EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT V. 1-14
• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES V. 15-19
• SPEAK TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL V. 20-21
• A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL V. 22-24
• SILENCE TILL PROPHECIES FULFILLED V. 25-27

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READ EZEKIEL 241-2

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month,
  on the tenth day of the month, the word of the
  LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, write down the name of the day,
  this very day the king of Babylon started his
  siege against Jerusalem this very day.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 241-2

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month,
  on the tenth day of the month, the word of the
  LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, write down the name of the day,
  this very day the king of Babylon started his
  siege against Jerusalem this very day.
• WHAT DAY WAS THIS?
• 15 JANUARY 588 B.C.?
• WHY WRITE IT DOWN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 241-2

• 2 "Son of man, write down the name of the day,
  this very day the king of Babylon started his
  siege against Jerusalem this very day.
• WHY WRITE IT DOWN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THESE PROPHETS TO DO?
• READ ISAIAH 308
• 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And
  note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to
  come, Forever and ever NKJV
• READ HABAKKUK 22-3
• 2 Then the LORD answered me and said "Write the
  vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may
  run who reads it.
• 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time
  But at the end it will speak, and it will not
  lie. Though it tarries, wait for it Because it
  will surely come, It will not tarry.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 241-2

• WHAT DAY WAS THIS? 15 JANUARY 588 B.C.?
• THE FALL OF JERUSALEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 251
• 1 Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his
  reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of
  the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  and all his army came against Jerusalem and
  encamped against it and they built a siege wall
  against it all around. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 391
• 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,
  in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of
  Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem,
  and besieged it. NKJV
• (2 CHRONICLES 3615-21 JEREMIAH 524-16)

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READ EZEKIEL 243-5

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• 4 Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece,
  The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice
  cuts
• 5 Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel
  bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the
  cuts simmer in it."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 243-5

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• 4 Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece,
  The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice
  cuts
• 5 Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel
  bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the
  cuts simmer in it."
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 2049
• 49 . They say of me, 'Does he not speak
  parables?'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 243

• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• WHY DID THE LORD CALL THEM REBELLIOUS?
• READ ISAIAH 12
• 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the
  LORD has spoken "I have nourished and brought up
  children, And they have rebelled against
  Me NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 23
• 3 And He said to me "Son of man, I am sending
  you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious
  nation that has rebelled against Me they and
  their fathers have transgressed against Me to
  this very day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 243-4

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• 4 Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece,
  The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice
  cuts
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• POT? CHALDRON?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SEE?
• READ JEREMIAH 113
• 13 And the word of the LORD came to me the
  second time, saying, "What do you see? And I
  said, "I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away
  from the north." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 243-4

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• 4 Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece,
  The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice
  cuts
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• POT? CHALDRON?
• WHAT IS THIS CALDRON? WHO IS THE MEAT?
• READ EZEKIEL 113
• 3 .'The time is not near to build houses this
  city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 243-4

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house,
  and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "Put on
  a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.
• 4 Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece,
  The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice
  cuts
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Gather pieces of meat in it
• WHAT ARE THE CHOICE MEATS?
• READ EZEKIEL 117
• 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Your slain
  whom you have laid in its midst, they are the
  meat, and this city is the caldron but I shall
  bring you out of the midst of it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 245

• 5 Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel
  bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the
  cuts simmer in it."
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHO ARE THE CHOICE OF THE FLOCK?
• THE PRINCES OF JUDAH?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 3412
• 12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
  But none shall be there, and all its princes
  shall be nothing. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5210
• 10 The king of Babylon killed the sons of
  Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the
  princes of Judah in Riblah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 245

• WHO ARE THE CHOICE OF THE FLOCK?
• THE PRINCES OF JUDAH?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 5224-27
• 24 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the
  chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and
  the three doorkeepers.
• 25 He also took out of the city an officer who
  had charge of the men of war, seven men of the
  king's close associates who were found in the
  city, the principal scribe of the army who
  mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of
  the people of the land who were found in the
  midst of the city.
• 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took
  these and brought them to the king of Babylon at
  Riblah.
• 27 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put
  them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
  Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own
  land. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 246-8

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• 7 For her blood is in her midst She set it on
  top of a rock She did not pour it on the ground,
  To cover it with dust.
• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 246-8

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• 7 For her blood is in her midst She set it on
  top of a rock She did not pour it on the ground,
  To cover it with dust.
• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT IS THE SCUM IN THE POT?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 246

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• WHAT IS THE SCUM IN THE POT?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• WHAT DID DAVID DO TO THE MOABITES?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 82
• 2 He defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the
  ground, he measured them off with a line. With
  two lines he measured off those to be put to
  death, and with one full line those to be kept
  alive. So the Moabites became David's servants,
  and brought tribute. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 246

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• WHAT IS THE SCUM IN THE POT?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN JERUSALEM?
• READ JOEL 33
• 3 They have cast lots for My people, Have given
  a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl
  for wine, that they may drink. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 246

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• WHAT IS THE SCUM IN THE POT?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN JERUSALEM?
• WHAT DID THE EDOMITES DO?
• READ OBADIAH 110-11
• 10 For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame
  shall cover you, And you shall be cut off
  forever.
• 11 In the day that you stood on the other side -
  In the day that strangers carried captive his
  forces, When foreigners entered his gates And
  cast lots for Jerusalem
• - Even you were as one of them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 246

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And
  whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out
  piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.
• WHAT IS THE SCUM IN THE POT?
• WHAT HAPPENED IN JERUSALEM?
• READ NAHUM 310
• 10 She was carried away, She went into
  captivity
• Her young children also were dashed to pieces At
  the head of every street They cast lots for her
  honorable men, And all her great men were bound
  in chains. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 247

• 7 For her blood is in her midst She set it on
  top of a rock She did not pour it on the ground,
  To cover it with dust.
• WHAT HAPPENED IN JERUSALEM?
• WHAT DID SHE DO WITH THE BLOOD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ LEVITICUS 1713
• 13 "Whatever man of the children of Israel, or
  of the strangers who dwell among you, who hunts
  and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten,
  he shall pour out its blood and cover it with
  dust NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 247

• 7 For her blood is in her midst She set it on
  top of a rock She did not pour it on the ground,
  To cover it with dust.
• WHAT HAPPENED IN JERUSALEM?
• WHAT DID SHE DO WITH THE BLOOD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1223-24
• 23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood,
  for the blood is the life you may not eat the
  life with the meat.
• 24 You shall not eat it you shall pour it on
  the earth like water. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO CAIN?
• READ GENESIS 410-12
• 10 And He said, "What have you done? The voice
  of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the
  ground.
• 11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which
  has opened its mouth to receive your brother's
  blood from your hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 2122-25
• 22 "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child,
  so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm
  follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly
  as the woman's husband imposes on him and he
  shall pay as the judges determine.
• 23 If any harm follows, then you shall give life
  for life,
• 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
  foot for foot,
• 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for
  stripe.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ LEVITICUS 2417-22
• 17 Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to
  death.
• 18 Whoever kills an animal shall make it good,
  animal for animal.
• 19 'If a man causes disfigurement of his
  neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to
  him
• 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for
  tooth as he has caused disfigurement of a man,
  so shall it be done to him.
• 21 And whoever kills an animal shall restore it
  but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
• 22 You shall have the same law for the stranger
  and for one from your own country for I am the
  LORD your God.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1921
• 21 Your eye shall not pity life shall be for
  life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
  hand, foot for foot. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID SOLOMON PRAY TO THE LORD?
• READ 1 KINGS 831-32
• 31 "When anyone sins against his neighbor, and
  is forced to take an oath, and comes and takes an
  oath before Your altar in this temple,
• 32 then hear in heaven, and act, and judge Your
  servants, condemning the wicked, bringing his way
  on his head, and justifying the righteous by
  giving him according to his righteousness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 248

• 8 That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
  I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it
  may not be covered."
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH HER BLOOD?
• WHY?
• WHAT WAS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR SIN?
• READ ISAIAH 31
• 1 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes away
  from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the
  store, The whole supply of bread and the whole
  supply of water NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 249-10

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 9 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city! I too will make the pyre great.
• 10 Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire Cook the
  meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be
  burned up.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 249-10

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 9 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Woe to the
  bloody city! I too will make the pyre great.
• 10 Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire Cook the
  meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be
  burned up.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?
• WHY PILE OF WOOD ON THE FIRE?
• WHAT IS WILL HAPPEN TO THE CHOICE CUTS?
• WHAT DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF? TOPHET?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO TOPHET? WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 249-10

• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE DO IN TOPHET?
• READ JEREMIAH 731
• 31 They have built the high places of Tophet,
  which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to
  burn their sons and their daughters in the fire,
  which I did not command, nor did it come into My
  heart. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TOPHET?
• READ JEREMIAH 196-7
• 6 Behold, the days are coming, that this place
  shall no more be called Tophet or the Valley of
  the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 249-10

• WHAT DID JOSIAH DO TO TOPHET? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 2310
• 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of
  the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son
  or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
  NKJV
• WHO KINDLED THE FIRE AT TOPHET?
• READ ISAIAH 3033
• 33 Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the
  king it is prepared. He has made it deep and
  large Its pyre is fire with much wood The
  breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone,
  Kindles it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 249-10

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1912-13
• 12 Thus I will do to this place, and to its
  inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.
• 13 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

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READ EZEKIEL 2411-12

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 11 "Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it
  may become hot and its bronze may burn, That its
  filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may
  be consumed.
• 12 She has grown weary with lies, And her great
  scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in
  the fire!

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2411-12

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 11 "Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it
  may become hot and its bronze may burn, That its
  filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may
  be consumed.
• 12 She has grown weary with lies, And her great
  scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in
  the fire!
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 2110
• 10 I have set My face against this city for
  adversity and not for good," says the LORD. "It
  shall be given into the hand of the king of
  Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2411-12

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 11 "Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it
  may become hot and its bronze may burn, That its
  filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may
  be consumed.
• 12 She has grown weary with lies, And her great
  scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in
  the fire!
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
• READ ISAIAH 4714
• 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire
  shall burn them They shall not deliver
  themselves From the power of the flame It shall
  not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit
  before! NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2413-14

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I
  have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You
  will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
  Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2413-14

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I
  have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You
  will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
  Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"
• WHY COULD THEY NOT BE CLEANSED?
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2413

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I
  have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You
  will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
  Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• WHY COULD THEY NOT BE CLEANSED?
• READ JEREMIAH 628-30
• 28 They are all stubborn rebels, walking as
  slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are
  all corrupters
• 29 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is
  consumed by the fire The smelter refines in
  vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.
• 30 People will call them rejected silver,
  Because the LORD has rejected them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2413

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I
  have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You
  will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
  Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• WHY COULD THEY NOT BE CLEANSED?
• READ HOSEA 71
• 1 I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity
  of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of
  Samaria.
• For they have committed fraud A thief comes in
  A band of robbers takes spoil outside. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2413

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 13 In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I
  have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You
  will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore,
  Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• WHY COULD THEY NOT BE CLEANSED?
• READ ISAIAH 2214
• 14 Surely for this iniquity there will be no
  atonement for you, Even to your death," says the
  Lord GOD of hosts.
• READ EZEKIEL 2224
• 24 Son of man, say to her 'You are a land that
  is not cleansed or rained on in the day of
  indignation.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2414

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"
• WHY WILL THE LORD NOT SPARE THEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
• READ NUMBERS 1123
• 23 The LORD said to Moses, "Has the LORDS arm
  been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I
  say will happen to you or not." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2414

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 311
• 11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
  For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
  NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 818
• 18 I will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor
  will I have pity and though they cry in My ears
  with a loud voice, I will not hear them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2414

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 1830
• 30 "I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
  one according to his ways," says the Lord GOD.
  "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions,
  so that iniquity will not be your ruin. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2214
• 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands
  remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with
  you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2414

• SYMBOL OF THE COOKING POT
• 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it It shall come to
  pass, and I will do it I will not hold back, Nor
  will I spare, Nor will I relent According to
  your ways And according to your deeds They will
  judge you, Says the Lord GOD.'"
• HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 814-15
• 14 'Just as I determined to punish you When your
  fathers provoked Me to wrath, Says the LORD of
  hosts, 'And I would not relent,
• 15 So again in these days I am determined to do
  good
• To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not
  fear.

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READ EZEKIEL 2415-17

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  
• 16 "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the
  desire of your eyes with one stroke yet you
  shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your
  tears run down.
• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2415-17

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  
• 16 "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the
  desire of your eyes with one stroke yet you
  shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your
  tears run down.
• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2416

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 16 "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the
  desire of your eyes with one stroke yet you
  shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your
  tears run down.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• I take away from you the desire of your eyes
• WHAT DID SAMSON SAY TO HIS FATHER?
• READ JUDGES 143
• 3 Then his father and mother said to him, "Is
  there no woman among the daughters of your
  brethren, or among all my people, that you must
  go and get a wife from the uncircumcised
  Philistines? And Samson said to his father, "Get
  her for me, for she pleases me well."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2416

• 16 "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the
  desire of your eyes with one stroke yet you
  shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your
  tears run down.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• I take away from you the desire of your eyes
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• you shall neither mourn nor weep
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 2210
• 10 Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him Weep
  bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall
  return no more, Nor see his native country. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2416

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 165-8
• 5 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,
  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.
• 8 Also you shall not go into the house of
  feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Sigh in silence
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 399
• 9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because
  it was You who did it. NKJV
• REMEMBER NADAB AND ABIHU?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• REMEMBER NADAB AND ABIHU?
• WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY?
• READ LEVITICUS 101-3
• 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took
  his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it,
  and offered profane fire before the LORD, which
  He had not commanded them.
• 2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured
  them, and they died before the LORD.
• 3 And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the
  LORD spoke, saying 'By those who come near Me I
  must be regarded as holy And before all the
  people I must be glorified.' So Aaron held his
  peace. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Sigh in silence
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE HIGH PREIST?
• READ LEVITICUS 2110-11
• 10 'He who is the high priest among his brethren,
  on whose head the anointing oil was poured and
  who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall
  not uncover his head nor tear his clothes
• 11 nor shall he go near any dead body, nor
  defile himself for his father or his mother

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Sigh in silence
• WHAT IS THE NORMAL RESPONSE?
• WHAT DID JOSHUA DO?
• READ JOSHUA 76
• 6 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth
  on his face before the ark of the LORD until
  evening, he and the elders of Israel and they
  put dust on their heads. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT IS THE NORMAL RESPONSE?
• WHAT DID THE MAN FROM BENJAMIN DO?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 412
• 12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the
  same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes
  torn and dirt on his head. NKJV
• WHAT DID DAVID DO?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 1530
• 30 David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of
  Olives, and wept as he went up and he had his
  head covered and went barefoot. And all the
  people who were with him covered their heads and
  went up, weeping as they went up. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2417

• 17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
  dead bind your turban on your head, and put your
  sandals on your feet do not cover your lips, and
  do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Sigh in silence
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISIAIAH TO DO?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 202
• 2 The LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
  saying, "Go, and remove the sackcloth from your
  body, and take your sandals off your feet." And
  he did so, walking naked and barefoot. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2418-19

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and
  at evening my wife died and the next morning I
  did as I was commanded.
• 19 And the people said to me, "Will you not tell
  us what these things signify to us, that you
  behave so?

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READ EZEKIEL 2418-19

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and
  at evening my wife died and the next morning I
  did as I was commanded.
• 19 And the people said to me, "Will you not tell
  us what these things signify to us, that you
  behave so?"
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
• I did as I was commanded
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• Will you not tell us what these things signify
  to us?

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READ EZEKIEL 2418

• EZEKIELS WIFE DIES
• 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and
  at evening my wife died and the next morning I
  did as I was commanded.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL DO?
• I did as I was commanded
• READ EZEKIEL 127
• 7 I did as I was commanded. I brought out my
  belongings by day, as though going into
  captivity, and at evening I dug through the wall
  with my hand. I brought them out at twilight, and
  I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.

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READ EZEKIEL 2419

• 19 And the people said to me, "Will you not tell
  us what these things signify to us, that you
  behave so?"
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• Will you not tell us what these things signify
  to us?
• HOW DID EZEKIEL RESPOND?
• READ EZEKIEL 129-11
• 9 "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the
  rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you
  doing?'
• 10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "This
  burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all
  the house of Israel who are among them."'
• 11 Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so
  shall it be done to them they shall be carried
  away into captivity. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2420-21

• EZEKIEL SPEAKS TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• 20 Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD
  came to me, saying,
• 21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the
  Lord GOD 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary,
  your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul and your sons and daughters
  whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2420-21

• EZEKIEL SPEAKS TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• 20 Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD
  came to me, saying,
• 21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the
  Lord GOD 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary,
  your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul and your sons and daughters
  whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
• TO WHOM IS THE LORD SPEAKING?
• the house of Israel
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• I will profane My sanctuary
• your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• EZEKIEL SPEAKS TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• 21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the
  Lord GOD 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary,
  your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• I will profane My sanctuary
• WHAT WAS THE DESIRE PSALMIST?
• READ PSALMS 274
• 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That
  will I seek That I may dwell in the house of the
  LORD All the days of my life, To behold the
  beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your
  arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• I will profane My sanctuary
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 74
• 4 Do not trust in these lying words, saying,
  'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD,
  the temple of the LORD are these.' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 714-15
• 14 I will do to the house which is called by My
  name, in which you trust, and to this place which
  I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to
  Shiloh.
• 15 And I will cast you out of My sight, as I
  have cast out all your brethren - the whole
  posterity of Ephraim.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your
  arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• I will profane My sanctuary
• WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARNED THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ LEVITICUS 2630
• 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down
  your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on
  the lifeless forms of your idols and My soul
  shall abhor you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your
  arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• I will profane My sanctuary
• WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARNED THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ EZEKIEL 724
• 24 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. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• 21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the
  Lord GOD 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary,
  your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul and your sons and daughters
  whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword
• READ EZEKIEL 2325
• 25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they
  shall deal furiously with you They shall remove
  your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall
  fall by the sword They shall take your sons and
  your daughters, And your remnant shall be
  devoured by fire. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword
• WHY?
• READ HOSEA 912-16
• 12 Though they bring up their children, Yet I
  will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to
  them when I depart from them!
• 13 Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a
  pleasant place, So Ephraim will bring out his
  children to the murderer.
• 16 Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up
  They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear
  children, I would kill the darlings of their
  womb. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2421

• 21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the
  Lord GOD 'Behold, I will profane My sanctuary,
  your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the
  delight of your soul and your sons and daughters
  whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
• your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword
• WHY?
• READ AMOS 68
• 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, The LORD
  God of hosts says "I abhor the pride of Jacob,
  And hate his palaces Therefore I will deliver up
  the city And all that is in it." NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2422-24

• EZEKIEL A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• 22 And you shall do as I have done you shall
  not cover your lips nor eat man's bread of
  sorrow.
• 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your
  sandals on your feet you shall neither mourn nor
  weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities
  and mourn with one another.
• 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you according to
  all that he has done you shall do and when this
  comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2422-24

• 22 And you shall do as I have done you shall
  not cover your lips nor eat man's bread of
  sorrow.
• 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your
  sandals on your feet you shall neither mourn nor
  weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities
  and mourn with one another.
• 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you according to
  all that he has done you shall do and when this
  comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• EZEKIEL IS A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• you shall do as I have done

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2422-23

• 22 And you shall do as I have done you shall
  not cover your lips nor eat man's bread of
  sorrow.
• 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your
  sandals on your feet you shall neither mourn nor
  weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities
  and mourn with one another.
• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• EZEKIEL IS A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• you shall do as I have done
• REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD SAID TO EZEKIEL?
• EZEKIEL 2417
• Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead
• bind your turban on your head,
• and put your sandals on your feet
• do not cover your lips,
• and do not eat man's bread of sorrow."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2422-23

• WHY FORBID EZEKIEL TO MOURN FOR HIS WIFE?
• EZEKIEL IS A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
• you shall do as I have done
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 166-8
• 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.
• 8 Also you shall not go into the house of
  feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2423

• 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your
  sandals on your feet you shall neither mourn nor
  weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities
  and mourn with one another.
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ LEVITICUS 2616
• 16 I will do this to you I will even appoint
  terror over you, wasting disease and fever which
  shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart.
  And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your
  enemies shall eat it.
• READ LEVITICUS 2639
• 39 And those of you who are left shall waste
  away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands
  also in their fathers' iniquities, which are with
  them, they shall waste away.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2424

• 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you according to
  all that he has done you shall do and when this
  comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• READ EZEKIEL 1211
• 11 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall
  it be done to them they shall be carried away
  into captivity.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2424

• 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you according to
  all that he has done you shall do and when this
  comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
• HOW WAS EZEKIEL A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 202-5
• 2 "Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body,
  and take your sandals off your feet." And he did
  so, walking naked and barefoot.
• 3 Then the LORD said, "Just as My servant Isaiah
  has walked naked and barefoot three years for a
  sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,
• 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the
  Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as
  captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with
  their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2424

• HOW WAS EZEKIEL A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE?
• 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you according to
  all that he has done you shall do and when this
  comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? WHY?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES? WHY?
• READ JOHN 1319
• 19 Now I tell you before it comes, that when it
  does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.
  NKJV
• READ JOHN 1429
• 29 And now I have told you before it comes, that
  when it does come to pass, you may believe. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 2425-27

• SILENT TILL PROPHECIES FULFILLED
• 25 'And you, son of man will it not be in the
  day when I take from them their stronghold, their
  joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes,
  and that on which they set their minds, their
  sons and their daughters
• 26 on that day one who escapes will come to you
  to let you hear it with your ears
• 27 on that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• SILENT TILL PROPHECIES FULFILLED
• 25 'And you, son of man will it not be in the
  day when I take from them their stronghold, their
  joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes,
  and that on which they set their minds, their
  sons and their daughters
• 26 on that day one who escapes will come to you
  to let you hear it with your ears
• 27 on that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
• WHAT WILL THE LORD TAKE AWAY FROM THEM?
• WHAT WILL THOSE WHO ESCAPES DO?
• WHAT WILL EZEKIEL DO ON THAT DAY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425

• 25 'And you, son of man will it not be in the
  day when I take from them their stronghold, their
  joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes,
  and that on which they set their minds, their
  sons and their daughters
• WHAT WILL THE LORD TAKE AWAY FROM THEM?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2832
• 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given
  to another people, and your eyes shall look and
  fail with longing for them all day long and
  there shall be no strength in your hand.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425

• 25 'And you, son of man will it not be in the
  day when I take from them their stronghold, their
  joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes,
  and that on which they set their minds, their
  sons and their daughters
• WHAT WILL THE LORD TAKE AWAY FROM THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 1122
• 22 Thus says the LORD of hosts 'Behold, I will
  punish them. The young men shall die by the
  sword, their sons and their daughters shall die
  by famine NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• 26 on that day one who escapes will come to you
  to let you hear it with your ears
• WHAT WILL THOSE WHO ESCAPES DO?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT SHILOH?
• WHAT DID THE MAN FROM BENJAMIN DO?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 412-18

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• WHAT HAPPENED AT SHILOH?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 412-18
• 12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line
  the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes
  torn and dirt on his head.
• 13 When he came, there was Eli, sitting on a
  seat by the wayside watching, for his heart
  trembled for the ark of God. And when the man
  came into the city and told it, all the city
  cried out.
• 14 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he
  said, "What does the sound of this tumult mean?"
  And the man came quickly and told Eli.
• 15 Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes
  were so dim that he could not see.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• WHAT DID THE MAN FROM BENJAMIN DO?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 412-18
• 16 Then the man said to Eli, "I am he who came
  from the battle. And I fled today from the battle
  line. And he said, "What happened, my son?"
• 17 So the messenger answered and said, "Israel
  has fled before the Philistines, and there has
  been a great slaughter among the people. Also
  your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead and
  the ark of God has been captured."
• 18 Then it happened, when he made mention of the
  ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward
  by the side of the gate and his neck was broken
  and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And
  he had judged Israel forty years. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• SILENT TILL PROPHECIES FULFILLED
• 27 on that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL ON THAT DAY?
• you shall speak and no longer be mute
• WHAT HAPPENED TO DANIEL? WHY?
• READ DANIEL 1015
• 15 When he had spoken such words to me, I turned
  my face toward the ground and became speechless.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 2425-27

• SILENT TILL PROPHECIES FULFILLED
• 27 on that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL ON THAT DAY?
• you shall speak and no longer be mute
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ JEREMIAH 1716
• 16 As for me, I have not hurried away from being
  a shepherd who follows You, Nor have I desired
  the woeful day You know what came out of my
  lips It was right there before You. NKJV

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