Ezekiel 23 portrays two adulterous sisters, symbolizing the divided nation of Israel. Ohola, representing Samaria, and Oholibah, representing Jerusalem, were once the Lord’s own, yet they turned away from Him. Through vivid imagery of unfaithfulness and prostitution, the chapter depicts how both the northern and southern kingdoms pursued other nations and their idols, abandoning theirContinue reading “Chapter 23 – Ezekiel”
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Chapter 22- Ezekiel
In this chapter we see God telling Ezekiel why judgement has come upon Israel. The Lord said that they will become an object of scorn and a laughingstock to all the countries, all near and far! This is because…
Chapter 21 – Ezekiel
Babylon as God’s Sword of Judgement In this chapter, the word of the Lord comes to Ezekiel, to prophesy against Jerusalem. God announces that judgment is coming upon the land of Israel. His sword will be drawn against everyone both the righteous and the wicked, revealing the severity and inevitability of what is about toContinue reading “Chapter 21 – Ezekiel”
Chapter 20 – Ezekiel
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.
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….
Where is Ezekiel
This blog post is a reflection on the location of Ezekiel. As I was reading through the first few chapters of the book, I began to wonder, where exactly was Ezekiel? We see that God gives him several visions: in some, he appears to be in Jerusalem, while in others, the text clearly says he is among the exiles in Babylon….
Chapter 15 – Ezekiel
A message from the Lord came to Ezekiel, comparing the people of Israel to the wood of a vine, useless except to be burned, and even then it burns too quickly….