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EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN

EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN. JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS V. 1-13 SEE JEREMIAH 1:13 RESTORATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS V. 14-21 SHECHINAH FORSAKES THE CITY V. 22-23 EZEKIEL RETURNS TO HIS BRETHREN V. 24-25. READ: EZEKIEL 11:1-4. JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS

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EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN

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  1. EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN

  2. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER ELEVEN JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS V. 1-13 SEE JEREMIAH 1:13 RESTORATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS V. 14-21 SHECHINAH FORSAKES THE CITY V. 22-23 EZEKIEL RETURNS TO HIS BRETHREN V. 24-25

  3. READ: EZEKIEL 11:1-4 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!"

  4. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1-4 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!" WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL? WHO WAS AT THE EAST GATE? WHAT DID THE SPIRIT SAY CONCERNING THESE MEN? WHAT DID THE SPIRIT WANT EZEKIEL TO DO?

  5. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE EZEKIEL? WHERE WAS THE GLORY OF THE LORD? READ: EZEKIEL 10:18-19 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD‘S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE MEN? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:14 14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. NKJV REMEMBER: EZEKIEL 8:11-16

  7. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. WHO WAS AT THE EAST GATE? ARE THESE THE SAME MEN IN EZEKIEL 8:16? READ: EZEKIEL 8:16 16 So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD‘S house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE MEN? READ: ISAIAH 43:28 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches. NKJV WHO DID JEREMIAH GOT TO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 5:5 5 I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.“ NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:1 1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the LORD‘S house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. WHERE DID THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD BEGIN? READ: EZEKIEL 9:6 6 Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple. NKJV

  10. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:2 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 2 And He said to me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, WHAT DID THE SPIRIT SAY CONCERNING THESE MEN? READ: JEREMIAH 29:8-10 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD. 10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:3 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' WHAT ARE THESE MEN SAYING? WHAT DID MICAH SAY? READ: MICAH 3:1-3 1 And I said: "Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice? 2 You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron." NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:3 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' WHAT ARE THESE MEN SAYING? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? READ: JEREMIAH 25:11-12 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the LORD; 'and I will make it a perpetual desolation.

  13. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:3 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' WHAT ARE THESE MEN SAYING? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 7:2-3 2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: 'An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end has come upon you, And I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.

  14. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:3 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.' WHAT ARE THESE MEN SAYING? WHAT SHOULD WE BE MINDFUL OF? WHY? READ: 2 PETER 3:2-4 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:4 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!" WHAT DID THE SPIRIT WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? READ: EZEKIEL 3:4-6 4 Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. NKJV

  16. READ: EZEKIEL 11:5-6 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain."

  17. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:5-6 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain." WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT HIM TO DO? WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

  18. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:5 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL? WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT WANT HIM TO DO? READ: EZEKIEL 2:2-3 2 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. 3 And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:5 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL? WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT WANT HIM TO DO? WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW? READ: EZEKIEL 3:24-25 24 Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. 25 And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:5 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL? WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW? READ: PSALMS 26:2 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 17:10 10 I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:5 5 Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, "Speak! 'Thus says the LORD: "Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. WHO IS SPEAKING TO EZEKIEL? WHAT DOES THE LORD KNOW? READ: PSALMS 139:1-4 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:6 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain." WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? WHAT WAS THEIR JUDGMENT? READ: EZEKIEL 7:23-24 23 'Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence. 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled. NKJV

  23. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:6 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain." WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? WHAT WAS THEIR JUDGMENT? READ: JEREMIAH 39:4-5 4 So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. NKJV

  24. READ: EZEKIEL 11:7-11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.

  25. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:7-11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH?

  26. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:7 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHO IS COMING FROM THE NORTH? READ: JEREMIAH 1:13-15 13 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, "What do you see?“ And I said, "I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north." 14 Then the LORD said to me: "Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, I am calling All the families of the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:8 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? READ: LEVITICUS 26:25 25 And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:8 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 66:4 4 So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight." NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:8 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you," says the Lord GOD. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO FLEE TO EGYPT? READ: JEREMIAH 42:15-16 15 Then hear now the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'If you wholly set your faces to enter Egypt, and go to dwell there, 16 then it shall be that the sword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. NKJV

  30. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:9 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:36 36 "The LORD will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods — wood and stone. NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:9 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: PSALMS 106:41-43 41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity

  32. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:9 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 9 "And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 5:7-8 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have multiplied disobedience more than the nations that are all around you, have not walked in My statutes nor kept My judgments, nor even done according to the judgments of the nations that are all around you' — 8 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:10-11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? READ: 2 KINGS 25:20-21 20 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:10-11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel. WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 52:9-11 9 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him. 10 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

  35. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:10-11 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? WHERE WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 52:26-27 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. NKJV

  36. READ: EZEKIEL 11:12-13 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'" 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"

  37. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:12-13 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'" 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?" WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH? WHAT HAPPENED TO PELATIAH? WHAT DID EZEKIEL ASK THE LORD?

  38. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:12 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'" WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM IN THE BEGINNING? READ: LEVITICUS 18:2-4 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God. 3 According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. 4 You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

  39. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:12 WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM IN THE BEGINNING? READ: DEUTERONOMY 12:29-31 29 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.' 31 You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:12 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 12 And you shall know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you."'" WHAT DID THE SPIRIT TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? READ: EZEKIEL 8:9-11 9 And He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there." 10 So I went in and saw, and there — every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. NKJV

  41. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:13 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?" WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS PROPHESYING? WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY TO THE LORD? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 9:8 8 So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone;and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?" NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:13 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?" WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS PROPHESYING? WHAT DID AMOS SAY TO THE LORD? WHY? READ: AMOS 7:2-3 2 And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!" 3 So the LORD relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said the LORD. NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:13 JUDGMENT ON WICKED COUNSELORS 13 Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?" WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS PROPHESYING? WHAT HAPPENED TO ANANIAS? WHY WERE THE PEOPLE FEARFUL? READ: ACTS 5:5 5 Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. NKJV

  44. READ: EZEKIEL 11:14-15 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 14 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 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.'

  45. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:14-15 GOD WILL RESTORE ISRAEL 14 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 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.' WHAT WERE EZEKIEL’S BRETHREN SAYING? DEFINE BRETHREN: BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews

  46. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:15 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.' DEFINE BRETHREN: BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews WHAT DID CAIN SAY TO THE LORD? READ: GENESIS 4:8-9 8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?“ He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:15 DEFINE BRETHREN: BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews WHAT DID ABRAM SAY TO LOT? READ: GENESIS 13:8 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, andbetween my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. KJV WHAT DID JOSEPH’S BRETHREN DO? READ: GENESIS 42:3 3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:15 DEFINE BRETHREN: BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE JEWS? READ: LEVITICUS 25:25 25 'If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. NKJV

  49. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 11:15 DEFINE BRETHREN: BRETHREN – A literal relationship – fellow Jews WHAT RELATIONSHIP DID THE APOSTLES HAVE? READ: MATTHEW 10:2-4 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. NKJV

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