EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

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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-ONE

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• PHARAOH LIKE THE CEDARS OF LEBANON
• TALL AND MAJESTIC, NOW CUT DOWN V. 1-17
• FATE OF THE KING OF EGYPT V. 18

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READ EZEKIEL 311-2

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 1 Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the third month, on the first day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and
  to his multitude 'Whom are you like in your
  greatness?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 311-2

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 1 Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the third month, on the first day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and
  to his multitude Whom are you like in your
  greatness?
• WHEN DID EZEKIEL MAKE THIS PROPHESY?
• eleventh year, third month, first day
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PHARAOH?
• Whom are you like in your greatness?
• THIS PROPHESY GOES ALONG WITH
• THE PROPHESY CONCERNING ISRAEL
• EZEKIEL 1722-24

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 311

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 1 Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in
  the third month, on the first day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• WHEN DID EZEKIEL MAKE THIS PROPHESY?
• eleventh year, third month, first day
• 2 MONTHS
• AFTER HIS FIRST PROPHESY AGAINST PHARAOH?
• READ EZEKIEL 3020
• PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH
• 20 It came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
  first month, on the seventh day of the month,
  that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 311

• WHEN DID EZEKIEL MAKE THIS PROPHESY?
• eleventh year, third month, first day
• 1 MONTH BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 392
• 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the
  fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the
  city was penetrated. NKJV
• 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.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 312

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and
  to his multitude Whom are you like in your
  greatness?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PHARAOH?
• Whom are you like in your greatness?
• THIS PROPHESY GOES ALONG WITH
• THE PROPHESY CONCERNING ISRAEL
• EZEKIEL 1722-24

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 312

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PHARAOH?
• Whom are you like in your greatness?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 1722-24
• 22 .I will take also one of the highest
  branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will
  crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a
  tender one, and will plant it on a high and
  prominent mountain.
• 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant
  it and it will bring forth boughs, and bear
  fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will
  dwell birds of every sort in the shadow of its
  branches they will dwell.
• 24 All the trees of the field shall know that I,
  the LORD, have brought down the high tree and
  exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and
  made the dry tree flourish I, the LORD, have
  spoken have done it.

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READ EZEKIEL 313-4

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 313-4

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA?
• Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 313

• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA?
• Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 1911
• 11 She had strong branches for scepters of
  rulers.
• She towered in stature above the thick branches,
  And was seen in her height amid the dense
  foliage. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 313

• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA?
• Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
• WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY?
• READ 2 KINGS 1923
• 23 . "By the multitude of my chariots I have
  come up to the height of the mountains, To the
  limits of Lebanon I will cut down its tall
  cedars And its choice cypress trees I will enter
  the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful
  forest. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 313

• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA?
• Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• READ JEREMIAH 5018
• 18 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel
• "Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and
  his land,
• As I have punished the king of Assyria. NKJV
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 313

• 3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With
  fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high
  stature And its top was among the thick boughs.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA?
• Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
• WHY PUNISH THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• READ HABAKKUK 217
• 17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover
  you,
• And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
• Because of men's blood And the violence of the
  land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE IT GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY TO HIRAM?
• READ 1 KINGS 56
• 6 Command that they cut down cedars for me from
  Lebanon and my servants will be with your
  servants, and I will pay you wages for your
  servants according to whatever you say. For you
  know there is none among us who has skill to cut
  timber like the Sidonians. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE IT GROW PROSPER?
• WHO PLANTED THE CEDARS OF LEBANON?
• READ PSALMS 10416-17
• 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap, The
  cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
• 17 Where the birds make their nests The stork
  has her home in the fir trees. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE IT GROW PROSPER?
• WHO CAN DESTROY THE CEDARS OF LEBANON?
• READ PSALMS 295
• 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, Yes,
  the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEDARS OF LEBANON?
• READ ISAIAH 1033-34
• 33 Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop
  off the bough with terror Those of high stature
  will be hewn down, And the haughty will be
  humbled.
• 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest
  with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty
  One. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?
• READ PSALMS 9212-14
• 12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm
  tree,
• He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
• 13 Those who are planted in the house of the
  LORD
• Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
• 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age They
  shall be fresh and flourishing, NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT WAS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON?
• READ DANIEL 410-12
• 10 "These were the visions of my head while on
  my bed I was looking, and behold, A tree in the
  midst of the earth, And its height was great.
• 11 The tree grew and became strong Its height
  reached to the heavens, And it could be seen to
  the ends of all the earth.
• 12 Its leaves were lovely, Its fruit abundant,
  And in it was food for all. The beasts of the
  field found shade under it, The birds of the
  heavens dwelt in its branches, And all flesh was
  fed from it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT WAS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON?
• READ DANIEL 420-22
• 20 The tree that you saw, which grew and became
  strong, whose height reached to the heavens and
  which could be seen by all the earth,
• 21 whose leaves were lovely and its fruit
  abundant, in which was food for all, under which
  the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose
  branches the birds of the heaven had their home
  
• 22 It is you, O king, who have grown and become
  strong for your greatness has grown and reaches
  to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of
  the earth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 314

• 4 The waters made it grow Underground waters
  gave it height, With their rivers running around
  the place where it was planted, And sent out
  rivulets to all the trees of the field.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT IS THIS PARABLE ABOUT?
• WHO WAS THIS VINE? PHARAOH OF EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 177-8
• 7 There was another great eagle with large wings
  and many feathers And behold, this vine bent its
  roots toward him, And stretched its branches
  toward him, From the garden terrace where it had
  been planted, That he might water it.
• 8 It was planted in good soil by many waters, To
  bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a
  majestic vine. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 315-6

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 5 'Therefore its height was exalted above all the
  trees of the field Its boughs were multiplied,
  And its branches became long because of the
  abundance of water, As it sent them out.
• 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests
  in its boughs Under its branches all the beasts
  of the field brought forth their young And in
  its shadow all great nations made their home.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 315-6

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 5 'Therefore its height was exalted above all the
  trees of the field Its boughs were multiplied,
  And its branches became long because of the
  abundance of water, As it sent them out.
• 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests
  in its boughs Under its branches all the beasts
  of the field brought forth their young And in
  its shadow all great nations made their home.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 315

• 5 'Therefore its height was exalted above all the
  trees of the field Its boughs were multiplied,
  And its branches became long because of the
  abundance of water, As it sent them out.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ NUMBERS 245-7
• 5 "How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your
  dwellings, O Israel!
• 6 Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by
  the riverside, Like aloes planted by the LORD,
  Like cedars beside the waters.
• 7 He shall pour water from his buckets, And his
  seed shall be in many waters. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 315

• 5 'Therefore its height was exalted above all the
  trees of the field Its boughs were multiplied,
  And its branches became long because of the
  abundance of water, As it sent them out.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 175-6
• 5 He took some of the seed of the land And
  planted it in a fertile field He placed it by
  abundant waters And set it like a willow tree.
• 6 And it grew and became a spreading vine of low
  stature Its branches turned toward him, But its
  roots were under it. So it became a vine, Brought
  forth branches, And put forth shoots. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 316

• 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests
  in its boughs Under its branches all the beasts
  of the field brought forth their young And in
  its shadow all great nations made their home.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 1723-24
• 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant
  it and it will bring forth boughs, and bear
  fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will
  dwell birds of every sort in the shadow of its
  branches they will dwell.
• 24 And all the trees of the field shall know
  that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree
  and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree
  and made the dry tree flourish I, the LORD, have
  spoken and have done it." NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 316

• 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests
  in its boughs Under its branches all the beasts
  of the field brought forth their young And in
  its shadow all great nations made their home.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY?
• WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS PARABLE?
• READ MATTHEW 1331-32
• 31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying
  "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed,
  which a man took and sowed in his field,
• 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds
  but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs
  and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air
  come and nest in its branches." (MARK 430-32
  LUKE 1318,19)

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READ EZEKIEL 317-9

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 7 'Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the
  length of its branches, Because its roots reached
  to abundant waters.
• 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide
  it The fir trees were not like its boughs, And
  the chestnut trees were not like its branches No
  tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
• 9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of
  branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied
  it, That were in the garden of God.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 317-9

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 7 'Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the
  length of its branches, Because its roots reached
  to abundant waters.
• 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide
  it The fir trees were not like its boughs, And
  the chestnut trees were not like its branches No
  tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
• 9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of
  branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied
  it, That were in the garden of God.'
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• HOW DID IT COMPARE TO THE GARDEN OF GOD?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 317

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 7 'Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the
  length of its branches, Because its roots reached
  to abundant waters.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY IS THERE HOPE FOR A TREE?
• READ JOB 147-9
• 7 There is hope for a tree, If it is cut down,
  that it will sprout again, And that its tender
  shoots will not cease.
• 8 Though its root may grow old in the earth, And
  its stump may die in the ground,
• 9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud And
  bring forth branches like a plant. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 318

• 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide
  it The fir trees were not like its boughs, And
  the chestnut trees were not like its branches No
  tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
• WHERE DID THE LORD PLANT HIS GARDEN?
• WHY DID IT PROSPER?
• READ GENESIS 28-10
• 8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in
  Eden, and there He put the man whom He had
  formed.
• 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every
  tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good
  for food. The tree of life was also in the midst
  of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of
  good and evil.
• 10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden,
  and from there it parted and became four
  riverheads. skirts the whole land of Havilah,
  where there is gold.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 318

• WHERE DID THE LORD PLANT HIS GARDEN?
• WHY DID IT PROSPER?
• READ GENESIS 211-14
• 11 The name of the first is Pishon it is the
  one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where
  there is gold.
• 12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium
  and the onyx stone are there.
• 13 The name of the second river is Gihon it is
  the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.
  
• 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel it
  is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria.
  The fourth river is the Euphrates. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 317

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 7 'Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the
  length of its branches, Because its roots reached
  to abundant waters.
• WHO MADE THE CEDAR GROW PROSPER?
• WHY DID LOT CHOOSE THE PLAIN OF JORDAN?
• READ GENESIS 1310
• 10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain
  of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere
  (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)
  like the garden of the LORD, like the land of
  Egypt as you go toward Zoar. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 318-9

• 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide
  it The fir trees were not like its boughs, And
  the chestnut trees were not like its branches No
  tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
• 9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of
  branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied
  it, That were in the garden of God.'
• HOW DID IT COMPARE TO THE GARDEN OF GOD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EGYPT?
• READ EZEKIEL 2813
• 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God Every
  precious stone was your covering The sardius,
  topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
  Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The
  workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was
  prepared for you on the day you were created.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 318-9

• 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide
  it The fir trees were not like its boughs, And
  the chestnut trees were not like its branches No
  tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
• 9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of
  branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied
  it, That were in the garden of God.'
• WHAT VINE DID THE LORD BRING OUT OF EGYPT?
• WHY DID IT PROSPER?
• READ PSALMS 808-11
• 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt You have
  cast out the nations, and planted it.
• 9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to
  take deep root, And it filled the land.
• 10 The hills were covered with its shadow, And
  the mighty cedars with its boughs.
• 11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea, And her
  branches to the River. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3110-12

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 10 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because
  you have increased in height, and it set its top
  among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted
  up in its height,
• 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of
  the mighty one of the nations, and he shall
  surely deal with it I have driven it out for its
  wickedness.
• 12 And aliens, the most terrible of the nations,
  have cut it down and left it its branches have
  fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys
  its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the
  land and all the peoples of the earth have gone
  from under its shadow and left it.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3110-12

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 10 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because
  you have increased in height, and it set its top
  among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted
  up in its height,
• 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of
  the mighty one of the nations, and he shall
  surely deal with it I have driven it out for its
  wickedness.
• 12 And aliens, the most terrible of the nations,
  have cut it down and left it its branches have
  fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys
  its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the
  land and all the peoples of the earth have gone
  from under its shadow and left it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH? WHY?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3110

• 10 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because
  you have increased in height, and it set its top
  among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted
  up in its height,
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 2817
• 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your
  beauty You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of
  your splendor I cast you to the ground, I laid
  you before kings, That they might gaze at you.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3110

• 10 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because
  you have increased in height, and it set its top
  among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted
  up in its height,
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 211
• 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The
  haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the
  LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3111

• 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of
  the mighty one of the nations, and he shall
  surely deal with it I have driven it out for its
  wickedness.
• WHO WILL THE LORD DELIVER PHARAOH TO?
• WHO IS THIS KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHAT DID HE DO? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 1724
• 24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from
  Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from
  Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of
  Samaria instead of the children of Israel and
  they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its
  cities. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3111

• 11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of
  the mighty one of the nations, and he shall
  surely deal with it I have driven it out for its
  wickedness.
• WHO DID THE LORD DELIVER PHARAOH TO?
• WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 237-39
• 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God
  of heaven has given you a kingdom, power,
  strength, and glory
• 38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or
  the beasts of the field and the birds of the
  heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has
  made you ruler over them all you are this head
  of gold. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3112

• WHO IS THIS VISION ABOUT?
• READ DANIEL 413-16
• 13 I saw in the visions of my head while on my
  bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming
  down from heaven.
• 14 He cried aloud and said thus 'Chop down the
  tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its
  leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get
  out from under it, And the birds from its
  branches.
• 15 Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the
  earth, Bound with a band of iron and bronze, In
  the tender grass of the field. Let it be wet with
  the dew of heaven, And let him graze with the
  beasts On the grass of the earth.
• 16 Let his heart be changed from that of a man,
  Let him be given the heart of a beast, And let
  seven times pass over him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3111

• WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHY?
• READ DANIEL 520-21
• 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his
  spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from
  his kingly throne, and they took his glory from
  him.
• 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men, his
  heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling
  was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with
  grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the
  dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High
  God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints
  over it whomever He chooses.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3112

• 12 And aliens, the most terrible of the nations,
  have cut it down and left it its branches have
  fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys
  its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the
  land and all the peoples of the earth have gone
  from under its shadow and left it.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO KING OF TYRE?
• READ EZEKIEL 287
• 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers
  against you, The most terrible of the nations
  And they shall draw their swords against the
  beauty of your wisdom,
• And defile your splendor. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3113-14

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 13 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens, And all the beasts of the field will
  come to its branches
• 14 'So that no trees by the waters may ever again
  exalt themselves for their height, nor set their
  tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which
  drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up
  to them.
• 'For they have all been delivered to death, To
  the depths of the earth, Among the children of
  men who go down to the Pit.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3113-14

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 13 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens, And all the beasts of the field will
  come to its branches
• 14 'So that no trees by the waters may ever again
  exalt themselves for their height, nor set their
  tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which
  drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up
  to them.
• 'For they have all been delivered to death, To
  the depths of the earth, Among the children of
  men who go down to the Pit.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• They have all been delivered to death,
• To the depths of the earth,
• Among the children of men who go down to the Pit

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3113

• 13 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens, And all the beasts of the field will
  come to its branches
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens
• all the beasts of the field will come to its
  branches
• READ EZEKIEL 295
• I will leave you in the wilderness,
• You and all the fish of your rivers
• You shall fall on the open field
• You shall not be picked up or gathered.
• I have given you as food To the beasts of the
  field
• And to the birds of the heavens. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3113

• 13 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens, And all the beasts of the field will
  come to its branches
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• 'On its ruin will remain all the birds of the
  heavens
• all the beasts of the field will come to its
  branches
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ETHIOPIA?
• READ ISAIAH 186
• They will be left together for the mountain birds
  of prey And for the beasts of the earth The
  birds of prey will summer on them, And all the
  beasts of the earth will winter on them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3114

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 14 'So that no trees by the waters may ever again
  exalt themselves for their height, nor set their
  tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which
  drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up
  to them.
• 'For they have all been delivered to death, To
  the depths of the earth, Among the children of
  men who go down to the Pit.'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• They have all been delivered to death,
• To the depths of the earth,
• Among the children of men who go down to the Pit

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3114

• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• They have all been delivered to death,
• To the depths of the earth,
• Among the children of men who go down to the Pit
• READ PSALMS 4914
• Like sheep they are laid in the grave
• Death shall feed on them The upright shall have
  dominion over them in the morning And their
  beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from
  their dwelling.
• READ PSALMS 827
• You shall die like men And fall like one of the
  princes.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3114

• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• They have all been delivered to death,
• To the depths of the earth,
• Among the children of men who go down to the Pit
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHILISTIA?
• READ EZEKIEL 2620
• I will bring you down with those who descend into
  the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make
  you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in
  places desolate from antiquity, with those who go
  down to the Pit, so that you may never be
  inhabited and I shall establish glory in the
  land of the living. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 3115-16

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'In the day when it
  went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered
  the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers,
  and the great waters were held back. I caused
  Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the
  field wilted because of it.
• 16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its
  fall, when I cast it down to hell together with
  those who descend into the Pit and all the trees
  of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that
  drink water, were comforted in the depths of the
  earth.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3115-16

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'In the day when it
  went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered
  the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers,
  and the great waters were held back. I caused
  Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the
  field wilted because of it.
• 16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its
  fall, when I cast it down to hell together with
  those who descend into the Pit and all the trees
  of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that
  drink water, were comforted in the depths of the
  earth.
• WHY WERE THEY MOURNING?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT HER ALLIES?
• HOW DID THE NATIONS RESPOND?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3115

• 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'In the day when it
  went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered
  the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers,
  and the great waters were held back. I caused
  Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the
  field wilted because of it.
• WHY WERE THEY MOURNING?
• WHO WAS DAVID MOURNING FOR?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 121-22
• 21 "O mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew
  nor rain upon you, Nor fields of offerings. For
  the shield of the mighty is cast away there! The
  shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
• 22 From the blood of the slain, From the fat of
  the mighty, The bow of Jonathan did not turn
  back, And the sword of Saul did not return empty.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3115

• 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'In the day when it
  went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered
  the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers,
  and the great waters were held back. I caused
  Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the
  field wilted because of it.
• WHY WERE THEY MOURNING?
• WHY WERE THEY MOURNING FOR TYRE?
• READ EZEKIEL 2731-32
• 31 They will shave themselves completely bald
  because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth,
  And weep for you With bitterness of heart and
  bitter wailing.
• 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a
  lamentation, And lament for you What city is
  like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3116

• 16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its
  fall, when I cast it down to hell together with
  those who descend into the Pit and all the trees
  of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that
  drink water, were comforted in the depths of the
  earth.
• HOW DID THE NATIONS RESPOND?
• I made the nations shake at the sound of its
  fall
• READ JEREMIAH 4920-21
• 20 Hear the counsel of the LORD that He has
  taken against Edom, and His purposes that He has
  proposed against the inhabitants of Teman Surely
  the least of the flock shall draw them out
  Surely He shall make their dwelling places
  desolate with them.
• 21 The earth shakes at the noise of their fall
  At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3116

• 16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its
  fall, when I cast it down to hell together with
  those who descend into the Pit and all the trees
  of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that
  drink water, were comforted in the depths of the
  earth.
• HOW DID THE NATIONS RESPOND?
• were comforted in the depths of the earth.
• WHAT WERE THEY SAYING? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 148
• Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
• And the cedars of Lebanon,
• SAYING
• 'Since you were cut down,
• No woodsman has come up against us.'

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READ EZEKIEL 3117-18

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 17 They also went down to hell with it, with
  those slain by the sword and those who were its
  strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the
  nations.
• 18 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then
  be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall
  be brought down with the trees of Eden to the
  depths of the earth you shall lie in the midst
  of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the
  sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,'
  says the Lord GOD."
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3117-18

• EGYPT CUT DOWN LIKE A GREAT TREE
• 17 They also went down to hell with it, with
  those slain by the sword and those who were its
  strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the
  nations.
• 18 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then
  be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall
  be brought down with the trees of Eden to the
  depths of the earth you shall lie in the midst
  of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the
  sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,'
  says the Lord GOD."
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT AND HER ALLIES?
• They went down to hell
• in the midst of the uncircumcised
• with those slain by the sword
• Pharaoh and all his multitude

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3117

• 17 They also went down to hell with it, with
  those slain by the sword and those who were its
  strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the
  nations.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT AND HER ALLIES?
• They went down to hell, with those slain by the
  sword
• WHY?
• READ PSALMS 917
• The wicked shall be turned into hell,
• And all the nations that forget God.
• READ JEREMIAH 175
• Cursed is the man who trusts in man
• And makes flesh his strength,
• Whose heart departs from the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3117

• 17 They also went down to hell with it, with
  those slain by the sword and those who were its
  strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the
  nations.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT AND HER ALLIES?
• They went down to hell, with those slain by the
  sword
• READ LAMENTATIONS 420
• The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the
  LORD, Was caught in their pits.
• OF WHOM WE SAID
• "Under his shadow we shall live among the nations"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3118

• 18 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then
  be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall
  be brought down with the trees of Eden to the
  depths of the earth you shall lie in the midst
  of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the
  sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,'
  says the Lord GOD."
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?
• you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden
• to the depths of the earth
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SEE?
• READ EXODUS 1430
• The LORD saved Israel that day
• out of the hand of the Egyptians,
• and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the
  seashore.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3118

• 18 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then
  be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall
  be brought down with the trees of Eden to the
  depths of the earth you shall lie in the midst
  of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the
  sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,'
  says the Lord GOD."
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?
• you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden
• to the depths of the earth
• WHAT DID ISRAEL SEE?
• READ ISAIAH 6624
• They shall go forth and look upon the corpses
• of the men Who have transgressed against Me.
• For their worm does not die, and their fire is
  not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all
  flesh.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 3118

• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT AND HER ALLIES?
• They went down to hell
• in the midst of the uncircumcised
• with those slain by the sword
• Pharaoh and all his multitude
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UNRIGHTEOUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 925-26
• 25 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,
  "that I will punish all who are circumcised with
  the uncircumcised
• 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon,
  Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners,
  who dwell in the wilderness. For all these
  nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of
  Israel are uncircumcised in the heart." NKJV

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