EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE V. 1-11
• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT V. 12-20
• THE FALL OF JERUSALEM V. 21-22
• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN V. 23-29
• HEARING AND NOT DOING V. 30-33

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READ EZEKIEL 331-2

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  
• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 331-2

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  
• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• speak to the children of your people
• WHAT SHOULD THE PEOPLE DO?
• take a man from their territory
• and make him their watchman
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN?
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 332

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN?
• THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 1271
• 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in
  vain who build it Unless the LORD guards the
  city, The watchman stays awake in vain. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 331-2

• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3615-16
• 15 The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings
  to them by His messengers, rising up early and
  sending them, because He had compassion on His
  people and on His dwelling place.
• 16 they mocked the messengers of God, despised
  His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the
  wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till
  there was no remedy.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 331-2

• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 444-5
• 4 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.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 331-2

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS?
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 317
• 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for
  the house of Israel therefore hear a word from
  My mouth, and give them warning from Me NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 332

• 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your
  people, and say to them 'When I bring the sword
  upon a land, and the people of the land take a
  man from their territory and make him their
  watchman,
• WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS?
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?
• WHAT DID HABAKKUK DO? WHY?
• READ HABAKKUK 21
• 1 I will stand my watch And set myself on the
  rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me,
  And what I will answer when I am corrected. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 333-4

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land,
  if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 333-4

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land,
  if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?
• he blows the trumpet and warns the people
• WHY?
• his blood shall be on his own head

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 333

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land,
  if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?
• blows the trumpet and warns the people
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HOSEA TO DO?
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• READ HOSEA 58
• 8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in
  Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you,
  O Benjamin!' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 334

• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHY?
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• READ EZEKIEL 318
• 18 When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely
  die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to
  warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his
  life, that same wicked man shall die in his
  iniquity but his blood I will require at your
  hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 334

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ZACHERIAH TO DO?
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• READ ZECHARIAH 13-4
• 3 Say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts
  "Return to Me, and I will return to you."
• 4 "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the
  former prophets preached. Turn now from your evil
  ways and your evil deeds." But they did not hear
  nor heed Me.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 334

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.
• WHAT DID PAUL DO? WHY?
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• READ ACTS 185-6
• 5 When Silas and Timothy had come from
  Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and
  testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
• 6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he
  shook his garments and said to them, "Your blood
  be upon your own heads I am clean. From now on I
  will go to the Gentiles. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 334

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet
  and does not take warning, if the sword comes and
  takes him away, his blood shall be on his own
  head.
• WHAT DID PAUL TELL TO TIMOTHY TO DO? WHY?
• READ 2 TIMOTHY 42-4
• 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of
  season. Convince, rebuke , exhort, with all
  longsuffering and teaching.
• 3 For the time will come when they will not
  endure sound doctrine, but according to their own
  desires, because they have itching ears, they
  will heap up for themselves teachers
• 4 and they will turn their ears away from the
  truth, and be turned aside to fables. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 335-6

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not
  take warning his blood shall be upon himself.
  But he who takes warning will save his life.
• 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
  does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not
  warned, and the sword comes and takes any person
  from among them, he is taken away in his
  iniquity but his blood I will require at the
  watchman's hand.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 335-6

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not
  take warning his blood shall be upon himself.
  But he who takes warning will save his life.
• 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
  does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not
  warned, and the sword comes and takes any person
  from among them, he is taken away in his
  iniquity but his blood I will require at the
  watchman's hand.'
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• he who takes warning will save his life
• WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY?
• his blood I will require at the watchman's hand

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 335

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not
  take warning his blood shall be upon himself.
  But he who takes warning will save his life.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• he who takes warning will save his life
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• WHY?
• READ LEVITICUS 209
• 9 Everyone who curses his father or his mother
  shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his
  father or his mother. His blood shall be upon
  him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 336

• 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
  does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not
  warned, and the sword comes and takes any person
  from among them, he is taken away in his
  iniquity but his blood I will require at the
  watchman's hand.'
• WHAT WAS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY?
• his blood I will require at the watchman's hand
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 319
• 19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not
  turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked
  way, he shall die in his iniquity but you have
  delivered your soul.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 336

• 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and
  does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not
  warned, and the sword comes and takes any person
  from among them, he is taken away in his
  iniquity but his blood I will require at the
  watchman's hand.'
• WHAT WAS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY?
• his blood I will require at the watchman's hand
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 5610
• 10 His watchmen are blind, They are all
  ignorant
• They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark
  Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 337-9

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 7 "So you, son of man I have made you a
  watchman for the house of Israel therefore you
  shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for
  Me.
• 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you
  shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn
  the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
  die in his iniquity but his blood I will require
  at your hand.
• 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn
  from his way, and he does not turn from his way,
  he shall die in his iniquity but you have
  delivered your soul.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 337-9

• 7 "So you, son of man I have made you a
  watchman for the house of Israel therefore you
  shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for
  Me.
• 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you
  shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn
  the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
  die in his iniquity but his blood I will require
  at your hand.
• 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn
  from his way, and he does not turn from his way,
  he shall die in his iniquity but you have
  delivered your soul.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• I have made you a watchman for the house of
  Israel
• You shall hear a word from My mouth
• and warn them for Me.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 337

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 7 "So you, son of man I have made you a
  watchman for the house of Israel therefore you
  shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for
  Me.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• I have made you a watchman for the house of
  Israel
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• You shall hear a word from My mouth
• and warn them for Me.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 117
• 17 Prepare yourself and arise, And speak to them
  all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before
  their faces, Lest I dismay you before them.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 337

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• I have made you a watchman for the house of
  Israel
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• You shall hear a word from My mouth
• and warn them for Me.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 262
• 2 Stand in the court of the LORDS house, and
  speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to
  worship in the LORDS house, all the words that I
  command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a
  word. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 338

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you
  shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn
  the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
  die in his iniquity but his blood I will require
  at your hand.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 184
• 4 "Behold, all souls are Mine The soul of the
  father
• As well as the soul of the son is Mine The soul
  who sins shall die. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 338

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you
  shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn
  the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
  die in his iniquity but his blood I will require
  at your hand.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO JERUSALEM?
• READ ISAIAH 311
• 11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
  For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 339

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn
  from his way, and he does not turn from his way,
  he shall die in his iniquity but you have
  delivered your soul.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• warn the wicked to turn from his way
• WHY?
• you have delivered your soul
• SAME AS
• EZEKIEL 317-19

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 339

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn
  from his way, and he does not turn from his way,
  he shall die in his iniquity but you have
  delivered your soul.
• WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
• warn the wicked to turn from his way
• WHY WARN THEM?
• READ PSALMS 711-12
• 11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with
  the wicked every day.
• 12 If he does not turn back He will sharpen His
  sword
• He bends His bow and makes it ready. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3310-11

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  house of Israel 'Thus you say, "If our
  transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we
  pine away in them, how can we then live?"'
• 11 Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord
  GOD,'I have no pleasure in the death of the
  wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and
  live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
  should you die, O house of Israel?'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3310-11

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  house of Israel 'Thus you say "If our
  transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we
  pine away in them, how can we then live?"'
• 11 Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord
  GOD,'I have no pleasure in the death of the
  wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and
  live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
  should you die, O house of Israel?'
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?
• say to the house of Israel
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3310

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  house of Israel 'Thus you say "If our
  transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we
  pine away in them, how can we then live?"'
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
• our sins lie upon us and we pine away in them
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ISRAEL?
• READ LEVITICUS 2639
• 39 And those of you who are left shall waste
  away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands
  also in their fathers' iniquities, which are with
  them, they shall waste away.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3310

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  house of Israel 'Thus you say "If our
  transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we
  pine away in them, how can we then live?"'
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
• our sins lie upon us and we pine away in them
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 416-17
• 16 I will cut off the supply of bread in
  Jerusalem they shall eat bread by weight and
  with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure
  and with dread,
• 17 They may lack bread and water, and be
  dismayed with one another, and waste away because
  of their iniquity. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 11 Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord
  GOD,'I have no pleasure in the death of the
  wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and
  live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
  should you die, O house of Israel?'
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 333
• 33 He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the
  children of men. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
• WHY?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 309
• 9 If you return to the LORD, your brethren and
  your children will be treated with compassion by
  those who lead them captive, so that they may
  come back to this land for the LORD your God is
  gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face
  from you if you return to Him.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 312-13
• 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north,
  and say 'Return, backsliding Israel,' says the
  LORD
• 'I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I
  am merciful,' says the LORD 'I will not remain
  angry forever.
• 13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have
  transgressed against the LORD your God, And have
  scattered your charms to alien deities under
  every green tree, And you have not obeyed My
  voice,' says the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 11 Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord
  GOD,'I have no pleasure in the death of the
  wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and
  live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
  should you die, O house of Israel?'
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 1823
• 23 Do I have any pleasure at all that the
  wicked should die?" says the Lord GOD, "and not
  that he should turn from his ways and live? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• 11 Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord
  GOD,'I have no pleasure in the death of the
  wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and
  live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
  should you die, O house of Israel?'
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EPHRAIM ISRAEL?
• READ HOSEA 118
• 8 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I
  hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like
  Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart
  churns within Me
• My sympathy is stirred. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• WHY?
• READ JOEL 212-13
• 12 "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting,
  with weeping, and with mourning."
• 13 So rend your heart, and not your garments
  Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious
  and merciful,
• Slow to anger, and of great kindness And He
  relents from doing harm. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3311

• THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
• 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
• turn from your evil ways
• WHAT DID PAUL WRITE TO TIMOTHY?
• READ 1 TIMOTHY 23-4
• 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of
  God our Savior,
• 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to
  the knowledge of the truth. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3312-13

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 12 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  children of your people 'The righteousness of
  the righteous man shall not deliver him in the
  day of his transgression as for the wickedness
  of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in
  the day that he turns from his wickedness nor
  shall the righteous be able to live because of
  his righteousness in the day that he sins.
• 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall
  surely live, but he trusts in his own
  righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his
  righteous works shall be remembered but because
  of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall
  die.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3312-13

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 12 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the
  children of your people 'The righteousness of
  the righteous man shall not deliver him in the
  day of his transgression as for the wickedness
  of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in
  the day that he turns from his wickedness nor
  shall the righteous be able to live because of
  his righteousness in the day that he sins.
• 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall
  surely live, but he trusts in his own
  righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his
  righteous works shall be remembered but because
  of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall
  die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3312

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ EZEKIEL 320-21
• 20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his
  righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a
  stumbling block before him, he shall die because
  you did not give him warning, he shall die in his
  sin, and his righteousness which he has done
  shall not be remembered but his blood I will
  require at your hand.
• 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man
  that the righteous should not sin, and he does
  not sin, he shall surely live because he took
  warning also you will have delivered your soul."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3313

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall
  surely live, but he trusts in his own
  righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his
  righteous works shall be remembered but because
  of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall
  die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ HEBREWS 1038
• 38 The just shall live by faith But if anyone
  draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3313

• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ 2 PETER 220-22
• 20 If, after they have escaped the pollutions of
  the world through the knowledge of the Lord and
  Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in
  them and overcome, the latter end is worse for
  them than the beginning.
• 21 It would have been better for them not to
  have known the way of righteousness, than having
  known it, to turn from the holy commandment
  delivered to them.

47
READ EZEKIEL 3314-15

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.

48
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE WICKED?

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 714
• 14 If My people who are called by My name will
  humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and
  turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
  from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal
  their land. NKJV

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 2225-26
• 25 "If you lend money to any of My people who
  are poor among you, you shall not be like a
  moneylender to him you shall not charge him
  interest.
• 26 If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a
  pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun
  goes down. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 221-4
• 1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and
  slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five
  oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
• 2 If the thief is found breaking in, and he is
  struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt
  for his bloodshed.
• 3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be
  guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full
  restitution if he has nothing, then he shall be
  sold for his theft.
• 4 If the theft is certainly found alive in his
  hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he
  shall restore double. NKJV

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ LEVITICUS 61-5
• 2 If a person sins and commits a trespass
  against the LORD by lying to his neighbor about
  what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or
  about a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has
  extorted from his neighbor,
• 3 or if he has found what was lost and lies
  concerning it, and swears falsely in any one of
  these things that a man may do in which he sins
• 4 then it shall be, because he has sinned and is
  guilty, that he shall restore what he has stolen,
  or the thing which he has extorted, or what was
  delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost
  thing which he found,
• 5 or all that about which he has sworn falsely.
  He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth
  more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs,
  on the day of his trespass offering. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 557
• 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the
  unrighteous man his thoughts Let him return to
  the LORD, And He will have mercy on him And to
  our God,
• For He will abundantly pardon. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 223
• 3 Thus says the LORD "Execute judgment and
  righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of
  the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no
  violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the
  widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
  NKJV

55
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3314-15

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE WICKED?
• READ EZEKIEL 1821-22
• 21 "But if a wicked man turns from all his sins
  which he has committed, keeps all My statutes,
  and does what is lawful and right, he shall
  surely live he shall not die.
• 22 None of the transgressions which he has
  committed shall be remembered against him
  because of the righteousness which he has done,
  he shall live. NKJV

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3315

• 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall
  surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does
  what is lawful and right,
• 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back
  what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of
  life without committing iniquity, he shall surely
  live he shall not die.
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID ZACCHAEUS SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ LUKE 198
• 8 "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the
  poor and if I have taken anything from anyone by
  false accusation, I restore fourfold." NKJV

57
READ EZEKIEL 3316-17

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 16 None of his sins which he has committed shall
  be remembered against him he has done what is
  lawful and right he shall surely live.
• 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The
  way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way
  which is not fair!

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3316-17

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 16 None of his sins which he has committed shall
  be remembered against him he has done what is
  lawful and right he shall surely live.
• 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The
  way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way
  which is not fair!
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• None of his sins shall be remembered
• WHY?
• he has done what is lawful and right
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY?
• 'The way of the LORD is not fair'

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3316

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• None of his sins shall be remembered
• WHY?
• he has done what is lawful and right
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL AND JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 5020
• 20 In those days and in that time," says the
  LORD,
• "The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but
  there shall be none And the sins of Judah, but
  they shall not be found
• For I will pardon those whom I preserve. NKJV

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3316

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• None of his sins shall be remembered
• WHY?
• he has done what is lawful and right
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL AND JUDAH?
• READ ISAIAH 4325
• 25 I am He who blots out your transgressions for
  My own sake And I will not remember your
  sins. NKJV

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3317

• 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The
  way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way
  which is not fair!
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY?
• 'The way of the LORD is not fair
• WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT SAY TO THE JUDGES?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 196-7
• 6 Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not
  judge for man but for the LORD, who is with you
  in the judgment.
• 7 Let the fear of the LORD be upon you take
  care and do it, for there is no iniquity with the
  LORD our God, no partiality, nor taking of
  bribes. NKJV

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3317

• 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The
  way of the LORD is not fair.' But it is their way
  which is not fair!
• IS THE LORDS JUDGMENT FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY?
• 'The way of the LORD is not fair
• WHAT DID PETER SAY?
• READ ACTS 1034-35
• 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said "In
  truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
• 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and
  works righteousness is accepted by Him. NKJV

63
READ EZEKIEL 3318-20

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 18 When the righteous turns from his
  righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die
  because of it.
• 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness
  and does what is lawful and right, he shall live
  because of it.
• 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not
  fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one
  of you according to his own ways."

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3318-20

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 18 When the righteous turns from his
  righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die
  because of it.
• 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness
  and does what is lawful and right, he shall live
  because of it.
• 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not
  fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one
  of you according to his own ways."
• IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
• 'The way of the LORD is not fair'

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3318

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 18 When the righteous turns from his
  righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die
  because of it.
• IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 189-10
• 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation
  and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant
  it,
• 10 If it does evil in My sight so that it does
  not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning
  the good with which I said I would benefit
  it. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3319

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness
  and does what is lawful and right, he shall live
  because of it.
• IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• READ JEREMIAH 187-8
• 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and
  concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down,
  and to destroy it,
• 8 If that nation against whom I have spoken
  turns from its evil, then I will relent of the
  disaster that I thought to bring upon it. NKJV

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3320

• THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
• 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not
  fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one
  of you according to his own ways."
• IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR?
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY?
• 'The way of the LORD is not fair
• WHAT DID JOB SAY?
• READ JOB 3410-12
• 10 Listen to me, you men of understanding Far
  be it from God to do wickedness, And from the
  Almighty to commit iniquity.
• 11 For He repays man according to his work, And
  makes man to find a reward according to his way.
• 12 Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will
  the Almighty pervert justice. NKJV

68
READ EZEKIEL 3321-22

• THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
• 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of
  our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth
  day of the month, that one who had escaped from
  Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been
  captured!
• 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the
  evening before the man came who had escaped. And
  He had opened my mouth so when he came to me in
  the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no
  longer mute.

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3321-22

• THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
• 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of
  our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth
  day of the month, that one who had escaped from
  Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been
  captured!
• 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the
  evening before the man came who had escaped. And
  He had opened my mouth so when he came to me in
  the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no
  longer mute.
• WHAT DAY DID THIS MAN COME TO EZEKIEL?
• twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day
• WHAT DID THE MAN SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• "The city has been captured!
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL?
• my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3321

• 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of
  our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth
  day of the month, that one who had escaped from
  Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been
  captured!
• WHAT DAY DID THIS MAN COME TO EZEKIEL?
• twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day
• WHAT DAY DID JERUSALEM FALL?
• eleventh year, fourth month, ninth day
• READ JEREMIAH 525-6
• 5 The city was besieged until the eleventh year
  of King Zedekiah.
• 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the
  month, the famine had become so severe in the
  city that there was no food for the people of the
  land. NKJV
• (JEREMIAH 392)

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3321

• THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
• 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of
  our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth
  day of the month, that one who had escaped from
  Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been
  captured!
• DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
• READ EZEKIEL 2426-27
• 26 On that day one who escapes will come to you
  to let you hear it with your ears
• 27 On that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV

72
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3322

• 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the
  evening before the man came who had escaped. And
  He had opened my mouth so when he came to me in
  the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no
  longer mute.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL ON THIS DAY?
• the hand of the LORD had been upon me
• WHEN?
• the evening before the man came
• WHEN WAS EZEKIELS MOUTH OPENED?
• when he came to me in the morning
• my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE EZEKIELS MOUTH?

73
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3322

• WHEN DID THE LORD FIRST SPEAK TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 11-3
• 1 It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the
  fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
  was among the captives by the River Chebar, that
  the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
  
• 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

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3322

• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE EZEKIELS MOUTH?
• READ EZEKIEL 326-27
• 26 I will make your tongue cling to the roof of
  your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be
  one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious
  house.
• 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your
  mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear and he who
  refuses, let him refuse for they are a
  rebellious house. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3322

• WHEN DID THE LORD OPEN EZEKIELS MOUTH?
• AFTER THE FALL OF EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 2918-21
• 19 Thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I will give
  the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of
  Babylon he shall take away her wealth, carry off
  her spoil, and remove her pillage and that will
  be the wages for his army.
• 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord
  GOD.
• 21 In that day I will cause the horn of the house
  of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your
  mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall
  know that I am the LORD.

76
READ EZEKIEL 3323-24

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying
• 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in
  the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only
  one, and he inherited the land. But we are many
  the land has been given to us as a possession.'

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3323-24

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying
• 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in
  the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only
  one, and he inherited the land. But we are many
  the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'

78
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in
  the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only
  one, and he inherited the land. But we are many
  the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND IN JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 407
• 7 When all the captains of the armies who were
  in the fields, they and their men, heard that the
  king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of
  Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to
  him men, women, children, and the poorest of the
  land who had not been carried away captive to
  Babylon, NKJV

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in
  the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only
  one, and he inherited the land. But we are many
  the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
  
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• READ EZEKIEL 1115
• 15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives,
  your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in
  its entirety, are those about whom the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away
  from the LORD this land has been given to us as
  a possession. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 110
• 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and
  here you are today, as the stars of heaven in
  multitude. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
• READ ISAIAH 512
• 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who
  bore you For I called him alone, And blessed him
  and increased him. NKJV

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• WHAT DID JOHN THE BAPTIZER SAY TO THEM?
• READ MATTHEW 39
• 9 Do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have
  Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God
  is able to raise up children to Abraham from
  these stones. NKJV
• (LUKE 37-8)

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• HOW DID JESUS RESPOND?
• READ JOHN 839
• 39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is
  our father. Jesus said to them, "If you were
  Abraham's children, you would do the works of
  Abraham. NKJV

83
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3324

• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land.
• But we are many
• the land has been given to us as a possession.'
• HOW MUCH LAND DID ABRAHAM INHERIT?
• READ ACTS 75
• 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not
  even enough to set his foot on. But even when
  Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to
  him for a possession, and to his descendants
  after him. NKJV

84
READ EZEKIEL 3325-26

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should
  you then possess the land?
• 26 You rely on your sword, you commit
  abominations, and you defile one another's wives.
  Should you then possess the land?"'

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325-26

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should
  you then possess the land?
• 26 You rely on your sword, you commit
  abominations, and you defile one another's wives.
  Should you then possess the land?"'
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should
  you then possess the land?
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• You eat meat with blood and shed blood
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND NOAH?
• READ GENESIS 94 6
• 4 You shall not eat flesh with its life, that
  is, its blood.
• 6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood
  shall be shed For in the image of God He made
  man.

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should
  you then possess the land?
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• You eat meat with blood and shed blood
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ LEVITICUS 1926
• 26 You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor
  shall you practice divination or soothsaying.
  NKJV

88
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325

• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and you lift up your eyes
  toward your idols. Should you then possess the
  land?
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• You eat meat with blood and shed blood
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 226
• 6 Look, the princes of Israel each one has used
  his power to shed blood in you. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2227
• 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves
  tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy
  people, and to get dishonest gain. NKJV

89
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325

• 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord
  GOD "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your
  eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should
  you then possess the land?
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• you lift up your eyes toward your idols
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 79-10
• 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear
  falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after
  other gods whom you do not know,
• 10 and then come and stand before Me in this
  house which is called by My name, and say, 'We
  are delivered to do all these abominations'? NKJV

90
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3325

• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• you lift up your eyes toward your idols
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 721-23
• 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Add your burnt offerings to your
  sacrifices and eat meat.
• 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, or
  command them in the day that I brought them out
  of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings
  or sacrifices.
• 23 But this is what I commanded them, saying,
  'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you
  shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that
  I have commanded you, that it may be well with
  you. NKJV

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• 26 You rely on your sword, you commit
  abominations, and you defile one another's wives.
  Should you then possess the land?"'
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• you defile one another's wives
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 2014
• 4 "You shall not commit adultery NKJV
• WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR ADULTERY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2222
• 22 If a man is found lying with a woman married
  to a husband, then both of them shall die the
  man that lay with the woman, and the woman so
  you shall put away the evil from Israel. NKJV

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• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 26 You rely on your sword, you commit
  abominations, and you defile one another's wives.
  Should you then possess the land?"'
• WHAT CAUSED JUDAHS RUIN?
• you defile one another's wives
• WHAT DID GOD ABOUT THEIR PRINCES?
• READ EZEKIEL 2211
• 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's
  wife another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law
  and another in you violates his sister, his
  father's daughter.

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READ EZEKIEL 3327-29

• THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN
• 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins
  shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in
  the open field I will give to the beasts to be
  devoured, and those who are in the strongholds
  and caves shall die of the pestilence.
• 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her
  arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains
  of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will
  pass through.
• 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I have made the land most desolate because of all
  their abominations which they have committed."'

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• 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins
  shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in
  the open field I will give to the beasts to be
  devoured, and those who are in the strongholds
  and caves shall die of the pestilence.
• 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her
  arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains
  of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will
  pass through.
• 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I have made the land most desolate because of all
  their abominations which they have committed."'
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

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• 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins
  shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in
  the open field I will give to the beasts to be
  devoured, and those who are in the strongholds
  and caves shall die of the pestilence.
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the ruins shall fall by the
  sword
• those who is in the open field I will give to
  the beasts
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the ruins shall fall by the
  sword
• those who is in the open field I will give to
  the beasts
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• READ JEREMIAH 4217
• 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their
  faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall
  die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
  And none of them shall remain or escape from the
  disaster that I will bring upon them. NKJV

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the ruins shall fall by the
  sword
• those who is in the open field I will give to
  the beasts
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• READ EZEKIEL 715
• 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and
  famine within. Whoever is in the field will die
  by the sword And whoever is in the city, Famine
  and pestilence will devour him. NKJV

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the ruins shall fall by the
  sword
• those who is in the open field I will give to
  the beasts
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1421
• 21 For thus says the Lord GOD How much more it
  shall be when I send My four severe judgments on
  Jerusalem the sword and famine and wild beasts
  and pestilence to cut off man and beast from
  it? NKJV

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ JUDGES 61-2
• 1 The children of Israel did evil in the sight
  of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the
  hand of Midian for seven years,
• 2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against
  Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children
  of Israel made for themselves the dens, the
  caves, and the strongholds which are in the
  mountains. NKJV

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? WHY?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 135-7
• 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in
  danger (for the people were distressed), then the
  people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in
  holes, and in pits.

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• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• those who are in the strongholds and caves
• shall die of the pestilence
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 219
• 19 They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
  And into the caves of the earth, From the terror
  of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He
  arises to shake the earth mightily. NKJV