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EZEKIEL CHAPTER-TWENTY-ONE

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

ESTHER (485-465BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER-TWENTY-ONE

DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM & JUDEA V. 2-7

SHARP SWORD IS MADE READY V. 8-17

DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM V. 18-24

DESTRUCTION OF ZEDEKIAH V. 25-27

DESTRUCTION OF THE AMMONITES V. 28-32

READ: EZEKIEL 21:1-3

BABYLON, THE SWORD OF GOD

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

3 and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:1-3


1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,



WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?

WHO WILL THE LORD CUT OFF?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2





2 "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: "Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. “





READ: HOSEA 4:1-2

1 Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel,

For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

2 By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed. NKJV



READ: NAHUM 3:1

1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs. NKJV

READ: HABAKKUK 2:12-13

12 Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,

Who establishes a city by iniquity!

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain? NKJV



WILL THE LORD CUT OFF THE RIGHTEOUS?

READ: GENESIS 18:23-25

23 Abraham came near and said, "Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?

25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" NKJV




READ: EZEKIEL 9:3-4

3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side;

4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.“ NKJV





4 "Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father

As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;

9 If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully — He is just; He shall surely live!"

Says the Lord GOD. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SANCTUARY?

READ: PSALMS 74:7-8

7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.

8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them altogether.“ They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land. NKJV



4 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

5 that all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore."‘



4 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,


WHY CUT OFF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE WICKED?

WHAT WILL ALL FLESH KNOW? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:44 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

WHY CUT OFF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE WICKED?READ: LEVITICUS 26:23-25

23 'And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, 24 then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And 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. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:44 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

WHY CUT OFF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE WICKED?READ: 2 SAMUEL 11:24-25

24 The archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."

25 Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab: 'Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.' So encourage him." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:4WHY CUT OFF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE WICKED?

WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY? WHY?

READ: ECCLESIASTES 9:2

2 All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath. NKJV


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS?

READ: JEREMIAH 24:5-7

5 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans.

6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.

7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS?


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."'

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "You shall certainly drink!

29 For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of hosts.' NKJV




READ: ISAIAH 14:5-6

5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;

6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders. NKJV





5 "For thus says the LORD: 'We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale? NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

READ: NAHUM 1:9

9 What do you conspire against the LORD? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time. NKJV



6 Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.

7 And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD.“



7 And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY?

HOW WILL EZEKIEL RESPOND?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?




WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY? WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 22:3-4

3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.

4 Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people." NKJV



WHAT DID SEE?

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THIS MAN TO DO? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 9:3-4

3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side;

4 and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." NKJV


7 And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."

WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY?

HOW WILL EZEKIEL RESPOND?


DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:36-37

WHAT HAPPENED AT AI? WHY?

READ: JOSHUA 7:2-5


7 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."

DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:36-37

36 'And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;

the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee; they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.

37 They shall stumble over one another, as it were before a sword, when no one pursues; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. NKJV


WHAT HAPPEN AT AI? WHY?

READ: JOSHUA 7:2-5

3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few."

4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.

5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water. NKJV


WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE?

WHAT HAPPENED TO BELSHAZZAR? WHY?

READ: DANIEL 5:5-6

5 In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lamp-stand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

6 Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.

NKJV


7 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."


READ: JEREMIAH 47:2

2 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, waters rise out of the north, And shall be an overflowing flood; They shall overflow the land and all that is in it, The city and those who dwell within; Then the men shall cry, And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:77 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 7:16-18

16 Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity. 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water. 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads. NKJV



8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

9 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the LORD!' Say: 'A sword, a sword is sharpened And also polished!

10 Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As it does all wood.


8 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

9 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ Say: ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened And also polished!


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?

WHAT IS THIS SWORD PREPARED FOR?

WHAT IS ‘THE SCEPTER OF HIS SON’?


9 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ Say: ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened And also polished!



DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:39-42


WHY IS THE LORD TAKING VENGEANCE?

READ: ISAIAH 22:12-14

12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts, “Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death,” says the Lord GOD of hosts. NKJV



WHY IS THE LORD TAKING VENGEANCE?

READ: ISAIAH 34:5-6

5 “For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. NKJV




READ: GENESIS 49:10

10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. NKJV




READ: PSALMS 110:4-6

4 The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. NKJV



11 And He has given it to be polished, That it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished To be given into the hand of the slayer.'

12 "Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh.


11 And He has given it to be polished, That it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished To be given into the hand of the slayer.’

12 “Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh.

WHAT DID THE SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY?

WHAT IS THE LORD DOING? WHY?

WHO IS COMING AGAINST HIS POPLE?

WHAT DID THE LORD EZEKIEL TO DO?

WHY SHOULD EZEKIEL STRIKE HIS THIGH?



WHO IS COMING AGAINST HIS PEOPLE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ARMIES OF EGYPT?


3 “Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!

4 Harness the horses, And mount up, you horsemen!

Stand forth with your helmets, Polish the spears, Put on the armor!

5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?

Their mighty ones are beaten down; They have speedily fled, And did not look back, For fear was all around," says the LORD. NKJV



WHAT IS THE LORD DOING? WHY?

WHO IS THIS? WHAT IS IN HIS MOUTH?

READ: REVELATION 19:15-16

15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. NKJV


12 "Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh.


WHY SHOULD EZEKIEL STRIKE HIS THIGH?

WHAT DID JEREMIAH DO?

READ: JEREMIAH 31:19

19 Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.' NKJV



13 "Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more,“ says the Lord GOD.

14 "You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.


13 “Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more,” says the Lord GOD.

14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.

WHO IS THE LORD TESTING?

WHAT DOES THE SCEPTER SIGNIFY?



13 “Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more,” says the Lord GOD.

WHO IS THE LORD TESTING?

WHAT DOES THE SCEPTER SIGNIFY?

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY? WHY?


4 Therefore I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.

5 I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.“ NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:1414 "You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 6:1111 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, 'Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:14WHAT DID ELISHA TELL JOAB TO DO? WHY?

READ: 2 KINGS 13:15-1915 And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took himself a bow and some arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. 17 And he said, "Open the east window"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of the LORD‘S deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them." 18 Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped. 19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:1414 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?WHAT DID THIS MEAN?

“It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.”

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY WOULD HAPPEN?READ: JEREMIAH 9:21

21 For death has come through our windows, Has entered our palaces, To kill off the children — no longer to be outside! And the young men — no longer on the streets! NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:14READ: 2 KINGS 13:15-19

15 And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took himself a bow and some arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. 17 And he said, "Open the east window"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of the LORD‘S deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them." 18 Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped. 19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:1414 "You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?It is the sword that slays,

The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY WOULD HAPPEN?READ: JEREMIAH 9:21

21 For death has come through our windows, Has entered our palaces, To kill off the children - no longer to be outside! And the young men - no longer on the streets! NKJV



15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, That the heart may melt and many may stumble. Ah! It is made bright; It is grasped for slaughter:

16 "Swords at the ready! Thrust right! Set your blade! Thrust left — Wherever your edge is ordered!

17 "I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the LORD, have spoken.“


15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, That the heart may melt and many may stumble. Ah! It is made bright; It is grasped for slaughter:

16 “Swords at the ready! Thrust right! Set your blade! Thrust left — Wherever your edge is ordered!

17 “I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken.”


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MIGHTY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:15-1615 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, That the heart may melt and many may stumble. Ah! It is made bright; It is grasped for slaughter:16 “Swords at the ready! Thrust right! Set your blade! Thrust left — Wherever your edge is ordered!


WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO ADAM? WHY?

READ: GENESIS 3:2424 He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. NKJV


WHAT IS THIS SWORD PREPARED FOR?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MIGHTY? WHY?

WHAT DID HUSHAI SAY TO ABSALOM?READ: 2 SAMUEL 17:8-10

8 "you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people. 10 And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will melt completely. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men. NKJV


WHAT IS THIS SWORD PREPARED FOR?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MIGHTY? WHY?

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE EGYPTIANS?READ: JEREMIAH 46:15-17

15 Why are your valiant men swept away? They did not stand Because the LORD drove them away. 16 He made many fall; Yes, one fell upon another.And they said, 'Arise! Let us go back to our own people And to the land of our nativity From the oppressing sword.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:1717 “I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken.”

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

WHAT DID TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 6:11-1211 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, 'Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. Thus will I spend My fury upon them. NKJV



READ: EZEKIEL 5:1313 'Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them. NKJV



READ: EZEKIEL 16:40-4240 "They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. 42 So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more. NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 27:2-5

2 "Thus says the LORD to me: 'Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, 3 and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 And command them to say to their masters, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel — thus you shall say to your masters: 5 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.



READ: JEREMIAH 27:6-76 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.7 So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.

READ: EZEKIEL 21:18-21BABYLON, THE SWORD OF GOD

18 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying:

19 "And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.

20 Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

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 the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:18-2118 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:19 “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city. 20 Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem. 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 the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZKIEL TO DO?WHY PUT UP A SIGN?

WHERE SHOULD THE SWORD GO?WHAT WAS THE CITY OF RABBAH?

WHO WAS THIS KING OF BABYLON?WHAT WAS HE DOING?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:19-2019 “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city. 20 Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.


WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO?READ: JEREMIAH 31:21-22

21 "Set up signposts, Make landmarks; Set your heart toward the highway, The way in which you went. Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back to these your cities. 22 How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth — A woman shall encompass a man." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:19-2019 “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.


READ: EZEKIEL 12:5-65 Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it. 6 In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:19-2019 “And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.


READ: EZEKIEL 4:1-31 "You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2020 Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

WHY PUT UP A SIGN?WHERE SHOULD THE SWORD GO?

WHAT WAS THE CITY OF RABBAH?READ: 2 SAMUEL 12:26

26 Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.

WHO WAS OG?READ: DEUTERONOMY 3:11

11 Only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2121 For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

WHO WAS THIS KING OF BABYLON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHAT WAS HE DOING?

WHAT WERE THE ELDERS OF MOAB & MIDIAN DOING?

READ: NUMBERS 22:77 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the diviner's fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.



WHAT WAS HE DOING?

WHAT DID MICAH DO? WHY?

READ: JUDGES 17:5-65 The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. NKJV


WHY PUT UP A SIGN?


WHAT WAS HE DOING?


QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:21WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?WHAT ARE THESE KINGS GOING TO DO?

READ: JEREMIAH 27:2-52 "Thus says the LORD to me: 'Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, 3 and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 And command them to say to their masters, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel — thus you shall say to your masters: 5 ‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.


WHY PUT UP A SIGN?WHO WAS THIS KING OF BABYLON?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT HIM TO DO?READ: JEREMIAH 27:2-8

6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.7 So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.


WHY PUT UP A SIGN?WHO WAS THIS KING OF BABYLON?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHAT IS HE DOING?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JACOB & ISRAEL?

READ: NUMBERS 23:2323 “There is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of JacobAnd of Israel, 'Oh, what God has done!' NKJV


WHO WAS THIS KING OF BABYLON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHAT IS HE DOING?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CASTING LOTS?

READ: PROVERBS 16:3333 The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT IDOLS?

READ: ZECHARIAH 10:22 Idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies,And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JACOB & ISRAEL?

READ: NUMBERS 23:2323 “There is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of JacobAnd of Israel, 'Oh, what God has done!' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:21WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JACOB & ISRAEL?

WHAT DID RACHEL DO? WHY?READ: GENESIS 31:19-20

19 Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's. 20 Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee. NKJV

WHAT DID LABAN DO? WHY?READ: GENESIS 31:33-34

33 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the two maids' tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them. NKJV


WHAT DID JACOB SAY TO THE ISRAELITES?

READ: GENESIS 35:2-42 Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone." 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:21WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO THE ISRAELITES?

READ: JOSHUA 24:20-23

20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good."

21 And the people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve the LORD!"

22 So Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD for yourselves, to serve Him.“ And they said, "We are witnesses!"

23 "Now therefore," he said, "put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel." NKJV


WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO KING SAUL? WHY?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 15:22-2322 "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king." NKJV



22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.

23 And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.


22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.


WHAT IS NEBUCHADNEZZAR DOING?

WHAT DOES HIS RIGHT HAND SYMBOLIZE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2222 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.

WHAT IS NEBUCHADNEZZAR DOING?WHAT DOES HIS RIGHT HAND SYMBOLIZE?

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?READ: EZEKIEL 4:1-3

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD?READ: JEREMIAH 32:24

HOW LONG DID THIS SEIGE LAST?READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-3



WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?READ: EZEKIEL 4:1-3

1 "You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.



WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD?

READ: JEREMIAH 32:2424 'Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:22-23WHAT IS NEBUCHADNEZZAR DOING?

HOW LONG DID THIS SEIGE LAST? 18 MONTHS?READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-3

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. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NKJV

(2 CHRONICLES 36:15-21 & JEREMIAH 52:4-30)




WHAT DOES HIS RIGHT HAND SYMBOLIZE?

WHAT WILL THE LORD BRING TO REMEMBRANCE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:23WHAT WILL THE LORD BRING TO REMEMBRANCE?

WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH DO?READ: EZEKIEL 17:12-15

12 "Say now to the rebellious house: 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon. 13 And he took the king's offspring, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, 14 that the kingdom might be brought low and not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?


HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

READ: EZEKIEL 17:16-1816 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke — with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, when they heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off many persons. 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.'"


HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

READ: EZEKIEL 17:19-2119 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head. 20 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there for the treason which he committed against Me. 21 All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken."

READ: EZEKIEL 21:24


24 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear — because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2424 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.

WHAT WILL THE LORD BRING TO REMEMBRANCE?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ZEDEKIAH?

WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH?READ: 2 KINGS 25:6-7

6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon. NKJV

(2 CHRONICLES 36:17)



25 'Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

26 thus says the Lord GOD: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.

27 Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him."'


25 ‘Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

26 thus says the Lord GOD: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.

27 Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.”’

WHO IS THIS PRINCE OF ISRAEL?


WHAT WILL BE OVERTHROWN? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2525 ‘Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

WHO IS THIS PRINCE OF ISRAEL? ZEDEKIAH?

WHAT DID HE DO?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:11-13

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.12 He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2525 ‘Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

WHO IS THIS PRINCE OF ISRAEL? ZEDEKIAH?

WHAT DID HE DO?READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-3

1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2626 thus says the Lord GOD: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?WHO IS HUMBLED? WHO IS EXHALTED?

READ: PROVERBS 3:33-3433 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just. 34 Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 75:77 But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. NKJV


26 thus says the Lord GOD: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.


WHO IS HUMBLED? WHO IS EXHALTED?

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING ZEDEKIAH?

READ: JEREMIAH 13:18

18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory."



WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING JOSHUA?READ: ZECHARIAH 3:3-5

3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. 4 Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes." 5 I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head.“ So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.



WHAT DID JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES?

READ: MATTHEW 23:11-1211 He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:26WHO IS HUMBLED? WHO IS EXHALTED?

WHAT DID JAMES?READ: JAMES 4:6

6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

WHAT DID PETER SAY?READ: 1 PETER 5:5-7

5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. NKJV



HOW WAS AARON TO BE DRESSED? WHY?

READ: EXODUS 28:44 And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JESUS?

READ: PSALMS 110:2-42 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! 3 Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. 4 The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JESUS?READ: ISAIAH 28:5

5 In that day the LORD of hosts will be For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty To the remnant of His people, NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 53:22 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JESUS?

READ: ZECHAIRAH 6:12-1312 "Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH!From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD; 13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on His throne;So He shall be a priest on His throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between them both."' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2727 Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.”’

WHAT WILL BE OVER-THROWN? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?READ: HAGGAI 2:22-23

22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I will destroy the strength of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overthrow the chariots And those who ride in them; The horses and their riders shall come down, Every one by the sword of his brother. 23 'In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the LORD, 'and will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,' says the LORD of hosts.“ NKJV



WHAT DID JACOB SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?

READ: GENESIS 49:1010 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. NKJV


27 Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.”’


WHAT DID DANIEL PROPHECY?

READ: DANIEL 2:44

44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?READ: PSALMS 2:6

6 "I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion."

READ: PSALMS 72:22 He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?READ: ISAIAH 9:6-7

6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given;And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. NKJV




READ: ISAIAH 11:44 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 3:1717 "At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 23:5-65 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,"That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV



WHAT DID JESUS SAY?READ: JOHN 18:36-37

36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." 37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?“ Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." NKJV


A SWORD AGAINST THE AMMONITES

28 And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing —

29 While they see false visions for you, While they divine a lie to you, To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain Whose day has come, Whose iniquity shall end.

30 'Return it to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.


28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing—

29 While they see false visions for you, While they divine a lie to you, To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain Whose day has come, Whose iniquity shall end.

30 ‘Return it to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.

WHO WERE THE AMMONITES?

WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO DO WITH THEM? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2828 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing—

WHO WERE THE AMMONITES?

READ: GENESIS 19:36-3836 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:28‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing—

WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO DO WITH THEM?WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 12:10-1210 Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. 12 The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace. NKJV



READ: 2 KINGS 25:25-2625 But it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. NKJV

WHO WAS GEDALIAH? GOVERNOR OF JUDAH?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:28WHO WAS GEDALIAH? GOVERNOR OF JUDAH?

WHAT DID JOHANA SAY TO GEDALIAH?READ: JEREMIAH 40:13-14

13 Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, 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 did not believe them. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO ISHMAEL?READ: JEREMIAH 41:15

15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.



READ: JEREMIAH 49:2-32 Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance," says the LORD. 3 "Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth!Lament and run to and fro by the walls; For Milcom shall go into captivity With his priests and his princes together. NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 49:5-65 Behold, I will bring fear upon you,“ Says the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all those who are around you; You shall be driven out, everyone headlong, And no one will gather those who wander off. 6 But afterward I will bring back The captives of the people of Ammon," says the LORD. NKJV



READ: AMOS 1:13-1513 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory. 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, And it shall devour its palaces, Amid shouting in the day of battle, And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. 15 Their king shall go into captivity, He and his princes together,“ Says the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:28WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO DO WITH THEM?

WHY?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:8-108 "I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders. 9 Therefore, as I live,“ Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah — Overrun with weeds and saltpits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them." 10 This they shall have for their pride, Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats Against the people of the LORD of hosts. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:2929 While they see false visions for you, While they divine a lie to you, To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain Whose day has come, Whose iniquity shall end.

DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL ABOUT THIS?READ: JEREMIAH 27:8-10

8 And it shall be, that the nation and which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of kingdom 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. 9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve the king of Babylon." 10 For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:3030 ‘Return it to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.

WHY RETURN THE SWORD TO ITS SHEATH?WHO WILL THE LORD JUDGE? WHERE?

READ: JEREMIAH 47:66 “O you sword of the LORD, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still! NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:28-3030 ‘Return it to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.

WHO WILL THE LORD JUDGE?WHERE IS THE LAND OF THEIR NATIVITY?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:2-52 "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: "Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were loathed on the day you were born. NKJV


A SWORD AGAINST THE AMMONITES

31 I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.

32 You shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, For I the LORD have spoken.'" NKJV


31 I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.

32 You shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, For I the Lord have spoken.’” NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?

WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM UP TO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:3131 I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?

READ: PSALMS 79:5-65 How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? 6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM UP TO?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:38-3938 And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.


WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM UP TO?NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: ISAIAH 54:16-1716 "Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy. 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,“ Says the LORD. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM UP TO?NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: JEREMIAH 4:77 The lion has come up from his thicket, And the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place To make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, Without inhabitant. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 21:31WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:20-2320 "You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms; 21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider; With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider; 22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman; With you I will break in pieces old and young;With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden; 23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers. NKJV





47 Say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

48 All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.“‘ NKJV




READ: MALACHI 4:1

1 “Behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,“ Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. NKJV

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