VISION
OF GOD

Lesson 1

SIN &
PUNISHMENT

Lesson 2  (2:1-3:15)
Lesson 3  (3:15 - 3:27)
Lesson 4  (4 - 6)
Lesson 5  (7)
Lesson 6  (8)
Lesson 7  (9-10)
Lesson 8  (11)
Lesson 9  (12)
Lesson 10  (13)
Lesson 11  (14)
Lesson 12  (15)
Lesson 13  (16)
Lesson 14  (17)
Lesson 15  (18)
Lesson 16  (19-20)
Lesson 17  (21)

JUDGMENT
OF NATIONS

Title  1
Title  2
Title  3
Title  4

FALL OF JERUSALEM
Title  1
Title  2

MESSIANIC
HOPE

Title  1
Title  2
Title  3
Title  4

THE NATIONS
AGAINST
GOD'S PEOPLE

Title  1
Title  2
Title  3
Title  4
Title  5
Title  6

MESSIANIC
TEMPLE

Title  1
Title  2
Title  3
Title  4
Title  5
Title  6

Ezekiel

Lesson 17

SIN & PUNISHMENT
Read: Ezekiel 21
    Chronology
  1. Verses 1-17 give a picture of the coming judgment using the imagery of the sword of the Lord. Against whom will this judgment come? (Verses 2-3).


  2. Verses 18ff describe the King of Babylon at a fork in the road. What are the alternative destinations, and which path will he choose?
  3. On what basis will he make that choice? (See 21:21) Look up the word hepatoscopy either in an encyclopedia or online.


  4. Do you see an irony when you consider the pagan means the King will use to make his choice and compare that with God's purpose in the matter? Could God have used the arrows and the liver, or the diviners of these things, to influence the King of Babylon?


  5. Verses 28 through 31 are to be prophesied by the son of man concerning whom?

  6. Given your answer to the previous question, who is the "you" in verse 29 where the text says, "while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you - to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain"?

  7. What is the significance of being on the necks of the wicked who are slain? Does the person in that position see himself as being in a favorable position or in an unfavorable position? (See Josh. 10:22-26, noting especially verse 24.)
  1. In other words, the one who has his feet on the neck of another is the ____________ in the battle. (No, the word that fills in the blank isn't in the text. I just want to be sure you understand the significance of the words in verse 29.)


  2. What are the lies that are being divined by someone? (The answer is right there in verse 29.)


  3. Again, who is the "you" in verse 31 where the text says, "I shall pour out my indignation on you; I shall blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I shall give you into the hand of brutal men skilled in destruction"?


  4. So then, verses 28-32 are God's declaration to the sons of ___________ that although some are telling them they will put their feet on the necks of the slain, God would instead pour out his ___________ on ___________.

  5. Now the question is, on whose necks did the sons of __________ suppose they would place their feet? Verse 29 says, "on the necks of the _________ who are ___________." Who would that be? Compare verse 25.


  6. Apparently, some in Ammon would have hopes of taking advantage of Israel's demise. You might compare the earlier  taunting of Israel by __________ described in Zeph. 2:8, and the contemporaneous exulting of __________ at Israel's expense described in Ps. 137:7 as well as God's warning in Obadiah 10-14 that Edom not attempt to profit from the troubles of  _____________.

  7. What lies ahead for Ammon according to verses 30-32?


  8. Is it fair to say there were false prophets among the Ammonites just as there were false prophets among the Israelites?