Ezekiel Lesson 7

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Ezekiel A Lamentation and Final Predictions

Lesson # 7 (January 17 th , 2010) Page 1

Scripture: Chapters 19-24

Key Verse: Ezekiel 24:14 , I, the LORD, have spoken it; It shall come to pass, andI 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 LordGOD.

Overview: In this section we see the truly bitter after affects of the rebels choice.When one rebels against God, consequences that no one would choose beardown on him. Includes:

Loss of reputation

Spiritual blindness

Personal, emotional numbness

When a society chooses to rebel against God, the results are chaos!

Theme: Consequences of Rebellion

Chapters 4- 24 cover the period from Ezekiels call to the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem

Chapters 4-11, the certainty of G ods judgment

Chapters 12- 19, the necessity of Gods judgment

Their confidence that the kingdom and the capital would be spared wasbaseless

God desires the remnant to be aroused to repent

Outline:

1) Lamentations for the Kings of Israel (19:1-14)

2) The rebellions of Israel (20:1-32)3) God Will Restore Israel (20:33-44)4) A forest fire and a drawn Sword (20:45-21-32)5) Indictment of Judah (22:1-31)6) A Parable of Two Sisters (23:1-49)7) Symbols of Jerusalems Destruction (24:1 -27)


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1) Lamentations for the Kings of Israel (19:1-14) ( Read 19:1-9,14 )a) Like a funeral dirgeb) Final 5 kings of Judah (2 Kings 22-25)

2) The rebellions of Israel (20:1-32)a) Intro ( Read 20:1-4 )a) Israels rebellion in Egypt (20:1-8) ( Read 20:7-9 )b) Israels rebellion in the wilderness (20:9 -26) ( Read 20:10-14 )c) Israels rebellion in the land ( 20:27-28) ( Read 20:27-28 )d) Israels rebellion in Ezekiels day (20:29 -32) ( Read 20:30-32 )

3) God Will Restore Israel (20:33-44) ( Read 20:33-37) a) A time of gatheringb) A time of judgment

4) A forest fire and a drawn Sword (20:45-21-32)a) Forest fire (20:45-49) ( Read 20:47-49 )b) Drawn sword (21:1-32) - The sword is Babylon ( Read 21:1-7, 19 )

5) Indictment of Judah (22:1-31)a) Cause of judgment (22:1-12) ( Read 22:11-12 )b) Necessity of judgment (22:13-16) ( Read 22:15 )c) Israel in the furnace (22:17-22) ( Read 22:20-22 )d) Israels wicked leaders (22:23-31) ( Read 22:25-27 )

6) A Parable of Two Sisters (23:1-49)a) Identity (23:1-4) ( Read 23:1-4 )b) Samarias harlotry (23:5-10) ( Read 23:5 )c) Jerusalems harlotry (23:11 -35) ( Read 23:11,12,17 )d) Jerusalems punishment (23:22 -35) ( Read 23:23-24 )e) Judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria (23:36-49)

7) Symbols of Jerusalems Destruction (24:1 -27)a) Sign of a boiling pot (24:1-14) ( Read 24:1-5; 10-14 )b) Sign of the death of Ezekiels wife (24:15 -27) ( Read 24:15-19 )


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Detail:

1) Lamentations for the Kings of Israel (19:1-14)a) Read 19:1-9,14 , a lamentation for the princes of Israel (vs 1)

i) Metaphorical languageii) Depicts the kings of Israeliii) Kingly line portrayed as lioniv) Ultimately lion put in a cage with chains, And brought to the king

of Babylon; brought him in nets, his voice should no longer beheard on the mountains of Israel

v) Very sad tone of this chapter!b) Like a funeral dirge: A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief,

such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral.i) Example Kennedy funeral procession Source

(1) 1:15 p.m.: The bronze doors of the cathedral open as the requiemmass is concluded. As the coffin was replaced on the caisson, theArmy Band played "Ruffles and Flourishes" four times, "Hail to theChief," and the hymn "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name."

(2) 1:30 p.m.: The funeral procession to Arlington National Cemeterybegins. Three service bands marched in the following order: theMarine Band; the Navy Band; the Air Force Band. Each organizationhad an approved repertory of three pieces which were played:Marine Band selections were: "Our Fallen Heroes," "Holy, Holy,Holy," and "The Vanished Army"; Navy Band selections were theBeethoven "Funeral March," the R. B. Hall "Funeral March," and"Onward Christian Soldiers; Air Force Band selections were theChopin Funeral March, the hymn, Vigor in Arduis (Hymn to theHoly Name), and America the Beautiful.

ii) Chapter set in a mournful poetic style with a 3-2 beat

(1) Not readily observable in English but consider vs 3(2) She brought up ---- one ---- of her cubs,

And he became ----- a young lion;He learned ---- to catch ----- prey,And he devoured ---- men.
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c) Final 5 kings of Judah (2 Kings 22-25)i) Josiah: Good King. Ruled 640-609 bc. Killed in battle by Pharaoh Necho.

(2 Kings 23:27- 29, And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when heconfronted him )

ii) Jehoahaz: Evil king. Ruled 3 months in 609 bc. Taken captive to Egypt, 2Kings 23:33- 44, Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in theland of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposedon the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of goldPharaoh took Jehoahaz and went t o Egypt, and he died there.

iii) Jehoiakim: Evil king. Ruled 609-598 bc. Died before capture(1) 2 Kings 23:34, Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in

place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim (2) 2 Kings 24:1-7iv) Jehoiachin: Evil king. Ruled 3 months 598/597 bc. Taken captive to

Babylon.(1) 2 Kings 24:8- 12, Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became

king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months . His mothers namewas Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he didevil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.10

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cameup against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 AndNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as hisservants were besieging it. 12 Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, hismother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the kingof Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,took him prisoner.

(2) 2 Kings 24:15- 16, *Nebu chadnezzar] carried Jehoiachin captive to

Babylon. The kings mother, the kings wives, his officers, and themighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem toBabylon. 16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen andsmiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these theking of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.


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v) Zedekiah: Evil king. Ruled 597-586 bc. Taken captive to Babylon(1) 2 Kings 24:17- 18, Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah,

Jehoiachins uncle, king in his place, and changed his name toZedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he becameking

(2) 2 Kings 24:20, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon (3) 2 Kings 25:7, Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,

put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, andtook him to Babylon

2) The rebellions of Israel (20:1-32)a) Intro ( Read 20:1-4 ):

i)

Inquired upon by the elders (20:1)ii) God tells Ezekiel to make known to them the abominations of theirfathers (vs 4)

b) Israels rebellion in Egypt (20:1-8) ( Read 20:7-9 )c) Israels rebellion in the wilderness (20:9 -26) ( Read 20:10-14 )d) Israels rebellion in the land ( Read 20:27-28 )e) Israels rebellion in Ezekiels day (20:29 -32) ( Read 20:30-32 )

3) God Will Restore Israel (20:33-44) Read vs 20:33-37

a) Looked far ahead prophetically - Gathering and judgment:b) A time of gathering: I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples,

and there I will plead My case with you face to face (20:35)


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c) A time of judgment: I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bringyou into the bond of the covenant; 38 I will purge the rebels from amongyou, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of thecountry where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Thenyou will know that I am the LORD (37 -38)i) Use of a shepherds staff (Cf Jeremiah 33:13, the flocks shall again

pass under the hands of him who counts them, says the LORD) ii) Sheep / goat judgment of Matthew 25:31-41

(1) 32- 33, All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He willseparate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheepfrom the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the

goats on the left. (2) Feinberg: will take place during the time of Jacobs trouble, probablyat the end of the pe riod (p. 115)

4) A forest fire and a drawn Sword (20:45-21-32)a) Both parables deal with the Babylonian invasion of Judah in 586 bcb) Feinberg: In the Hebrew text, vs 45 is the first verse of chapter 21c) Forest fire (20:45-49) ( Read 20:47-49 )

i) Note South (5 ti mes)

ii) The direction of the invasion would be South (North to South)iii) Parallel is Zechariah 11:1-3iv) Feinberg, the land is called forest because the area was more densely

covered in those days (p. 116) d) Drawn sword (21:1-32) ( Read 21:1-7, 19 )

i) The sword is Babylonii) Poetically vs. 9 &10, sharpened and shinyiii) Babylon an agent of God, vss 16-17

iv) Fork in the road, vs 21, For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes thearrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver. (1) Note the paganism of the decision making process(2) But God is even in this!


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v) Against Jerusalem (20:18-27. Read vss 22 & 27 )(1) 27b is Messianic: Until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it

to Him. (2) Israels humiliation will prevail un Messiahs return to rescue the

suffering nation (cf. Zech 14:1-4; Matthew 24:29-31)vi) Against Ammon (20:28-32) ( Read 20:31-32 )

(1) Background:(a) A nomadic tribe descended from Lot though incestuous

relationship with his daughter (Genesis 19:36-38)(b) Worshipped Molech (aka Milcom). I Kings 11:5, 7 , 33)

(2) Ammon was part of the raiding party against Judah. 2 Kings 24:2,

And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon (3) Involved in the assassination of the Judah governor Gedaliah:

(a) 2 Kings 25:22-26 w.(b) Jeremiah 40:14, and said to him, Do you certainly know that

Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to murder you ? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didnot believe them.

(4) Her judgment is sealed.5) Indictment of Judah (22:1-31)

a) Cause of judgment (22:1-12) ( Read 22:11-12 )b) Necessity of judgment (22:13-16) ( Read 22:15 )

i) To be scattered among the nationsii) Fulfilled not only in 586 bciii) But also 70 adiv) Purpose st ated: I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you

throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely fromyou. (15)

c) Israel in the furnace (22:17-22) ( Read 22:20-22 )


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d) Israels wicked leaders (22:23-31) ( Read 22:25-27 )i) Prophetsii) Priestsiii) Princesiv) People also guilty (vs 29, The people of the land have used oppressions,

committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and theywrongfully oppress the stranger )

6) A Parable of Two Sisters (23:1-49)a) Identity (23:1-4) ( Read 23:1-4 )b) Samarias harlotry (23:5-10) ( Read 23:5 )c) Jerusalems harlotry (23:11 -35) ( Read 23:11,12,17 )

i)

With Assyria (23:11-13)ii) With Babylon (23:14-21)d) Jerusalems punishment (23:22 -35) ( Read 23:23-24 )

i) Invaders mentioned in detailii) Hordes would judge Judah according to their customsiii) Note the brutality: they shall deal furiously with you (25)

e) Judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria (23:36-49) ( Read 23:46-49 )7) Symbols of Jerusalems Destruction (24:1 -27)

a) Sign of a boiling pot (24:1-14) ( Read 24:1-5; 10-14 )i) This sign came on the very day that Nebuchadnezzar began his assault

on Jerusalem. January 1, 588 BC. Cf. 2 Kings 25:1 and Jeremiah 52:4ii) Note the minuteness of the detail: in the ninth year, in the tenth

month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came tome, saying, 2 Son of man, write down the name of the day, this veryday the king of Babylon started his siege against Jerusalem this veryday

iii) Miles away, Ezekiel fully aware of what was transpiring in the doomedcity!


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iv) Pot a symbol of Jerusalem. Cf. Ezekiel 11:3, this city is the caldron, andwe are the meat ) (1) City is called a bloody city not a holy city (vs 6) (2) choice cuts (4) = elite(3) Fire = the fire of war(4) scum is probably better rust (cf. NASB). 5 times in the text (vs

6,11,12)(5) Not only are the content s to be thoroughly consumed but the

empty pot is to be melted (vs 11, Then set the pot empty on thecoals, That it may become hot and its bronze may burn, That itsfilthiness may be melted in it )

b)

Sign of the death of Ezekiels wife (24:15 -27) (Read 24:15-19

)i) Personal sorrow to be eclipsed in the hour of national calamityii) The prophet (as Hosea was in his day) a representative of the peopleiii) Details:

(1) What happened(a) Wife called the the desire of your eyes (17) (b) God would take her with one stroke (sudden death?)(c) Ezekiel instructed to neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your

tears run down (2) What he did (18)

(a) So I spoke to the people in the morning(b) At evening my wife died(c) The next morning I did as I was commanded

(3) What he was asked(a) This unusual behavior aroused the spiritual curiosity of the people(b) Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you

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(4) His response(a) Explains that he himself is a sign to Israel.(b) 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 theLord GOD

(c) Sanctuary to be destroyed that very day: I will profane Mysanctuary

(d) Six months later (news traveled slowly in the ancient world), newscame of the destruction of Jerusalem: Ezekiel 33:21-22 , And itcame to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenthmonth, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped

from Jerusalem came to me and said, The city has beencaptured! 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me theevening before the man came who had escaped. And He hadopened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, mymouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.


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1) Lamentations for the Kings of Israel (19:1-14) ( Read 19:1-9,14 )a) Like a funeral dirgeb) Final 5 kings of Judah (2 Kings 22-25)

2) The rebellions of Israel (20:1-32)a) Intro ( Read 20:1-4 )a) Israels rebellion in Egypt (20:1-8) ( Read 20:7-9 )b) Israels rebellion in the wilderness (20:9 -26) ( Read 20:10-14 )c) Israels rebellion in the land ( 20:27-28) ( Read 20:27-28 )d) Israels rebellion in Ezekiels day (20:29 -32) ( Read 20:30-32 )

3) God Will Restore Israel (20:33-44) ( Read 20:33-37) a) A time of gatheringb) A time of judgment

4) A forest fire and a drawn Sword (20:45-21-32)a) Forest fire (20:45-49) ( Read 20:47-49 )b) Drawn sword (21:1-32) - The sword is Babylon ( Read 21:1-7, 19 )

5) Indictment of Judah (22:1-31)a) Cause of judgment (22:1-12) ( Read 22:11-12 )b) Necessity of judgment (22:13-16) ( Read 22:15 )c) Israel in the furnace (22:17-22) ( Read 22:20-22 )d) Israels wicked leaders (22:23-31) ( Read 22:25-27 )

6) A Parable of Two Sisters (23:1-49)a) Identity (23:1-4) ( Read 23:1-4 )b) Samarias harlotry (23:5-10) ( Read 23:5 )c) Jerusalems harlotry (23:11 -35) ( Read 23:11,12,17 )d) Jerusalems punishment (23:22 -35) ( Read 23:23-24 )e) Judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria (23:36-49)

7) Symbols of Jerusalems Destruction (24:1 -27)a) Sign of a boiling pot (24:1-14) ( Read 24:1-5; 10-14 )b) Sign of the death of Ezekiels wife (24:15 -27) ( Read 24:15-19 )

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