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EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN

This passage in Ezekiel outlines the punishment that awaits those who have set up idols in their hearts and caused themselves to stumble into iniquity. The Lord questions whether He should listen to those who have turned to idolatry.

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EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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  1. EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN

  2. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FOURTEEN IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED V. 1-12 JUDGMENT ON UNFAITHFULNESS V. 13-23

  3. READ: EZEKIEL 14:1-3 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 1 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?

  4. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:1-3 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 1 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? WHO CAME TO EZEKIEL? WHY? HAD THEY COME TO EZEKIEL BEFORE? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM? WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS? WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE? SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM?

  5. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:1-3 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 1 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. WHO CAME TO EZEKIEL? WHY? HAD THEY COME TO EZEKIEL BEFORE? WHO WAS SITTING WITH EZEKIEL AT HIS HOME? READ: EZEKIEL 8:1 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:3 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM? WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS? WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: PSALMS 66:18-19 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. 19 But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:3 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS? WHAT CAUSED THEM TO STUMBLE? READ: EZEKIEL 6:4 4 Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 7:19 19 'They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the LORD; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:3 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS? WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE? SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM? WHAT DID THE WISEMAN SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: PROVERBS 15:29 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. NKJV READ: PROVERBS 28:9 9 One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:3 3 "Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? WHAT HAVE THEY SET IN THEIR HEARTS? WHAT CAUSES THEM TO STUMBLE? SHOULD THE LORD LISTEN TO THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 1:15 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV

  10. READ: EZEKIEL 14:4-5 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 4 "Therefore speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'

  11. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:4-5 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 4 "Therefore speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? WHAT SHOULD THEY EXPECT FROM THE PROPHET? HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND? WHY?

  12. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:4 WHAT DID KING AHAB ASK MICAIAH? HOW DID AHAB RESPOND? READ: 1 KINGS 22:15-18 15 Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?“ And he answered him, "Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!" 16 So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

  13. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:4 WHAT DID MICAIAH SAY TO KING AHAB? HOW DID AHAB RESPOND? READ: 1 KINGS 22:15-18 17 Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.'" 18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:4 WHAT DID THE WISEMAN SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: PROVERBS 26:4-7 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. 6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. 7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limpIs a proverb in the mouth of fools. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:5 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."' HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: ROMANS 1:28-32 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:5 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."' HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-12 10 ….because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  17. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:5 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."' HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? JESHURUN - JERUSALEM READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:15 15 "But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. NKJV READ: HOSEA 5:7 7 They have dealt treacherously with the LORD, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage. NKJV

  18. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:5 5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."' HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? WHY? READ: ZECHARIAH 11:8 8 I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. (Pharisees and scribes and lawyers)? READ: JEREMIAH 2:11 11 Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit. NKJV

  19. READ: EZEKIEL 14:6 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

  20. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:6 6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? WHAT DID NEHEMIAH SAY? READ: NEHEMIAH 1:8-9 8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'Ifyou are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; 9 but ifyou return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens,yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.' NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:6 6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: ISAIAH 30:21-22 21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it,“ Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left. 22 You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!" NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:6 6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 3:11-13 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 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.

  23. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:6 6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 35:15 15 I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me. NKJV

  24. READ: EZEKIEL 14:7-8 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

  25. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:7-8 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Meandsets up his idols in his heartandputs before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? WHO WILL THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?

  26. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:7 7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Meandsets up his idols in his heartandputs before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? READ: EXODUS 12:48-49 48 And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. 49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you." NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:7 7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Meandsets up his idols in his heartandputs before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? READ: EXODUS 20:8-10 8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son,nor your daughter,nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:7 IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? READ: LEVITICUS 17:8-9 8 "Also you shall say to them: 'Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from among his people. NKJV READ: LEVITICUS 17:10 10 'And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:7 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Meandsets up his idols in his heartandputs before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself. IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? READ: LEVITICUS 20:2 2 "Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: 'Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. NKJV

  30. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:8 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. IS THE LORD TALKING TO BOTH JEW & GENTILE? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM? WHAT HAPPENED TO KORAH, DATHAN & ABIRAM? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 26:10 10 the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:8 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM? WHAT HAPPENED TO KORAH, DATHAN & ABIRAM? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ELEAZAR TO DO? WHY? READ: NUMBERS 16:37-38 37 "Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away. 38 The censers of these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the LORD, therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel." NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:8 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:36-37 36 "The LORD will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nationwhich neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods — wood and stone. 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD will drive you. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:8 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 5:15-17 15 'So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the terrible arrows of faminewhich shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread. 17 So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.'" NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:8 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 42:19-22 19 "The LORD has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt!' Know certainly that I have admonished you this day. 20 For you were hypocrites in your hearts when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the LORD our God, and according to all that the LORD your God says, so declare to us and we will do it.' 21 And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, or anything which He has sent you by me. 22 Now therefore, know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to dwell." NKJV

  35. READ: EZEKIEL 14:9-11 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 9 "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11 that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'"

  36. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:9-11 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 9 "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11 that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'" WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE FALSE PROPHETS? WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS?

  37. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:9 IDOLATRY WILL BE PUNISHED 9 "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 13:3 3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:9 9 "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. WHAT DID MICAIAH SAY ABOUT THEM? READ: 1 KINGS 22:23 23 Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you." NKJV (2 CHRONICLES 18:22)

  39. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:9 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: JEREMIAH 14:15 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land' — 'By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! NKJV READ: ZECHARIAH 13:3 3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, 'You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:10 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED TO KING SAUL? WHY? READ: 1 SAMUEL 16:14 14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him. NKJV

  41. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:10 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY? WHO DID KING SAUL SEEK? WHY? READ: 1 SAMUEL 28:6-7 6 When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets. 7 Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor." NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:10 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, WHO SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY? WHY? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-12 10 Because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. READ: JAMES 1:13 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:11 11 that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'" WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: ISAIAH 51:16 16 I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:11 11 that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord GOD.'" WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY THE FALSE PROPHETS? READ: EZEKIEL 11:19-20 19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. NKJV

  45. READ: EZEKIEL 14:12-14 JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says the Lord GOD.

  46. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:12-14 JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY?

  47. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:13 JUDGMENT ON PERSISTENT UNFAITHFULNESS 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 15:1 1 Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. NKJV WHAT DID MOSES, AARON AND SAMUEL DO?

  48. WHAT DID MOSES DO? WHY? READ: EXODUS 32:11-14 11 Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, and said: "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, 'Hebrought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac,and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and saidto them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'" 14 So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people. NKJV (NUMBERS 14:13-21)

  49. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 14:13 WHAT IS THE LORD DETERMINED TO DO? WHY? WHAT DID MOSES, AARON AND SAMUEL DO? READ: PSALMS 99:6 6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the LORD, and He answered them. WHAT DID ISRAEL ASK SAMUEL TO DO? READ: 1 SAMUEL7:8 8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines." NKJV

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