REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Chronologically, where should the sermons and symbols of Chapter s 12-14 be placed? 2. By what symbolic act did Ezekiel portray the deportation of Jerusalem's inhabitants? How did this action relate to King Zedekiah in particular? 3. Ezekiel prophesied that King Zedekiah wo... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. TWO OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 14:1-23 In chapter 14 Ezekiel deals with two theoretical objections which might be raised against his announcement of Jerusalem's judgment. The first is this How can God punish His people for sins into which they have been led by men claiming to be prophets? (Ezekiel 14:... [ Continue Reading ]
B. Presence of Righteous Men 14:12-23 TRANSLATION (12) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (13) Son of man, when a land sins against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand against it, and break its staff of bread, and send against it a famine, and cut off from it man and... [ Continue Reading ]