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Jerusalem as a Cooking Pot The prophecy now sets a date for when Babylon will attack and take over Jerusalem. God tells Ezekiel to fix a stew in a cooking pot and then pour it out over rocks as an example of what will happen to Jerusalem Ezekiel’s Wife Dies Ezekiel is told that the…

The chapter concludes by emphasizing that the sin of Samaria and Jerusalem is spiritual adultery. These countries that God provided for in so many ways have both turned their back on God and sacrificed to idols, even including sacrificing their own children. God will bring judgement through the very nations they have been emulating. He…

Two Adulterous Sisters In this prophecy, Samaria and Jerusalem are compared to two adulterous sisters, Oholah and Oholibah. Their lust for foreign nations turned them against God and He will use the foreign nations to strip them of their wealth and put them to the sword.

Judgement on Jerusalem’s Sins The word of the LORD comes again to Ezekiel and calls them out for promoting bloodshed for personal gains, worshipping idols, and many other sins of rebellion against God.

Babylon as God’s Sword of Judgement Ezekiel prophesies that God is preparing a sharp sword which will attack and bring destruction. He tells us that he King of Babylon will approach the city and will cast lots to determine if he attacks Ammon or Jerusalem, but the lot will fall to Jerusalem. He will attack…

Rebellious Israel Renewed Ezekiel prophesies that God will purge Israel of the rebellious people who insist on worshipping false idols and that He will renew the covenant with them. Prophecy against the South God pronounces that he will set fire to the south and consume all the trees in a fire that will not be…

Rebellious Israel Purged The elders come to Ezekiel to inquire of the LORD. But the LORD does not answer them, instead, through Ezekiel recites the history of Israel’s rebellion and how the LORD punished the people for their rebellion but always preserved some in order to keep the covenant He made with them.

Lament over Israel’s Princes This chapter compares Israel to a lioness who raises a cub into a strong lion who is eventually conquered and carried off to Egypt. Then she raises a second cub to a strong lion and this one is conquered and carried off to Babylon where he is out in prison and…

The One Who Sins Will Die Ezekiel explains that God will judge individuals based upon the actions they take. The ones who will live by the law will live and be declared righteous. The ones who dishonor God by breaking his law will not live. He does not want anyone to die but all to…

Two eagles and a vine The word of the LORD came to Ezekiel and gave him an allegory to deliver to Israel. A mighty eagle takes a shoot from the top of a cedar tree and carries it away to a far land and plants it. The prophesy condemns the member of the royal family…