God speaks to Ezekiel about the broken faith of Israel. They turned away from the Lord to another, even though it was HE who made them in the first place. I was thinking about this parable. I was a little disturbed by the description of the second eagle. The descriptions sound a lot alike. But […]
God gives Ezekiel two comparisons for Jerusalem. He tells Ezekiel to; “say to Jerusalem…” words describing her current state. God is disgusted with how Israel has acted. He is furious with the people in the city that bears HIS name. They have disgraced it with their behavior. He puts His disgust into words they can […]
The elders have come to Ezekiel with divided loyalties. They want God’s input while still clinging fast to their idols. God is NOT pleased! “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot […]
God deals with the false prophets who have arisen in Babylon. The ones who tell the people that they will be saved by their own hands. I wondered if the prophets Ezekiel is told to address were in Babylon or Jerusalem. When I asked that question, I found most commentaries agreed that it was false […]
Ezekiel’s siege time is over. God gives him a new assignment concerning the coming exile of Jerusalem. He gets to play the exile. Ezekiel gets to do a lot of demonstrative prophecies. I don’t know how much time has passed between the ‘siege works’, the Jerusalem prophecy and today’s prophecies. Needless to say, the time […]