- What proverb had become popular in the
land of Israel?
- What was meant by this proverb?
- Did the Law of Moses teach that
God visits the iniquity of the fathers on their descendants? (Ex 20:5)
- Was the punishment of captivity
declared because of Manasseh's sins, and the sins of his contemporaries?
(2 Kings 21:11-15, 24:3, Jer. 15:4)
- Did Jeremiah say that the Jews
were bearing the iniquities of their fathers? (Lamentations 5:7}
- Did the Law of Moses teach that
the punishment of death should extend to the other members of the guilty
man's family? (Dt. 24:16, cf. 2 Chron 25:1-4}
- Were the Jews of Ezekiel's day not
guilty? (Ezek. 5:7, 7:23, 8:5-17, 9:9, etc.)
- Did the Jews Ezekiel's day deserve
punishment as much as Manasseh had?
- What was wrong with eating on a
mountain? (vs. 6., cf. 6:13. Is. 57:7, Hos. 4:13)
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- Noting Ezekiel 18:6, find passages
where the Law of Moses (i.e., Exodus, Leviticus, or Deuteronomy)
condemned the following:
- defiling a neighbor's wife
- approaching a woman during her menstrual period
- Explain the law concerning
restoration of a debtor's pledge. (Ot. 24:10-13)
- Was the Israelite allowed to loan
out money at interest to his neighbor?
- Verses ______ through _____
describe the wicked son of a righteous man.
- Verses _____ through _____
describe the righteous son of a wicked man.
- Use verses 19- 20 to summarize the
content of verses 1- 18.
- Summarize the content of verses 21
-28.
- Whom did the Jews charge with
inequity? (18:25, 29) What proverb characterized this charge?
- In reality, whose ways were not right?
(or, why was the proverb not valid?)
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