EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVEN

1

• EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVEN

2
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)?
3
OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER SEVEN

• DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL JUDAH V. 1-15
• DISTRESS OF THE REMNANT V. 16-19
• DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE V. 20-22
• ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE TO BABYLON V. 23-27

4
READ EZEKIEL 71-4

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to
  the land of Israel 'An end! The end has come
  upon the four corners of the land.
• 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send
  My anger against you I will judge you according
  to your ways, And I will repay you for all your
  abominations.
• 4 My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have
  pity But I will repay your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD!'

5
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 71-4

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to
  the land of Israel 'An end! The end has come
  upon the four corners of the land.
• 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send
  My anger against you I will judge you according
  to your ways, And I will repay you for all your
  abominations.
• 4 My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have
  pity But I will repay your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD!'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT END HAS COME? WHY?

6
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 73

• 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send
  My anger against you I will judge you according
  to your ways, And I will repay you for all your
  abominations.
• WHAT END HAS COME? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
• READ GENESIS 63
• 3 And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive
  with man forever, for he is indeed flesh yet his
  days shall be one hundred and twenty years. NKJV

7
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 73

• 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send
  My anger against you I will judge you according
  to your ways, And I will repay you for all your
  abominations.
• WHAT END HAS COME? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AMOS? WHY?
• READ AMOS 78-9
• 8 And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you
  see? And I said, "A plumb line. Then the Lord
  said "Behold, I am setting a plumb line In the
  midst of My people Israel I will not pass by
  them anymore.
• 9 The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
  And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid
  waste. I will rise with the sword against the
  house of Jeroboam." NKJV

8
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 73

• 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send
  My anger against you I will judge you according
  to your ways, And I will repay you for all your
  abominations.
• WHAT END HAS COME? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AMOS? WHY?
• READ AMOS 82-3
• 2 And He said, "Amos, what do you see? So I
  said, "A basket of summer fruit. Then the LORD
  said to me "The end has come upon My people
  Israel I will not pass by them anymore.
• 3 And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing
  in that day, Says the Lord GOD "Many dead
  bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in
  silence." NKJV

9
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 74

• 4 My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have
  pity But I will repay your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD!'
• WHAT END HAS COME? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1313-14
• 13 "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the
  LORD "Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of
  this land even the kings who sit on David's
  throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness!
• 14 And I will dash them one against another,
  even the fathers and the sons together," says the
  LORD. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy,
  but will destroy them."'"
• NKJV

10
READ EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!

11
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?

12
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 2112
• 12 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel
  'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon
  Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it,
  both his ears will tingle.
• NKJV

13
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NOAH? WHY?
• READ GENESIS 613
• 13 And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh
  has come before Me, for the earth is filled with
  violence through them and behold, I will destroy
  them with the earth. NKJV (HEBREWS 117 1
  PETER 320)

14
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
• WHAT DID ISRAEL NOT CONSIDER?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3228-29
• 28 "For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor
  is there any understanding in them.
• 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood
  this,
• That they would consider their latter end! NKJV

15
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 245
• 5 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel 'Like
  these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who
  are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have
  sent out of this place for their own good, into
  the land of the Chaldeans. NKJV

16
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 2911
• 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward
  you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of
  evil, to give you a future and a hope. NKJV

17
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 19
• 9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts She did not
  consider her destiny Therefore her collapse was
  awesome She had no comforter. "O LORD, behold my
  affliction, For the enemy is exalted!" NKJV

18
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO DANIEL?
• READ DANIEL 1213
• 13 "But you, go your way till the end for you
  shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at
  the end of the days. NKJV

19
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 75-6

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'A disaster, a
  singular disaster Behold, it has come!
• 6 An end has come, The end has come It has
  dawned for you Behold, it has come!
• WHAT END HAS COME?
• WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD MEAN WHEN HE SAID
• Affliction will not rise up a second time?
• READ NAHUM 19
• 9 What do you conspire against the LORD? He will
  make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise
  up a second time. NKJV

20
READ EZEKIEL 77-9

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 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.
• 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And
  spend My anger upon you I will judge you
  according to your ways, And I will repay you for
  all your abominations.
• 9 'My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity I
  will repay you according to your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst. Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.

21
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 77-9

• 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.
• 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And
  spend My anger upon you I will judge you
  according to your ways, And I will repay you for
  all your abominations.
• 9 'My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity I
  will repay you according to your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst. Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ PSALMS 1018
• 8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the
  land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from
  the city of the LORD.

22
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ ISAIAH 212
• 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come
  upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything
  lifted up And it shall be brought low NKJV

23
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 2112
• 12 O house of David! Thus says the LORD
  "Execute judgment in the morning And deliver him
  who is plundered Out of the hand of the
  oppressor, Lest My fury go forth like fire And
  burn so that no one can quench it,
• Because of the evil of your doings. NKJV

24
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ JOEL 22
• 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

25
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ AMOS 518-20
• 18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!
  For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It
  will be darkness, and not light.
• 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion,
  And a bear met him! Or as though he went into the
  house, Leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent
  bit him!
• 20 Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not
  light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in
  it? NKJV

26
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 114-15
• 14 The great day of the LORD is near It is near
  and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the
  LORD is bitter There the mighty men shall cry
  out.
• 15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble
  and distress, A day of devastation and
  desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A
  day of clouds and thick darkness, NKJV

27
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 67

• 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ ZECHARIAH 1413-14
• 13 It shall come to pass in that day That a great
  panic from the LORD will be among them. Everyone
  will seize the hand of his neighbor, And raise
  his hand against his neighbor's hand
• 14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the
  wealth of all the surrounding nations Shall be
  gathered together
• Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
  NKJV

28
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 67

• 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.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHEN?
• READ MALACHI 32
• 2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And
  who can stand when He appears? For He is like a
  refiner's fire And like launderers' soap. NKJV

29
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 78

• 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And
  spend My anger upon you I will judge you
  according to your ways, And I will repay you for
  all your abominations.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 4225
• 25 Therefore He has poured on him the fury of
  His anger And the strength of battle It has set
  him on fire all around, Yet he did not know And
  it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.
  NKJV

30
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 78

• 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And
  spend My anger upon you I will judge you
  according to your ways, And I will repay you for
  all your abominations.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 510
• 10 "The princes of Judah are like those who
  remove a landmark I will pour out My wrath on
  them like water.
• 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

31
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 79

• 9 'My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity I
  will repay you according to your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst. Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3235
• 35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense Their foot
  shall slip in due time For the day of their
  calamity is at hand, And the things to come
  hasten upon them.' NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 913-14
• 13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes
  them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail
  from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
  NKJV

32
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 79

• 9 'My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity I
  will repay you according to your ways, And your
  abominations will be in your midst. Then you
  shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 217
• 7 And afterward," says the LORD, "I will deliver
  Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the
  people, and such as are left in this city from
  the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into
  the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into
  the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of
  those who seek their life and he shall strike
  them with the edge of the sword. He shall not
  spare them, or have pity or mercy."' NKJV

33
READ EZEKIEL 710-11

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 10 'Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom
  has gone out The rod has blossomed, Pride has
  budded.
• 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of
  wickedness None of them shall remain, None of
  their multitude, None of them Nor shall there be
  wailing for them.

34
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 710-11

• 10 'Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom
  has gone out The rod has blossomed, Pride has
  budded.
• 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of
  wickedness None of them shall remain, None of
  their multitude, None of them Nor shall there be
  wailing for them.
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• READ PSALMS 559-11
• 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For
  I have seen violence and strife in the city.
• 10 Day and night they go around it on its walls
  Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
  
• 11 Destruction is in its midst Oppression and
  deceit do not depart from its streets. NKJV

35
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 710-11

• 10 'Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom
  has gone out The rod has blossomed, Pride has
  budded.
• 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of
  wickedness None of them shall remain, None of
  their multitude, None of them Nor shall there be
  wailing for them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• READ ISAIAH 584-5
• 4 Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to
  strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not
  fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard
  on high.
• 5 Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a
  man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his
  head like a bulrush,
• And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you
  call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the
  LORD? NKJV

36
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 711

• 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of
  wickedness None of them shall remain, None of
  their multitude, None of them Nor shall there be
  wailing for them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 162-4
• 2 "You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have
  sons or daughters in this place."
• 3 For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and
  daughters who are born in this place, and
  concerning their mothers who bore them and their
  fathers who begot them in this land
• 4 "They shall die gruesome deaths they shall not
  be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they
  shall be like refuse on the face of the earth.
  They shall be consumed by the sword and by
  famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the
  birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth."

37
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 711

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 165-7
• 5 For thus says the LORD "Do not enter the house
  of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them for
  I have taken away My peace from this people,"
  says the LORD, "loving-kindness and mercies.
• 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this
  land. They shall not be buried neither shall men
  lament for them, cut themselves, nor make
  themselves bald for them.
• 7 Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them,
  to comfort them for the dead nor shall men give
  them the cup of consolation to drink for their
  father or their mother. NKJV

38
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 711

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 2533-36
• 33 "And at that day the slain of the LORD shall
  be from one end of the earth even to the other
  end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or
  gathered, or buried they shall become refuse on
  the ground.
• 34 "Wail, shepherds, and cry! Roll about in the
  ashes,
• You leaders of the flock! For the days of your
  slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled You
  shall fall like a precious vessel.
• 35 And the shepherds will have no way to flee,
  Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
• 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, And a
  wailing of the leaders to the flock will be
  heard. For the LORD has plundered their pasture,
  NKJV

39
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 711

• WHO WAS THE LORDS BATTLE-AX?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 5120-23
• 20 "You are My battle-ax and weapons of war For
  with you I will break the nation in pieces With
  you I will destroy kingdoms
• 21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and
  its rider With you I will break in pieces the
  chariot and its rider
• 22 With you also I will break in pieces man and
  woman With you I will break in pieces old and
  young
• With you I will break in pieces the young man and
  the maiden
• 23 With you also I will break in pieces the
  shepherd and his flock With you I will break in
  pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen And with
  you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
  NKJV

40
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 711

• 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of
  wickedness None of them shall remain, None of
  their multitude, None of them Nor shall there be
  wailing for them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZEPHANIAH?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 118
• 18 Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be
  able to deliver them In the day of the LORDS
  wrath But the whole land shall be devoured By
  the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy
  riddance Of all those who dwell in the land. NKJV

41
READ EZEKIEL 712-13

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 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.
• 13 For the seller shall not return to what has
  been sold, Though he may still be alive For the
  vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall
  not turn back No one will strengthen himself Who
  lives in iniquity.

42
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 712-13

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 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.
• 13 For the seller shall not return to what has
  been sold, Though he may still be alive For the
  vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall
  not turn back No one will strengthen himself Who
  lives in iniquity.
• WHAT IS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BUYER AND SELLER?
• WHAT WILL THE SELLER NOT BE ABLE TO DO?
• WHY?

43
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHAT IS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BUYER AND SELLER?
• READ ISAIAH 242-3
• 2 And it shall be As with the people, so with
  the priest As with the servant, so with his
  master As with the maid, so with her mistress
  As with the buyer, so with the seller As with
  the lender, so with the borrower As with the
  creditor, so with the debtor.
• 3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly
  plundered, For the LORD has spoken this word.
  NKJV

44
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 712

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LAND? WHY?
• WHY RECORD PROTECT THEIR DEEDS?
• READ JEREMIAH 3214-15
• 14 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Take these deeds, both this purchase
  deed which is sealed and this deed which is open,
  and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may
  last many days."
• 15 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be
  possessed again in this land."' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 3237
• 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all
  countries where I have driven them in My anger,
  in My fury, and in great wrath I will bring them
  back to this place, and I will cause them to
  dwell safely. NKJV

45
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 712

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LAND?
• WHY RECORD PROTECT THEIR DEEDS?
• READ JEREMIAH 3242-44
• 42 "For thus says the LORD 'Just as I have
  brought all this great calamity on this people,
  so I will bring on them all the good that I have
  promised them.
• 43 And fields will be bought in this land of
  which you say, "It is desolate, without man or
  beast it has been given into the hand of the
  Chaldeans."
• 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and
  seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of
  Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the
  cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains,
  in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities
  of the South for I will cause their captives to
  return,' says the LORD." NKJV

46
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 713

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 13 For the seller shall not return to what has
  been sold, Though he may still be alive For the
  vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall
  not turn back No one will strengthen himself Who
  lives in iniquity.
• WHAT IS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• WHAT WILL THE SELLER NOT BE ABLE TO DO?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN THE YEAR OF JUBILEE? WHY?

47
READ LEVITICUS 2523-28

• 23 'The land shall not be sold permanently, for
  the land is Mine for you are strangers and
  sojourners with Me.
• 24 And in all the land of your possession you
  shall grant redemption of the land.
• 25 'If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has
  sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming
  relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem
  what his brother sold.
• 26 Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he
  himself becomes able to redeem it,
• 27 then let him count the years since its sale,
  and restore the remainder to the man to whom he
  sold it, that he may return to his possession.
• 28 But if he is not able to have it restored to
  himself, then what was sold shall remain in the
  hand of him who bought it until the Year of
  Jubilee and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
  and he shall return to his possession.

48
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 713

• 13 For the seller shall not return to what has
  been sold, Though he may still be alive For the
  vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall
  not turn back No one will strengthen himself Who
  lives in iniquity.
• WHAT IS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• WHAT WILL THE SELLER NOT BE ABLE TO DO?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HIS WORD?
• READ ISAIAH 5511
• 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My
  mouth It shall not return to Me void, But it
  shall accomplish what I please, And it shall
  prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
  NKJV

49
READ EZEKIEL 714-15

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everyone
  ready, But no one goes to battle For My wrath is
  on all their multitude.
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him.

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 714-15

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everyone
  ready, But no one goes to battle For My wrath is
  on all their multitude.
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him.
• WHY BLOW THE TRUMPET?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 714-15

• 14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everyone
  ready, But no one goes to battle For My wrath is
  on all their multitude.
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3225
• 25 The sword shall destroy outside There shall
  be terror within For the young man and virgin,
  The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
  NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 714

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everyone
  ready, But no one goes to battle For My wrath is
  on all their multitude.
• WHY BLOW THE TRUMPET?
• READ JEREMIAH 61
• 1 "O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves
  to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the
  trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in
  Beth Haccerem For disaster appears out of the
  north, And great destruction.

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 715

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH BEHOLD?
• READ JEREMIAH 1418
• 18 If I go out to the field, Then behold, those
  slain with the sword! And if I enter the city,
  Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both
  prophet and priest go about in a land they do not
  know.'" NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 715

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH BEHOLD?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 120
• 20 "See, O LORD, that I am in distress My soul
  is troubled My heart is overturned within me,
  For I have been very rebellious. Outside the
  sword bereaves, At home it is like death. NKJV

55
READ EZEKIEL 716-17

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHERE WILL THEY GO? EGYPT?

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
• READ ISAIAH 5911
• 11 We all growl like bears And moan sadly like
  doves We look for justice, but there is none
  For salvation, but it is far from us. NKJV

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
• READ JEREMIAH 919
• 19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion
  'How we are plundered! We are greatly ashamed,
  Because we have forsaken the land, Because we
  have been cast out of our dwellings.'" NKJV

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716

• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHERE WILL THEY GO? EGYPT?
• READ JEREMIAH 4116-17
• 16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
  captains of the forces that were with him, took
  from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he
  had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
  after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
  the mighty men of war and the women and the
  children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought
  back from Gibeon.
• 17 And they departed and dwelt in the habitation
  of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, as they went
  on their way to Egypt, NKJV

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHERE WILL THEY GO? EGYPT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TO THOSE WHO FLED TO EGYPT?
• READ JEREMIAH 4215-17
• 15 Then hear now the word of the LORD, O remnant
  of Judah! Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel 'If you wholly set your faces to enter
  Egypt, and go to dwell there,
• 16 then it shall be that the sword which you
  feared shall overtake you there in the land of
  Egypt the famine of which you were afraid shall
  follow close after you there in Egypt and there
  you shall die.
• 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their
  faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall
  die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
  And none of them shall remain or escape from the
  disaster that I will bring upon them.' NKJV

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING SENNACHERIB?
• READ 2 KINGS 1925-26
• 25 'Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From
  ancient times that I formed it? Now I have
  brought it to pass, That you should be For
  crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
• 26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power
  They were dismayed and confounded They were as
  the grass of the field And the green herb, As the
  grass on the housetops And grain blighted before
  it is grown. NKJV

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY WOULD HAPPEN?
• READ ISAIAH 136-8
• 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It
  will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• 7 Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's
  heart will melt,
• 8 And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows
  will take hold of them They will be in pain as a
  woman in childbirth They will be amazed at one
  another Their faces will be like flames.
  NKJV

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY WOULD HAPPEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 472-3
• 2 Thus says the LORD "Behold, waters rise out
  of the north, And shall be an overflowing flood
  They shall overflow the land and all that is in
  it, The city and those who dwell within Then the
  men shall cry, And all the inhabitants of the
  land shall wail.
• 3 At the noise of the stamping hooves of his
  strong horses, At the rushing of his chariots, At
  the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers will not
  look back for their children, Lacking courage,
  NKJV

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 716-17

• 16 'Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them
  mourning, Each for his iniquity.
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO BELSHAZZAR? WHY?
• READ DANIEL 55-6
• 5 In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand
  appeared and wrote opposite the lamp-stand on the
  plaster of the wall of the king's palace and the
  king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• 6 Then the king's countenance changed, and his
  thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his
  hips were loosened and his knees knocked against
  each other.

65
READ EZEKIEL 718-19

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads.
• 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.

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718-19

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads.
• 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.
• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHY THROW AWAY THEIR SILVER GOLD?

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads.
• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 141-2
• 1 "You are the children of the LORD your God you
  shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of
  your head for the dead.
• 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your
  God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people
  for Himself, a special treasure above all the
  peoples who are on the face of the earth. NKJV

68
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718

• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads.
• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ ISAIAH 324-25
• 24 And so it shall be Instead of a sweet smell
  there will be a stench Instead of a sash, a
  rope Instead of well-set hair, baldness Instead
  of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth And
  branding instead of beauty.
• 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, And your
  mighty in the war. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718

• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads.
• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ ISAIAH 153
• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 2212
• 12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called
  for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and
  for girding with sackcloth. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718

• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 47-8
• 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, And the
  destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone
  forth from his place To make your land desolate.
  Your cities will be laid waste, Without
  inhabitant.
• 8 For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth,
  Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the LORD
  Has not turned back from us. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4837
• 37 "For every head shall be bald, and every
  beard clipped On all the hands shall be cuts,
  and on the loins sackcloth NKJV

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 718

• WHY GIRD THEMSELVES WITH SACKCLOTH?
• WHY ARE THEIR HEADS BALD?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ AMOS 810
• 10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, And
  all your songs into lamentation I will bring
  sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every
  head I will make it like mourning for an only
  son, And its end like a bitter day.
• READ MICAH 116
• 16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
  Because of your precious children Enlarge your
  baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from
  you into captivity. NKJV

72
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHY THROW AWAY THEIR SILVER GOLD?
• READ PROVERBS 113-4
• 3 The integrity of the upright will guide them,
  But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy
  them.
• 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But
  righteousness delivers from death. NKJV

73
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHY THROW AWAY THEIR SILVER GOLD?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 41
• 1 How the gold has become dim! How changed the
  fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are
  scattered At the head of every street. NKJV

74
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHY THROW AWAY THEIR SILVER GOLD?
• READ ISAIAH 552-3
• 2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
• And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen
  carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let
  your soul delight itself in abundance.
• 3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and
  your soul shall live And I will make an
  everlasting covenant with you The sure mercies
  of David. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS 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.
• WHY THROW AWAY THEIR SILVER GOLD?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 117-18
• 17 "I will bring distress upon men, And they
  shall walk like blind men, Because they have
  sinned against the LORD Their blood shall be
  poured out like dust, And their flesh like
  refuse."
• 18 Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be
  able to deliver them In the day of the LORDS
  wrath But the whole land shall be devoured By
  the fire of His jealousy,
• For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who
  dwell in the land. NKJV

76
READ EZEKIEL 720-21

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 20 'As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it
  in majesty But they made from it The images of
  their abominations Their detestable things
  Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• 21 I will give it as plunder Into the hands of
  strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as
  spoil And they shall defile it.

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 720-21

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 20 'As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it
  in majesty But they made from it The images of
  their abominations Their detestable things
  Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• 21 I will give it as plunder Into the hands of
  strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as
  spoil And they shall defile it.
• WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
• WHY?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEIR TREASURES?
• WHY?

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 720

• 20 'As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it
  in majesty But they made from it The images of
  their abominations Their detestable things
  Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT IDOLS?
• READ JEREMIAH 102-5
• 2 Thus says the LORD "Do not learn the way of
  the Gentiles Do not be dismayed at the signs of
  heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
• 3 For the customs of the peoples are futile For
  one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the
  hands of the workman, with the ax.
• 4 They decorate it with silver and gold They
  fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will
  not topple.
• 5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they
  cannot speak They must be carried, Because they
  cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of
  them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do
  any good." NKJV

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 720

• 20 'As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it
  in majesty But they made from it The images of
  their abominations Their detestable things
  Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 220-21
• 20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of
  silver
• And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for
  himself to worship, To the moles and bats,
• 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into
  the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of
  the LORD
• And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to
  shake the earth mightily. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 720

• 20 'As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it
  in majesty But they made from it The images of
  their abominations Their detestable things
  Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
• WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 3021-22
• 21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you,
  saying,
• "This is the way, walk in it, Whenever you turn
  to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the
  left.
• 22 You will also defile the covering of your
  images of silver, And the ornament of your molded
  images of gold.
• You will throw them away as an unclean thing You
  will say to them, "Get away!" NKJV

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 721

• 21 I will give it as plunder Into the hands of
  strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as
  spoil And they shall defile it.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEIR TREASURES?
• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 2413-14
• 13 And he carried out from there all the
  treasures of the house of the LORD and the
  treasures of the king's house, and he cut in
  pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon
  king of Israel had made in the temple of the
  LORD, as the LORD had said.
• 14 Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem
  all the captains and all the mighty men of valor,
  ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
  smiths. None remained except the poorest people
  of the land. NKJV

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 721

• 21 I will give it as plunder Into the hands of
  strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as
  spoil And they shall defile it.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEIR TREASURES?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1513
• 13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give as
  plunder without price, Because of all your sins,
  Throughout your territories. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 173
• 3 O My mountain in the field, I will give as
  plunder your wealth, all your treasures, And your
  high places of sin within all your borders. NKJV

83
READ EZEKIEL 722-24

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 22 I will turn My face from them, And they will
  defile My secret place For robbers shall enter
  it and defile it.
• 23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with
  crimes of blood, And the city is full of
  violence.
• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled.

84
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 722-24

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 22 I will turn My face from them, And they will
  defile My secret place For robbers shall enter
  it and defile it.
• 23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with
  crimes of blood, And the city is full of
  violence.
• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled.
• HOW DID THEY DEFILE THE SANCTUARY?
• WHAT WILL THIS CHAIN REPRESENT?
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 722

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 22 I will turn My face from them, And they will
  defile My secret place For robbers shall enter
  it and defile it.
• HOW DID THEY DEFILE THE SANCTUARY?
• READ PSALMS 745-8
• 5 They seem like men who lift up Axes among the
  thick trees.
• 6 And now they break down its carved work, all
  at once, With axes and hammers.
• 7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary They
  have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to
  the ground.
• 8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy
  them altogether. They have burned up all the
  meeting places of God in the land. NKJV

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 722

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 22 I will turn My face from them, And they will
  defile My secret place For robbers shall enter
  it and defile it.
• HOW DID THEY DEFILE THE SANCTUARY?
• WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 226-27
• 26 "As the thief is ashamed when he is found
  out, So is the house of Israel ashamed They and
  their kings and their princes, and their priests
  and their prophets,
• 27 Saying to a tree, 'You are my father, And to
  a stone, 'You gave birth to me. For they have
  turned their back to Me, and not their face. But
  in the time of their trouble They will say,
  'Arise and save us.' NKJV

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 722

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 22 I will turn My face from them, And they will
  defile My secret place For robbers shall enter
  it and defile it.
• HOW DID THEY DEFILE THE SANCTUARY?
• WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 1912-13
• 12 Thus I will do to this place," says the LORD,
  "and to its inhabitants, and make this city like
  Tophet.
• 13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of
  the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the
  place of Tophet, because of all the houses on
  whose roofs they have burned incense to all the
  host of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to
  other gods."' NKJV

88
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 723

• 23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with
  crimes of blood, And the city is full of
  violence.
• WHAT WILL THIS CHAIN REPRESENT? BONDAGE?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING?
• WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY ALL FLESH?
• READ GENESIS 611-12
• 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and
  the earth was filled with violence.
• 12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it
  was corrupt for all flesh had corrupted their
  way on the earth.

89
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 723

• 23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with
  crimes of blood, And the city is full of
  violence.
• WHAT WILL THIS CHAIN REPRESENT? BONDAGE?
• WHAT DID MANASSEH DO??
• READ 2 KINGS 2116
• 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent
  blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end
  to another, besides his sin by which he made
  Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the
  LORD. NKJV
• WHY DID GOD REFUSE TO HEAR THEIR PRAYERS?
• READ ISAIAH 115
• 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide
  My eyes from you Even though you make many
  prayers,
• I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  NKJV

90
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 723

• WHAT WILL THIS CHAIN REPRESENT? BONDAGE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• WHAT DID THE BONDS YOKES REPRESENT?
• READ JEREMIAH 272-3
• 2 "Thus says the LORD to me 'Make for yourselves
  bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
• 3 and send them to the king of Edom, the king of
  Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of
  Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the
  messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king
  of Judah.

91
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 723

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• WHAT DID THE BONDS YOKES REPRESENT?
• READ JEREMIAH 274-7
• 4 And command them to say to their masters, "Thus
  says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel thus
  you shall say to your masters
• 5 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast
  that are on the ground, by My great power and by
  My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it
  seemed proper to Me.
• 6 And now I have given all these lands into the
  hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My
  servant and the beasts of the field I have also
  given him to serve him.
• 7 So all nations shall serve him and his son and
  his son's son, until the time of his land comes
  and then many nations and great kings shall make
  him serve them.

92
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 724

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled.
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• WHAT WAS THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL?
• READ PSALMS 6835
• 35 O God, You are more awesome than Your holy
  places. The God of Israel is He who gives
  strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
  NKJV

93
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 724

• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled.
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• READ LEVITICUS 2618-20
• 18 'And after all this, if you do not obey Me,
  then I will punish you seven times more for your
  sins.
• 19 I will break the pride of your power I will
  make your heavens like iron and your earth like
  bronze.
• 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain for
  your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall
  the trees of the land yield their fruit. NKJV

94
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 724

• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 719-22
• 19 "But if you turn away and forsake My statutes
  and My commandments which I have set before you,
  and go and serve other gods, and worship them,
• 20 then I will uproot them from My land which I
  have given them and this house which I have
  sanctified for My name I will cast out of My
  sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword
  among all peoples.
• 21 "And as for this house, which is exalted,
  everyone who passes by it will be astonished and
  say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and
  this house?'
• 22 Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook
  the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them
  out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other
  gods, and worshiped them and served them
  therefore He has brought all this calamity on
  them.'" NKJV

95
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 724

• 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the
  Gentiles, And they will possess their houses I
  will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And
  their holy places shall be defiled.
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST ISRAEL?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 5151
• 51 We are ashamed because we have heard
  reproach.
• Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have
  come into the sanctuaries of the LORDS house.
  NKJV
• READ LAMENTATIONS 27
• 7 The Lord has spurned His altar, He has
  abandoned His sanctuary He has given up the
  walls of her palaces
• Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a
  noise in the house of the LORD As on the day of a
  set feast.

96
READ EZEKIEL 725-27

• JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL IS NEAR
• 25 Destruction comes They will seek peace, but
  there shall be none.
• 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.
• 27 'The king will mourn, The prince will be
  clothed with desolation, And the hands of the
  common people will tremble. I will do to them
  according to their way, And according to what
  they deserve I will judge them Then they shall
  know that I am the LORD!'" NKJV

97
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 725-2