EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY

EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY
ISRAEL ASKS FOR COUNSEL OF GOD V. 1 THE REBELLION & IDOLATRY OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT V. 2-9 IN THE WILDERNESS V AND IN CANAAN V PROMISE TO RESTORE THEM WHEN THEY ARE PURGED OF THEIR SINS V PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM THE EMBLEM OF A FOREST DOOMED TO BE DESTROYED BY FIRE V

THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL
READ: EZEKIEL 20:1-4 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make known to them the abominations of their fathers.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:1-4 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make known to them the abominations of their fathers.

WHO CAME TO ENQUIRE OF THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:1 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. WHO CAME TO ENQUIRE OF THE LORD? ELDERS OF ISRAEL? JUDAH? READ: EZEKIEL 14:1 1 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 8:1 2 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

WHO CAME TO ENQUIRE OF THE LORD? WHEN? 2 YEARS AFTER THIS EVENT?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:1 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. WHO CAME TO ENQUIRE OF THE LORD? ELDERS OF ISRAEL? JUDAH? WHEN? 2 YEARS AFTER THIS EVENT? READ: EZEKIEL 1:2-3 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, 3 the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there. NKJV

2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:3 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ELDERS? WHY? WHY DID THE LORD NOT ANSWER SAUL? READ: 1 SAMUEL 28:6 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets. NKJV

WHY WILL THE LORD NOT ANSWER PRAYER?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:3 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' WHY WILL THE LORD NOT ANSWER PRAYER? READ: PSALMS 66:18 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. NKJV 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 20:3 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' WHY WILL THE LORD NOT ANSWER PRAYER? 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 7:26 26 Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:3 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' WHY WILL THE LORD NOT ANSWER PRAYER? READ: 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? NKJV READ: AMOS 8:12 12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall not find it. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL TO DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:4 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make known to them the abominations of their fathers. WHAT DID THE LORD ASK EZEKIEL TO DO? READ: EZEKIEL 16:2 2 "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,” NKJV WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 20:5-6 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:5-6 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. HOW DID THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? HOW DID THE LORD MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN? WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?

HOW DID THE LORD MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:5 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' HOW DID THE LORD MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN? READ: EXODUS 4:29-31 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:5 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' HOW DID THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? READ: EXODUS 6:2-3 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:5 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES? READ: LEVITICUS 11:44-45 44 'For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate ourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 ‘For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:5 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:6 6 You are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? READ: EXODUS 3:8 8 "So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. (NKJ)

WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM? READ: EXODUS 6:8 8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM? READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:6-9 6 "Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 7 "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; 8 "a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; 9 "a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 14:29-30 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES? READ: MALACHI 3:12 12 "And all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says the LORD of hosts. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:6 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ISRAELITES? WHY? READ: ZECHARIAH 7:14 14 "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.“ (NKJ)

READ: EZEKIEL 20:7-9 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' 9 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7-9 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' 9 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20:2-3 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 "You shall have no other gods before Me.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20:4-6 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 18:2-3 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God. 3 'According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:18 18 there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood; (NKJ)

WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: JOSHUA 24:14-15 14 "Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! 15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.“ (NKJ)

WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:7 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO THE LORD? READ: 2 SAMUEL 7:23 23 "And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name-- and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land-- before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? (NKJ)

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:8 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ: EXODUS 32:7-8 7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 "They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!'“ (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:8 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 9:7-8 7 "Remember Do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 "Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry enough with you to have destroyed you. (NKJ)

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:8 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 63:10 10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; so He turned Himself against them as an enemy, and He fought against them.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:8 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 7:26 26 "Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers. READ: JEREMIAH 11:10 10 "They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.“ (NKJ)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:9 9 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 48:10-11 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; for how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another. (NKJ)

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT PHARAOH?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:9 9 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT PHARAOH? READ: ROMANS 9:17 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.“ (NKJ)

READ: EZEKIEL 20:10-12 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 10 "Therefore I made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:10-12 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 10 "Therefore I made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHO LED ISRAEL TO MOUNT SINAI? WHO GAVE ISRAEL THE LAW? WHY? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS?

WHO LED ISRAEL TO MOUNT SINAI?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:10 10 "Therefore I made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. WHO LED ISRAEL TO MOUNT SINAI? READ: EXODUS 13:18 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt. READ: EXODUS 19:1 ISRAEL AT MOUNT SINAI 1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' WHO GAVE ISRAEL THE LAW? READ: DEUTERONOMY 30:15-16 15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. NKJV

WHO WAS KING OF JESHURUN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' WHO GAVE ISRAEL THE LAW? WHO WAS KING OF JESHURUN? READ: DEUTERONOMY 33:4-5 4 Moses commanded a law for us, A heritage of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 18:4-5 You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND TO THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:7-8 7 "For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?

WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: JEREMIAH 23:16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD. NKJV

WHAT DID MOSES WRITE ABOUT THE LAW? WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them.' WHAT DID MOSES WRITE ABOUT THE LAW? READ: ROMANS 10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: GALATIANS 3:12 Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them." NKJV

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS? 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 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHAT IS THE SABBATH DAY? READ: GENESIS 2:2-3 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS? READ: EXODUS 31:13-14 13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. READ: LEVITICUS 20:7-8 7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. 8 And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS? READ: DUETERONOMY 5:14-15 15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL HIS SABBATHS? READ: NEHEMIAH 9:14 You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your servant. NKJV HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND? READ: JEREMIAH 17:23 23 But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction. NKJV

WHY SHOULD ISRAEL KEEP THE SABBATHS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:12 12 Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. WHY SHOULD ISRAEL KEEP THE SABBATHS? READ: ISAIAH 58:13-14 13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:13-14 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL WHAT DID ISRAEL FAIL TO DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13-14 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. WHAT DID ISRAEL FAIL TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ: EXODUS 32:9-10 9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation." NKJV

DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 26:14-17 14 'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, 15 and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, 16 I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 26:43 43 The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 14:29-32 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. 31 But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 9:7-8 7 "Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry enough with you to have destroyed you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: PSALMS 78:40-41 40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert! 41 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: PSALMS 95:8-10 8 "Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:13 WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 6:19 19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people — The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law, but rejected it. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 11:8 8 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.'" NKJV

WHAT WOULD THE EGYPTIANS SAY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:14 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT WOULD THE EGYPTIANS SAY? READ: EXODUS 32:12 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. NKJV

WHAT WOULD THE EGYPTIANS SAY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:14 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT WOULD THE EGYPTIANS SAY? READ: NUMBERS 14:13-14 13 And Moses said to the LORD: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them, 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are among these people; that You, LORD, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:14 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 48:11 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:15-17 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands, 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:15-17 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands, 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? WHO DID MOSES SEND OUT AS SPIES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:15 15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, 'flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands, WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? WHO DID MOSES SEND OUT AS SPIES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 1:23-24 23 "The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe. 24 And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:15 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? READ: PSALMS 95:10-11 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.' 11 So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.'" NKJV READ: PSALMS 106:26-27 26 Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness, 27 To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:16 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 14:22-23 22 Because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:16 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? READ: PSALMS 78:37 37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:16 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY? READ: AMOS 5:25 25 "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD THEY RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:16 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. HOW DID THE LORD THEY RESPOND? READ: JEREMIAH 11:7-8 7 For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, rising early and exhorting, saying, "Obey My voice." 8 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.'" NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:16 16 because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: AMOS 2:4-5 4 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed. 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem." NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR INQUITY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:17 17 Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR INQUITY? WHY? READ: PSALMS 78:38-39 38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath; 39 For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:17 17 Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 4:27 27 For thus says the LORD: "The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 30:11 11 For I am with you,' says the LORD, 'to save you; Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go altogether unpunished.' NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:18-20 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 18 "But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'

THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:18-20 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 18 "But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?

THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISARAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:18 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 18 "But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISARAEL? READ: ZECHARIAH 1:4 4 "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds."' But they did not hear nor heed Me," says the LORD. NKJV READ: PSALMS 106:39 39 Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:19 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20:2-3 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 "You shall have no other gods before Me. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:19 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 5:32-33 32 "Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:19 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 19 I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 6:1-2 THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT 1 "Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:20 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? 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 20:20 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 31:13-14 13 "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:20 THE REBELLIONS OF ISRAEL 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 17:21-23 21 Thus says the LORD: "Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 23 But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:21-22 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:21-22 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:21 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THEM? READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:27 27 for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD, then how much more after my death? NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:21 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: NUMBERS 25:1-4 1 Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. 2 They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the LORD, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:21 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: JEREMIAH 7:25-26 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 26 Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:21-22 21 "Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: EZEKIEL 7:7-8 7 Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land; The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And not of rejoicing in the mountains. 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 20:22 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: PSALMS 78:38-39 38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath; 39 For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:22 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 48:11 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:23-24 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:23-24 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHY DID THE LORD REJECT ISRAEL?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:23 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? READ: LEVITICUS 26:33-35 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. 34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest — for the time it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you dwelt in it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:23 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:64 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known — wood and stone. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:4 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:23 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? READ: PSALMS 9:12 12 When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:24 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 2:3 3 And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:24 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 6:9 9 Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:24 24 because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? READ: AMOS 2:4 4 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:25-26 25 "Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."'

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:25-26 25 "Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."' WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP?

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:25 25 "Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP? READ: PSALMS 81:12 12 I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 66:4 4 “So I will choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:25 25 "Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP? READ: ROMANS 1:24-25 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. NKJV

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; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 death who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:25 25 "Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:11-12 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. NKJV

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:26 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."' WHY DID THE LORD GIVE ISRAEL STATUTES? HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 13:12 12 You shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD‘S. NKJV

HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:26 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."' HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 18:21 21 And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:26 WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 20:2-5 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. 3 I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name. 4 And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, 5 then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech. NKJV

HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:26 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."' HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. NKJV

HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE UP ON ISRAEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 20:26 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD."' HOW DID ISRAEL BECOME UNCLEAN? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE UP ON ISRAEL? READ: 2 KINGS 17:17-18 17 And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:27-28 27 "Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me. 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.

WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:27-28 27 "Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me. 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings. WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? HOW DID ISRAEL BRING REPROACH ON THE LORD?

HOW DID ISRAEL BRING REPROACH ON THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:27 27 "Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me. HOW DID ISRAEL BRING REPROACH ON THE LORD? READ: NUMBERS 15:30-31 30 The person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the LORD, and he shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt shall be upon him. NKJV READ: ROMANS 2:24 24 "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written. NJKV

WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:28 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings. WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM? READ: NEHEMIAH 9:23 23 You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, And brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers To go in and possess. NKJV READ: PSALMS 78:55 55 He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted of Israel dwell in their tents. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:28 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings. HOW DID ISRAEL BRING REPROACH ON THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 78:56-58 56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, 57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes turned aside like a deceitful bow. 58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:28 HOW DID ISRAEL BRING REPROACH ON THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 2:7 7 I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 3:6 6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 19:13 13 And all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of to all the host of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to other gods. NKJV

WHY DID THE LORD HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:28 WHY DID THE LORD HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE? READ: EZEKIEL 18:24 24 But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:29-30 29 Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."‘ 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations?

WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHAT DID THEY GO TO WORSHIP?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:29-30 29 Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."‘ 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHAT DID THEY GO TO WORSHIP? DID THE LORD TELL THEM WHERE TO WORSHIP?

WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO SAUL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:29 29 Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."‘ WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO SAUL? WHAT WAS SAMUEL DOING? READ: 1 SAMUEL 9:12 12 And they answered them and said, "Yes, there he is, just ahead of you. Hurry now; for today he came to this city, because there is a sacrifice of the people today on the high place. NKJV

WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:29 29 Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."‘ WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHERE DID SOLOMON GO TO WORSHIP? WHY? 2 CHRONICLES 1:3 3 Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tabernacle of meeting with God was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness . NKJV 1 KINGS 3:4 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:29 WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? WHY? WHERE DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO WORSHIP? READ: DEUTERONOMY 12:2-5 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. 4 You shall not worship the LORD your God with such things. 5 "But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. NKJV

WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHERE DID ISRAEL GO TO WORSHIP?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:29 29 Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."‘ WHY IS IT CALLED BAMAH? “HIGH PLACE”? WHERE DID ISRAEL GO TO WORSHIP? READ: EZEKIEL 16:16 16 You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:30 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE JUDGES DIED?

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE JUDGES DIED?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:30 WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE JUDGES DIED? READ: JUDGES 2:16-17 16 Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE JUDGES DIED?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:30 WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THEM JUDGES? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE JUDGES DIED? READ: JUDGES 2:18-19 18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY WERE THEY WORSE THAN THEIR FATHERS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:30 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations? WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY WERE THEY WORSE THAN THEIR FATHERS? READ: JEREMIAH 16:12 12 And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 31 For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you. 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.'

WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 31 For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you. 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID THE KING OF MOAB DO? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 3:26-27

WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID THE KING OF MOAB DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID THE KING OF MOAB DO? READ: 2 KINGS 3:26-27 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall; and there was great indignation against Israel. So they departed from him and returned to their own land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? READ: PSALMS 106:37-39 37 They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? READ: EZEKIEL 16:20-22 20 "Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, 21 that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the fire? 22 And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? READ: JEREMIAH 7:31 31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart. NKJV

WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: EZEKIEL 14:13 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. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: AMOS 8:12 12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall not find it. NKJV

WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS OF THE ISRAELITES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: ZECHARIAH 7:13-8:1 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts. 14 "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate." NKJV

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL
READ: EZEKIEL 20:33-34 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. 34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33-34 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. 34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:34 34 Did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:15-16 15 The LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. 16 Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the LORD your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 16:27-29 27 "Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior. 28 You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 21:5-6 5 I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath. 6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence. NKJV

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:33 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 33 "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHEN? READ: HOSEA 2:14-15 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her. 15 I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST ASK THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. WHAT DID THE PSALMIST ASK THE LORD? WHY? READ: PSALMS 106:47 47 Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? IS THIS CONDITIONAL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 30:4-6 4 If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. 5 Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? IS THIS CONDITIONAL? READ: ISAIAH 31:2-3 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? IS THIS CONDITIONAL? READ: ISAIAH 27:12-13 12 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. 13 So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 44:4-6 4 However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!" 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods. 6 So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:34 WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? 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 20:34 READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17-18 17 Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you." 18 ‘I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:35-36 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you," says the Lord GOD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:35-36 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? HOW DID THE LORD PLEAD WITH THEIR FATHERS?

WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:35 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO THE PEOPLE? WHY? READ: 1 SAMUEL 12:6-8 6 Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore, stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did to you and your fathers: NKJV

WHAT DID DANIEL PROPHECY? PROPHECY OF THE END TIME?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:35 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. WHAT DID DANIEL PROPHECY? PROPHECY OF THE END TIME? READ: DANIEL 12:1 1 At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:35 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 2:9 9 ‘Therefore I will yet bring charges against you, says the LORD, "And against your children's children I will bring charges. NKJV HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 2:35 35 Yet you say, 'Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.‘ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, 'I have not sinned.' NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:35 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? GOD PLEADS WITH ISRAEL READ: MICAH 6:1-2 1 Hear now what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O you mountains, the LORD‘S complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the LORD has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:36 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED? READ: NUMBERS 11:1 1 Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED? DEATH SENTENCE ON THE REBELS
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:36 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED? READ: NUMBERS 14:26-29 DEATH SENTENCE ON THE REBELS 25 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:36 36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN? READ: JUDE 1:5 5 I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:36 READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:4-11 5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. 6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. 7 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." 8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:37-38 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37-38 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH? WHO BROKE THE COVENANT? WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHO WILL ENTER HIS REST? 166

‘I will make you pass under the rod’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ‘I will make you pass under the rod’ READ: LEVITICUS 27:32 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD. NKJV 167

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ‘I will bring you into the bond of the covenant‘ WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH? READ: NEHEMIAH 9:8 8 You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give the land of the Canaanites, The Hittites, the Amorites, The Perizzites, the Jebusites, And the Girgashites — To give it to his descendants. You have performed Your words, For You are righteous. 168

WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH? WHO BROKE THE COVENANT? READ: NEHEMIAH 9:26 26 "Nevertheless they were disobedient And rebelled against You, Cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets, who testified against them To turn them to Yourself; And they worked great provocations. NKJV 169

WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 WHO DID THE LORD MAKE THE COVENANT WITH? WHO BROKE THE COVENANT? READ: NEHEMIAH 9:32 32 "Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day. READ: NEHEMIAH 9:38 38 "And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.” NKJV 170

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? READ: ISAIAH 52:1-2 GOD REDEEMS JERUSALEM 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. 2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! NKJV 171

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 54:10-13 10 For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the LORD, who has mercy on you. 11 "O you afflicted one, Tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, And lay your foundations with sapphires. 12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, Your gates of crystal, And all your walls of precious stones. 13 All your children shall be taught by the LORD, 172

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 33:13 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them,' says the LORD. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 16:62-63 62 And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, 63 that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord GOD.'" NKJV 173

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: MICAH 7:14 14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old. NKJV 174

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:37 37 "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT DID JESUS SAY? READ: JOHN 10:27-29 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. NKJV 175

WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: ZECHARIAH 13:8-9 8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'” NKJV 176

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 13:9 9 My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. READ: JEREMIAH 44:13-14 13 I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and dwell. For none shall return except those who escape. NKJV 177

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: ZECHARIAH 13:8-9 8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'” NKJV 178

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: AMOS 9:9-10 9 "For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’ NKJV 179

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: HOSEA 2:14 GOD'S MERCY ON HIS PEOPLE 14 'Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her. NKJV 180

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? READ: MALACHI 3:3 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness. NKJV 181

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 WHO WILL THE LORD PURGE FROM AMONG THEM? WHY? WHO WILL ENTER HIS REST? READ: MALACHI 4:1-3 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. 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV 182

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:38 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 38 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. WHO WILL ENTER HIS REST? READ: HEBREWS 4:3 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: "So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,'” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. NKJV 183

READ: EZEKIEL 20:39-40 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things.

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39-40 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? 185

WHAT DID ELIJAH SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. WHAT DID ELIJAH SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND? READ: 1 KINGS 18:21 21 Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word. NKJV READ: 2 KINGS 17:40 They did not obey but they followed their former rituals. 186

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 44:25 25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: 'You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, "We will surely keep our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her." You will surely keep your vows and perform your vows. NKJV 187

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 13:19 19 Will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies? NKJV 188

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? READ: AMOS 5:21-22 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. 22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. NKJV READ: AMOS 5:25-26 25 "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 26 You also carried Sikkuth your king And Chiun, your idols, The star of your gods, Which you made for yourselves. NKJV 189

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 39 "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD: "Go, serve every one of you his idols — and hereafter — if you will not obey Me; but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THE JEWS? READ: MATTHEW 6:24 24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. NKJV 190

WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA? READ: REVELATION 3:15-16
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:39 WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA? READ: REVELATION 3:15-16 15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOHN? WHY? READ: REVELATION 22:11 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” 191

WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO ON HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO ON HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHEN? READ: ISAIAH 2:2-3 192

WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO ON HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO ON HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHEN? READ: ISAIAH 2:2-3 2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. NKJV 193

WHO WILLTHE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILLTHE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 56:7 7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” NKJV 194

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? READ: ISAIAH 60:7 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; They shall ascend with acceptance on My altar, And I will glorify the house of My glory. NKJV 195

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHY? READ: MALACHI 3:4 4 "Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Will be pleasant to the LORD, As in the days of old, As in former years. NKJV 196

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? IS THIS CONDITIONAL? READ: ROMANS 11:26-27 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins. NKJV 197

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHAT KINGDOM IS THIS? READ: REVELATION 11:15 15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” NKJV 198

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:40 40 For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first-fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TO HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN? WHAT DID JOHN SEE? READ: REVELATION 21:2 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. NKJV 199

READ: EZEKIEL 20:39-44 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. 42 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41-42 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. 42 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? 201

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 30:4 4 If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. NKJV 202

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 66:18-19 18 "For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. NKJV 203

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 33:8 9 Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it. NKJV 204

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? WHAT WILL ALL THE NATIONS DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? WHY? WHAT WILL ALL THE NATIONS DO? READ: ZECHARIAH 14:16 16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. NKJV 205

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? WHY? READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-15 14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. NKJV 206

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? WHY? READ: GALATIANS 5:1-2 1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. NKJV 207

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:42 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 42 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. WHAT WILL ISRAEL KNOW? WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN? READ: JEREMIAH 30:3 3 For behold, the days are coming,' says the LORD, 'that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,' says the LORD. 'And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'” NKJV 208

READ: EZEKIEL 20:43-44 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord GOD.'"

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43-44 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord GOD.'" WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? 210

GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: LEVITICUS 26:40-41 40 if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me, 41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies; NKJV 211

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: JEREMIAH 30:3 3 ‘For behold, the days are coming,' says the LORD, 'that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,' says the LORD. 'And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'” NKJV 212

WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: 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. 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 213

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: EZEKIEL 16:60-63 60 "Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. 62 And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, 63 that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord NKJV 214

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: HOSEA 5:15 15 I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me. NKJV READ: HOSEA 6:1 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. NKJV 215

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: HOSEA 3:4-5 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days. NKJV 216

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:43 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed. WHAT WILL THEY REMEMBER? WHEN? READ: ZECHARIAH 12:10 10 And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn. NKJV 217

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:44 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord GOD.'" WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? WHY? READ: PSALMS 109:21 21 But You, O GOD the Lord, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. 218

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:44 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord GOD.'" WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 43:25-26 25 I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins. 26 Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted. NKJV 219

READ: EZEKIEL 20:45-46 FIRE IN THE FOREST 45 Furthermore the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 46 "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South,

45 Furthermore the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:45-46 FIRE IN THE FOREST 45 Furthermore the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 46 "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South, WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY? WHAT WAS THE LAND OF THE SOUTH? WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? WHY? 221

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:46 46 "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South, WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY? WHAT LAND DID JUDAH POSSESS? READ: JOSHUA 15:1-2 1 This was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2 And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. NKJV 222

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:46 46 "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South, WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 13:19 19 The cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive. READ: JEREMIAH 21:14 14 “But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the LORD; "I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it.” NKJV 223

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE FALSE PROPHETS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:46 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: EZEKIEL 13:15-17 15 “Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with un-tempered mortar; and I will say to you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’” says the Lord GOD. 17 Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, NKJV 224

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE FALSE PROPHETS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:46 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: AMOS 7:16 6 Therefore, hear the word of the LORD: You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.’ NKJV READ: MICAH 2:6-7 6 "Do not prattle," you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult. 7 You who are named the house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him who walks uprightly?” 225

READ: EZEKIEL 20:47-48 FIRE IN THE FOREST 47 and 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."'"

WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:47-48 FIRE IN THE FOREST 47 and 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."'" WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY? WHAT WILL ALL FLESH SEE? 227

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:47-48 47 and 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. WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 9:18-19 18 For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts The land is burned up, And the people shall be as fuel for the fire; No man shall spare his brother. NKJV 228

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:47 47 and 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. WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 21:14 14 “But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the LORD; "I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it.” NKJV 229

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:47 WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 19:12-14 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling. NKJV 230

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:47-48 FIRE IN THE FOREST 48 All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched."'" WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE FOREST? WHY? WHAT WILL ALL FLESH SEE? READ: JEREMIAH 7:20 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.” 231

READ: EZEKIEL 20:49 FIRE IN THE FOREST 49 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?'"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:49 FIRE IN THE FOREST READ: PSALMS 78:1 -3
49 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?'" READ: PSALMS 78:1 -3 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. NKJV 233

WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:49 49 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?'" WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 12:9-11 9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are among them.”’ 11 Say, ‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall be carried away into captivity.’ NKJV 234

WHAT DID THE DISCIPLES ASK JESUS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:49 WHAT DID THE DISCIPLES ASK JESUS? HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? READ: MATTHEW 13:10-14 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. NKJV 235

WHAT DID THE DISCIPLES ASK JESUS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 20:49 WHAT DID THE DISCIPLES ASK JESUS? HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? READ: JOHN 16:25-27 25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. NKJV 236

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