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EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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HOSEA
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EZEKIEL
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ZECHARIAH
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BABYLON DESTROYED
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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
V. 1-12
JUDGMENT ON UNFAITHFULNESS
V. 13-23
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:1-3
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
1
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and
sat before me.
2
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:1-3
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
1
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and
sat before me.
2
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
WHO CAME TO EZEKIEL?
WHY?
HAD THEY COME TO EZEKIEL BEFORE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM?
WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS?
WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE?
SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:1-3
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
1
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and
sat before me.
WHO CAME TO EZEKIEL?
WHY?
HAD THEY COME TO EZEKIEL BEFORE?
WHO WAS SITTING WITH EZEKIEL AT HIS HOME?
READ:
EZEKIEL 8:1
1
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house
with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand
of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:3
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM?
WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS?
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THIS?
READ:
PSALMS 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not
18
hear.
19
But certainly God has heard me; He has attended
to the voice of my prayer.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:3
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS?
WHAT CAUSED THEM TO STUMBLE?
READ:
EZEKIEL 6:4
4
Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense
altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain
men before your idols. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 7:19
19
'They will throw their silver into the streets, And
their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold
will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of
the LORD; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their
stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of
iniquity.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:3
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS?
WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE?
SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM?
WHAT DID THE WISEMAN SAY ABOUT THIS?
READ:
PROVERBS 15:29
29
The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the
prayer of the righteous.
NKJV
READ:
PROVERBS 28:9
9
One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:3
3
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
their hearts, and put before them that which causes them
to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of
at all by them?
WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS?
WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE?
SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 1:15
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
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:4-5
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
4
"Therefore speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus
says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who
sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what
causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to
the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes,
according to the multitude of his idols,
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:4-5
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
4
"Therefore speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus
says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who
sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what
causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to
the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes,
according to the multitude of his idols,
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT FROM THE PROPHET?
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:4
WHAT DID KING AHAB ASK MICAIAH?
HOW DID AHAB RESPOND?
READ:
1 KINGS 22:15-18
15
Then he came to the king; and the king said to him,
"Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or
shall we refrain?“ And he answered him, "Go and
prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the
king!"
16
So the king said to him, "How many times shall I
make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in
the name of the LORD?"
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:4
WHAT DID MICAIAH SAY TO KING AHAB?
HOW DID AHAB RESPOND?
READ:
1 KINGS 22:15-18
17
Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the
LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his
house in peace.'"
18
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I
not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me,
but evil?" NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:4
WHAT DID THE WISEMAN SAY ABOUT THIS?
READ:
PROVERBS 26:4-7
4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest
you also be like him.
5
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be
wise in his own eyes.
6
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7
Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a
proverb in the mouth of fools. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:5
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
WHY?
READ:
ROMANS 1:28-32
28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do
those things which are not fitting;
32
who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that
those who practice such things are deserving of death,
not only do the same but also approve of those who
practice them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:5
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
WHY?
READ:
2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-12
10
….because they did not receive the love of the
truth, that they might be saved.
11
And for this reason God will send them strong
delusion, that they should believe the lie,
12
that they all may be condemned who did not
believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:5
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
WHY?
JESHURUN - JERUSALEM
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 32:15
15
"But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat,
you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who
made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his
salvation. NKJV
READ:
HOSEA 5:7
7
They have dealt treacherously with the LORD, For
they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon
shall devour them and their heritage.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:5
5
that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,
because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
WHY?
READ:
ZECHARIAH 11:8
8
I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My
soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
(Pharisees and scribes and lawyers)?
READ:
JEREMIAH 2:11
11
Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not
gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what
does not profit.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:6
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and
turn your faces away from all your abominations.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:6
6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and
turn your faces away from all your abominations.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
WHAT DID NEHEMIAH SAY?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 1:8-9
8
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded
Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will
scatter you among the nations;
9
but if you return to Me, and keep My
commandments and do them, though some of you were
cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will
gather them from there, and bring them to the place
which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.' NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:6
6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and
turn your faces away from all your abominations.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
READ:
ISAIAH 30:21-22
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
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:6
6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and
turn your faces away from all your abominations.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 3:11-13
11
Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has
shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north,
and say: 'Return, backsliding Israel,' says the LORD;
'I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I am
merciful,' says the LORD; 'I will not remain angry forever.
13
Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have
transgressed against the LORD your God, And have
scattered your charms To alien deities under every green
tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,' says the LORD.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:6
6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and
turn your faces away from all your abominations.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 35:15
15
I have also sent to you all My servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Turn
now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and
do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will
dwell in the land which I have given you and your
fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed
Me. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:7-8
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself
from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts
before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then
comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the
LORD will answer him by Myself.
8
I will set My face against that man and make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst
of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:7-8
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself
from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts
before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then
comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the
LORD will answer him by Myself.
8
I will set My face against that man and make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst
of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
WHO WILL THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:7
7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself
from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts
before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then
comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the
LORD will answer him by Myself.
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
READ:
EXODUS 12:48-49
48
And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to
keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be
circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and
he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised
person shall eat it.
49
One law shall be for the native-born and for the
stranger who dwells among you."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:7
7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself
from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts
before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then
comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the
LORD will answer him by Myself.
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
READ:
EXODUS 20:8-10
8
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD
your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your
female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is
within your gates.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:7
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
READ:
LEVITICUS 17:8-9
8
"Also you shall say to them: 'Whatever man of the
house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you,
who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9
and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle
of meeting, to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut
off from among his people. NKJV
READ:
LEVITICUS 17:10
10
'And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I
will set My face against that person who eats blood, and
will cut him off from among his people.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:7
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
7
For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself
from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts
before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then
comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the
LORD will answer him by Myself.
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
READ:
LEVITICUS 20:2
2
"Again, you shall say to the children of Israel:
'Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who
dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to
Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the
land shall stone him with stones.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:8
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
8
I will set My face against that man and make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst
of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO KORAH, DATHAN & ABIRAM?
WHY?
READ:
NUMBERS 26:10
10
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up
together with Korah when that company died, when the
fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they
became a sign.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:8
8
I will set My face against that man and make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst
of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO KORAH, DATHAN & ABIRAM?
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ELEAZAR TO DO?
WHY?
READ:
NUMBERS 16:37-38
37
"Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up
the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and scatter
the fire some distance away.
38
The censers of these men who sinned against their
own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a
covering for the altar. Because they presented them
before the LORD, therefore they are holy; and they shall
be a sign to the children of Israel."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:8
8
I will set My face against that man and make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst
of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 28:36-37
36
"The LORD will bring you and the king whom you
set over you to a nation which neither you nor your
fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods
— wood and stone.
37
And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb,
and a byword among all nations where the LORD will
drive you. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:8
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15
'So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an
astonishment to the nations that are all around you,
when I execute judgments among you in anger and in
fury and in furious rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken.
16
When I send against them the terrible arrows of
famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to
destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut
off your supply of bread.
17
So I will send against you famine and wild beasts,
and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall
pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you.
I, the LORD, have spoken.'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:8
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 42:19-22
19
"The LORD has said concerning you, O remnant of
Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt!' Know certainly that I have
admonished you this day.
20
For you were hypocrites in your hearts when you
sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the
LORD our God, and according to all that the LORD your
God says, so declare to us and we will do it.'
21
And I have this day declared it to you, but you have
not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, or anything
which He has sent you by me.
22
Now therefore, know certainly that you shall die by
the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place
where you desire to go to dwell."
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:9-11
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
9
"And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I
the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch
out My hand against him and destroy him from among
My people Israel.
10
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment
of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of
the one who inquired,
11
that the house of Israel may no longer stray from
Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their
transgressions, but that they may be My people and I
may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'"
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:9-11
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
9
"And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I
the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch
out My hand against him and destroy him from among
My people Israel.
10
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment
of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of
the one who inquired,
11
that the house of Israel may no longer stray from
Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their
transgressions, but that they may be My people and I
may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'"
WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE FALSE PROPHETS?
WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY?
WHY DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:9
IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED
9
"And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I
the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch
out My hand against him and destroy him from among
My people Israel.
WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE FALSE PROPHETS?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 13:3
3
You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or
that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing
you to know whether you love the LORD your God with
all your heart and with all your soul. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:9
9
"And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I
the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch
out My hand against him and destroy him from among
My people Israel.
WHAT DID MICAIAH SAY ABOUT THEM?
READ:
1 KINGS 22:23
23
Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD
has declared disaster against you." NKJV
(2 CHRONICLES 18:22)
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:9
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 14:15
15
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the
prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not
send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this
land' — 'By sword and famine those prophets shall be
consumed!
NKJV
READ:
ZECHARIAH 13:3
3
It shall come to pass that if anyone still
prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him
will say to him, 'You shall not live, because you have
spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and
mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he
prophesies.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:10
10
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment
of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of
the one who inquired,
WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY?
WHAT HAPPENED TO KING SAUL? WHY?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 16:14
14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and
a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:10
10
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment
of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of
the one who inquired,
WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY?
WHO DID KING SAUL SEEK? WHY?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 28:6-7
6
When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not
answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the
prophets.
7
Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman
who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her."
And his servants said to him, "In fact, there is a woman
who is a medium at En Dor."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:10
10
And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment
of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of
the one who inquired,
WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY?
READ:
2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-12
10
Because they did not receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
11
And for this reason God will send them strong
delusion, that they should believe the lie,
12
that they all may be condemned who did not
believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
READ:
JAMES 1:13
13
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted
by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He
Himself tempt anyone. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:11
11
that the house of Israel may no longer stray from
Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their
transgressions, but that they may be My people and I
may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'"
WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS?
READ:
ISAIAH 51:16
16
I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered
you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the
heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to
Zion, 'You are My people.'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:11
11
that the house of Israel may no longer stray from
Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their
transgressions, but that they may be My people and I
may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'"
WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS?
READ:
EZEKIEL 11:19-20
19
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit
within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and give them a heart of flesh,
20
that they may walk in My statutes and keep My
judgments and do them; and they shall be My people,
and I will be their God. NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:12-14
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
12
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
13
"Son of man, when a land sins against Me by
persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand
against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine
on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:12-14
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
12
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
13
"Son of man, when a land sins against Me by
persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand
against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine
on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:13
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
13
"Son of man, when a land sins against Me by
persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand
against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine
on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 15:1
1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and
Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable
toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let
them go forth.
NKJV
WHAT DID MOSES, AARON AND SAMUEL DO?
WHAT DID MOSES DO?
WHY?
READ:
EXODUS 32:11-14
11
Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, and
said: "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your
people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt
with great power and with a mighty hand?
12
Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, 'He
brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the
mountains, and to consume them from the face of the
earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this
harm to Your people.
13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your
servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said
to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of
heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to
your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
14
So the LORD relented from the harm which He
said He would do to His people.
NKJV
(NUMBERS 14:13-21)
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:13
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
WHAT DID MOSES, AARON AND SAMUEL DO?
READ:
PSALMS 99:6
6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And
Samuel was among those who called upon His name;
They called upon the LORD, and He answered them.
WHAT DID ISRAEL ASK SAMUEL TO DO?
READ:
1 SAMUEL7:8
8
So the children of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not
cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may
save us from the hand of the Philistines." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:13
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
13
"Son of man, when a land sins against Me by
persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand
against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine
on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
READ:
LEVITICUS 26:26
26
When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten
women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall
bring back your bread by weight, and you shall eat and
not be satisfied. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 3:1
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
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:13
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 4:16-17
16
Moreover He said to me, "Son of man, surely I will
cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat
bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water
by measure and with dread,
17
that they may lack bread and water, and be
dismayed with one another, and waste away because of
their iniquity.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:13
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 5:16-17
16
When I send against them the terrible arrows of
famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to
destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut
off your supply of bread.
17
So I will send against you famine and wild beasts,
and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall
pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you.
I, the LORD, have spoken.'"
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 6:14
14
So I will stretch out My hand against them and
make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the
wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places.
Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'"'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
HOW WERE NOAH AND DANIEL AND JOB DELIVERED?
READ:
PROVERBS 11:4-5
4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But
righteousness delivers from death.
5
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his
way aright, But the wicked will fall by his own
wickedness.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
HOW WERE NOAH AND JOB DELIVERED?
READ:
GENESIS 6:8-9
8
Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just
man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
READ:
JOB 1:1
1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name
was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and
one who feared God and shunned evil.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
WHAT HAPPENED TO DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS?
READ:
DANIEL 1:1
1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of
Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to
Jerusalem and besieged it.
NKJV
READ:
DANIEL 1:6-7
6
Among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
7
…. he gave to Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to
Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to
Azariah, Abed-Nego.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
HOW WERE DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS DELIVERED?
READ:
DANIEL 2:17-19
17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the
decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his
companions,
18
that they might seek mercies from the God of
heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his
companions might not perish with the rest of the wise
men of Babylon.
19
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night
vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
HOW WERE DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS DELIVERED?
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR FAITHFULNESS?
READ:
DANIEL 2:48-49
48
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many
great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole
province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the
wise men of Babylon.
49
Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province
of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
WHAT ABOUT THE UN-FAITHFUL?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 7:16
16
"Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a
cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I
will not hear you. NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 11:14
14
“Do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or
prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that
they cry out to Me because of their trouble. NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 14:11
11
The LORD said to me, "Do not pray for this people,
for their good.“
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:14
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 3:19
19
If you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from
his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in
his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
READ:
JAMES 5:16
16
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray
for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:15-16
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
15
"If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,
and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man
may pass through because of the beasts,
16
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land
would be desolate.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:15-16
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
15
"If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,
and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man
may pass through because of the beasts,
16
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land
would be desolate.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:15
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
15
"If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,
and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man
may pass through because of the beasts,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
READ:
LEVITICUS 26:22
22
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall
rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and
make you few in number; and your highways shall be
desolate.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:15
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
15
"If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,
and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man
may pass through because of the beasts,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
EZEKIEL 5:17
17
So I will send against you famine and wild beasts,
and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall
pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you.
I, the LORD, have spoken.'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:16
16
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land
would be desolate.
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:17-18
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
17
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword,
go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
18
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:17-18
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
17
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword,
go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
18
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:17
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
17
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword,
go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
READ:
LEVITICUS 26:25
25
I will bring a sword against you that will execute
the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered
together within your cities I will send pestilence among
you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the
enemy.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:17
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
17
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword,
go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
JEREMIAH 25:27
27
"Therefore you shall say to them, 'Thus says the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Drink, be drunk, and
vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which
I will send among you."' NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 42:16
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.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:17
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
17
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword,
go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
ZEPHANIAH 1:3
3
'I will consume man and beast; I will consume the
birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the
stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man
from the face of the land,“ Says the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:18
18
even though these three men were in it, as I live,"
says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
WHY DID THE LORD REMEMBER ABRAHAM & LOT?
READ:
GENESIS 19:29
29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the
cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and
sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He
overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
NKJV
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:19-20
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
19
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour
out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and
beast,
20
even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I
live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son
nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by
their righteousness."
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19-20
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
19
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour
out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and
beast,
20
even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I
live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son
nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by
their righteousness."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO DELIVER THEMSELVES?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
19
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour
out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and
beast,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
ISAIAH 34:2-3
2
The indignation of the LORD is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly
destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter.
3
Their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall
rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be
melted with their blood. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
19
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour
out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and
beast,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
JEREMIAH 14:12
12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when
they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not
accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestilence."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
19
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour
out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and
beast,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
READ:
EZEKIEL 7:8
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.
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19-20
20
even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I
live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son
nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by
their righteousness."
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO DELIVER THEMSELVES?
EZEKIEL 14:14
14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,
were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their
righteousness," says the Lord GOD.
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:19-20
20
even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I
live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son
nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by
their righteousness."
WHAT WERE NOAH, DANIEL & JOB UNABLE TO DO?
HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO DELIVER THEMSELVES?
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?
WHAT DID PETER SAY?
READ:
ACTS 2:40
40
With many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation .
KJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:21
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
21
For thus says the Lord GOD: "How much more it
shall be when I send My four severe judgments on
Jerusalem — the sword and famine and wild beasts and
pestilence — to cut off man and beast from it?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:21
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
21
For thus says the Lord GOD: "How much more it
shall be when I send My four severe judgments on
Jerusalem — the sword and famine and wild beasts and
pestilence — to cut off man and beast from it?
WHAT FOUR JUDGMENTS DID GOD BRING ON THEM?
READ:
EZEKIEL 5:17
17
I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and
they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass
through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the
LORD, have spoken.'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:21
WHAT FOUR JUDGMENTS DID GOD BRING ON THEM?
READ:
JEREMIAH 14:12
12
…. I will consume them by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence." NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 15:3
3
"And I will appoint over them four forms of
destruction," says the LORD: "the sword to slay, the
dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and the beasts of
the earth to devour and destroy.
NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 27:8
8
And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which
will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and
which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, that nation I will punish,' says the LORD, 'with
the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand. NKJV
READ:
AMOS 4:6-10
6
"Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your
cities. And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have
not returned to Me,“ Says the LORD.
7
"I also withheld rain from you, When there were
still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one
city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained
upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
8
So two or three cities wandered to another city to
drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not
returned to Me,“ Says the LORD.
9
"I blasted you with blight and mildew. When your
gardens increased, Your vineyards, Your fig trees, And
your olive trees, The locust devoured them; Yet you have
not returned to Me,“ Says the LORD.
10
"I sent among you a plague after the manner of
Egypt; Your young men I killed with a sword, Along with
your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps
come up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to
Me,“ Says the LORD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:21
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
21
For thus says the Lord GOD: "How much more it
shall be when I send My four severe judgments on
Jerusalem — the sword and famine and wild beasts and
pestilence — to cut off man and beast from it?
WHAT FOUR JUDGMENTS DID GOD BRING ON THEM?
WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
WHAT POWER WAS GIVEN TO THEM?
READ:
REVELATION 6:8
8
So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the
name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades
followed with him. And power was given to them over a
fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with
death, and by the beasts of the earth.
NKJV
READ:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
22
Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who
will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they
will come out to you, and you will see their ways and
their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the
disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I
have brought upon it.
23
And they will comfort you, when you see their
ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have
done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says
the Lord GOD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
22
Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who
will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they
will come out to you, and you will see their ways and
their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the
disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I
have brought upon it.
23
And they will comfort you, when you see their
ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have
done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says
the Lord GOD.
NKJV
WHO WILL THE LORD SPARE?
WHY?
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
22
Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who
will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they
will come out to you, and you will see their ways and
their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the
disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I
have brought upon it.
WHO WILL THE LORD SPARE?
WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 41:16
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.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
22
Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who
will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they
will come out to you, and you will see their ways and
their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the
disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I
have brought upon it.
WHO WILL THE LORD SPARE?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 12:15-16
15
"Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I
scatter them among the nations and disperse them
throughout the countries.
16
But I will spare a few of their men from the sword,
from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare
all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they
go. Then they shall know that I am the LORD."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
23
And they will comfort you, when you see their
ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have
done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says
the Lord GOD.
NKJV
WHAT WILL EZEKIEL SEE & KNOW?
READ:
EZEKIEL 8:17-18
17
And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of
man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit
the abominations which they commit here? For they have
filled the land with violence; then they have returned to
provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their
nose.
18
Therefore I also 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
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
23
And they will comfort you, when you see their
ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have
done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says
the Lord GOD.
NKJV
WHAT WILL EZEKIEL SEE & KNOW?
READ:
EZEKIEL 9:9-10
9
Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of
Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full
of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say,
'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not
see!'
10
And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor
will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their
own head." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
EZEKIEL 14:22-23
JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS
23
And they will comfort you, when you see their
ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have
done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says
the Lord GOD.
NKJV
WHAT WILL THE NATIONS SEE AND KNOW?
READ:
JEREMIAH 22:8-9
8
And many nations will pass by this city; and
everyone will say to his neighbor, 'Why has the LORD
done so to this great city?'
9
Then they will answer, 'Because they have
forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and
worshiped other gods and served them.'" NKJV