destruction.
• Egypt shall gather them up Memphis shall bury
  them.
• Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver
  Thorns shall be in their tents. NKJV

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• AVEN ON? ON IN EGYPT?
• WHERE WAS JOSEPHS WIFE FROM?
• READ GENESIS 4145
• 45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name
  Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife
  Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of
  On. So Joseph went out over all the land of
  Egypt. NKJV
• READ GENESIS 4620
• 20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born
  Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter
  of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. NKJV

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• AVEN ON? ON IN EGYPT?
• WHO REBELLED AGAINST MOSES AARON?
• READ NUMBERS 161-3
• 1 Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
  son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of
  Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,
  took men
• 2 and they rose up before Moses with some of the
  children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders
  of the congregation, representatives of the
  congregation, men of renown. NKJV
• WHO WAS ON?
• On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHERE DID JOSHUA SEND HIS MEN?
• READ JOSHUA 72
• 2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is
  beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and
  spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the
  country." So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  NKJV
• WHERE WAS BETH-AVEN?
• on the east side of Bethel

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT LAND WAS GIVEN TO BENJAMIN?
• READ JOSHUA 1812-13
• 12 Their border on the north side began at the
  Jordan, and the border went up to the side of
  Jericho on the north, and went up through the
  mountains westward it ended at the Wilderness of
  Beth Aven.
• 13 The border went over from there toward Luz,
  to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward
  and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near
  the hill that lies on the south side of Lower
  Beth Horon. NKJV

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT MICHMASH?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 135
• 5 The Philistines gathered together to fight
  with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six
  thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which
  is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up
  and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth
  Aven.
• WHERE WAS MICHMASH?
• to the east of Beth Aven

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT MICHMASH?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 1421-23
• 21 The Hebrews who were with the Philistines
  before that time, who went up with them into the
  camp from the surrounding country, they also
  joined the Israelites who were with Saul and
  Jonathan.
• 22 All the men of Israel who had hidden in the
  mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the
  Philistines fled, they also followed hard after
  them in the battle.
• 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the
  battle shifted to Beth Aven. NKJV
• WHERE DID THE BATTLE SHIFT TO?
• the battle shifted to Beth Aven

83
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• WHY?
• READ HOSEA 415
• 15 "Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not
  Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up
  to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, 'As the
  LORD lives' NKJV

84
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF BETH AVEN CRY OUT?
• WHY?
• READ HOSEA 58
• 8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in
  Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you,
  O Benjamin!' NKJV
• WHAT DID THEY WORSHIP AT BETH AVEN?
• READ HOSEA 105
• 5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear Because of the
  calf of Beth Aven. For its people mourn for it,
  And its priests shriek for it Because its glory
  has departed from it. NKJV

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT WAS THE SIN OF ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 108
• 8 Also the high places of Aven, the sin of
  Israel,
• Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall
  grow on their altars They shall say to the
  mountains, "Cover us! And to the hills, "Fall on
  us!" NKJV

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3017

• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
• BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO BETH AVEN?
• WHY?
• READ AMOS 15
• 5 I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,
  And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of
  Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth
  Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to
  Kir, Says the LORD. NKJV

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016-17

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• READ ISAIAH 145
• 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,
• The scepter of the rulers

88
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3016-17

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be
  in distress daily.
• 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall
  fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into
  captivity.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• READ JEREMIAH 4313
• 13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of
  Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt and
  the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall
  burn with fire.
• READ JEREMIAH 4921
• 21 The earth shakes at the noise of their fall
  At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.
  NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3018-19

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be
  darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
  And her arrogant strength shall cease in her As
  for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her
  daughters shall go into captivity.
• 19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then
  they shall know that I am the LORD."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3018-19

• EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
• 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be
  darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
  And her arrogant strength shall cease in her As
  for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her
  daughters shall go into captivity.
• 19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then
  they shall know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT HER ALLIES
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3018

• 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be
  darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
  And her arrogant strength shall cease in her As
  for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her
  daughters shall go into captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
• TEHAPHNEHES HANES? DAPHNE?
• WHAT ABOUT THE AMBASSADORS OF HANES?
• READ ISAIAH 304-5
• 4 His princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors
  came to Hanes.
• 5 They were all ashamed of a people who could
  not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a
  shame and also a reproach." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3018

• 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be
  darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
  And her arrogant strength shall cease in her As
  for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her
  daughters shall go into captivity.
• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
• TEHAPHNEHES HANES? DAPHNE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 216-17
• 16 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken
  the crown of your head.
• 17 Have you not brought this on yourself, In
  that you have forsaken the LORD your God When He
  led you in the way? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3018

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
• TEHAPHNEHES HANES? DAPHNE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 439-10
• 9 "Take large stones in your hand, and hide them
  in the sight of the men of Judah, in the clay in
  the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to
  Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes
• 10 and say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts,
  the God of Israel "Behold, I will send and bring
  Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant,
  and will set his throne above these stones that I
  have hidden. And he will spread his royal
  pavilion over them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3018

• WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
• TEHAPHNEHES HANES? DAPHNE?
• WHERE DID THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH GO?
• READ JEREMIAH 435-7
• 5 Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains
  of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who
  had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from
  all nations where they had been driven
• 7 They went to the land of Egypt, for they did
  not obey the voice of the LORD. And they went as
  far as Tahpanhes. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3019

• 19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then
  they shall know that I am the LORD."'"
• WHAT WILL EGYPT AND HER ALLIES KNOW?
• they shall know that I am the LORD
• WHEN?
• execute judgments on Egypt
• WHAT WILL SIDON KNOW? WHEN?
• READ EZEKIEL 2822
• 22 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I am
  against you, O Sidon I will be glorified in your
  midst And they shall know that I am the LORD,
  When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed
  in her. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3020-22

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH EGYPT
• 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
  king of Egypt and see, it has not been bandaged
  for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to
  make it strong enough to hold a sword.
• 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I
  am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break
  his arms, both the strong one and the one that
  was broken and I will make the sword fall out of
  his hand.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3020-22

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH EGYPT
• 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
  king of Egypt and see, it has not been bandaged
  for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to
  make it strong enough to hold a sword.
• 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I
  am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break
  his arms, both the strong one and the one that
  was broken and I will make the sword fall out of
  his hand.
• WHAT DAY DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?
• eleventh year, first month, seventh day
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3020

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH EGYPT
• 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• WHAT DAY DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?
• eleventh year, first month, seventh day
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST PHARAOH?
• READ JEREMIAH 375
• 5 Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt and when
  the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard
  news of them, they departed from Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3020

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH EGYPT
• 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• WHEN DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?
• eleventh year, first month, seventh day
• EZEKIEL 3020
• WHEN DID HE PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• tenth year, tenth month, twelfth day
• EZEKIEL 291
• HOW MUCH LATER WAS THIS PROPHECY?
• ABOUT 3 MONTHS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3020

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH EGYPT
• 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• WHEN DID HE PROPHESY AGAINST TYRE?
• eleventh year, first day
• EZEKIEL 261
• WHEN DID THE BATTLE AGAINST TYRE END?
• twenty-seventh year, first month, first day
• EZEKIEL 2917
• HOW LONG WAS THE BATTLE AGAINST TYRE?
• ABOUT 16 YEARS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3021

• 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
  king of Egypt and see, it has not been bandaged
  for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to
  make it strong enough to hold a sword.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?
• I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE WICKED?
• READ PSALMS 3717
• 17 The arms of the wicked shall be broken, But
  the LORD upholds the righteous. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3021

• 21 "Son of man, I have broken t