In the 7th year, 5th month, 10th day, some elders of Israel came to Ezekiel to inquire of the Lord. The word of the Lord then came to Ezekiel, and God told him that He would not allow them to inquire of Him. This was because the matter was no mystery; it should have been obvious, especially to the elders, that all these troubles had come upon the nation because of their rebellion and disobedience to God and His laws.
Monthly Archives: November 2025
Chapter 19 – Ezekiel
God instructs Ezekiel to take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel. The lamentation is a personification of the state of the nation of Judah. It describes a lioness who rears her cubs. One of the cubs became a strong lion, but the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit and led with hooks to the land of Egypt….
Chapter 18 – Ezekiel
The Word of the Lord came to Ezekiel, concerning a proverb that was popular in Israel. The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’…..
Chapter 17 – Ezekiel
The riddle is a story of two eagles. The first eagle is great with broad wings and long feathers. He seized the top of a cedar tree plucked off its highest branch and carried it away to a city filled with merchants and planted it there…..
Chapter 16 – Ezekiel
God gave another message to Ezekiel, directed at the people of Jerusalem. In it, God spoke of how unfaithful Jerusalem had been, recounting the history of how He had cared for Israel, how no one cared for them until the Lord chose Israel and nurtured her. But then….