1. Captivity, Return, and Years of Silence
A Remnant Shall Return
Captivity, Return, and Years of Silence

2. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
Ezekiel 12:1-6, 9-13
vv. 15, 16 - “They shall know that I am the LORD”
God means what He says.
He is in charge.

3. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
Tenth day, tenth month, ninth year (Ezek. 24)
Nebuchadnezzar’s siege on Jerusalem begins…

4. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
588 B.C. – siege on Jerusalem begins (2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chron. 36:17; Jer. 39:1; 52:4)
A question from Zedekiah - Jeremiah 21:4-6, 8-10
Jerusalem a caldron - Ezekiel 24:3-5, 6, 9-10, 12-13, 15-17, 19, 21-24, (3:26-27)

5. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
According to Jeremiah 37:5, the Chaldeans (Babylonians) broke off their siege to fight the Egyptians.
Jeremiah 37: 1-3, 5-10, 16-17

6. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
The Chaldeans won a complete victory over the Egyptians and were soon back in Judah.
Lachish and Asekah under siege (Jer. 34:1-7, 6-7)
The messages about the nations surrounding Judah found in Ezekiel came from God mostly during and immediately after the siege of Jerusalem.

7. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
587 B.C. – several events, visions and prophesies take place in this year (tenth year of Zedekiah)
Jer. 32:1-14, 15, 21-24, 27, 31, 33-34, 36-39, 43
Jer. 38:1-13; 39:15-18
Ezekiel – prophecies against Egypt (ch )

8. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
586 B.C. – eleventh year of Zedekiah; months and weeks leading up to the fall of Jerusalem
No date given to Jer. 38:1-13, but must have immediately preceeded the fall of Jerusalem.

9. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
586 B.C. – eleventh year, first month, first day (Ezek. 26:1-14 – prophecy against Tyre)
One week later: eleventh year, first month, seventh day (3 months before the wall of Jerusalem is breached) – Ezekiel 30:20-26 – the Lord will strengthen Nebucadnezzar against Egypt

10. Zedekiah’s Captivity Signified (pg. 40-47)
Nearly two months later: eleventh year, third month, first day of the month (5 weeks before Jerusalem’s fall) – Ezekiel 31:1-18 – Pharoah should have been warned by Assyria’s fate