Tag: Ezekiel

[:en]The city of Tyre was a proud and wealthy city but King Nebuchadnezzar would besiege it.  Later in 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered it and wipe it off from the face of the earth.[:]

[:en]A Prophesy against Ammon – The Ammonites rejoiced at the fall of Jerusalem.  So God will  destroy them.  (vs. 1-7) A Prophesy against Moab – The Moabites said that the Jews were like any other Gentile nations.  They had no reverence for Jehovah, so God will inflict punishment on Moab. (vs. 8-11) A Prophesy against… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 25[:]

[:en]Two adulterous sisters were mentioned: Oholah represents Samaria, the northern kingdom of Israel,  and Oholibah, represents the southern kingdom of Judah.  Both of  them committed idolatry, harlotry  and adultery .  So God sent them Assyrians to punish Oholah and the Babylonians to punish Oholibah.[:]

[:en]The Lord showed Ezekiel 3 images in this chapter:  They were being judged for the many sins that they had committed. (vs. 1-16) They were being melted inside a furnace like copper, tin, iron and lead (vs. 17-22) The priests did violence and profaned Holy things.  The prophets proclaimed false visions and lying divinations to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 22[:]

[:en]God used Babylon as His sword if Judgment to the Jewish nation.  God drew out his sharpened and polished sword for its scabbard and slash it to the right and left (v.9) posted towards Jerusalem (vs. 18, 27) and Ammonites (vs. 28-32) Ezekiel groaned (v. 7), cried out and wailed (v. 12) in response to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 21[:]

[:en]Ezekiel told the Jewish elders about the nation’s history from Exodus to the desert journey until the conquest of the promised land.  He revealed that Israel was guilty of repeated rebellion against the Lord (vs. 8, 13, 21), but for the sake of His Name, he relented. (vs. 9, 14, 22) and kept it from… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 20[:]

[:en]Ezekiel wrote this lament in two images about the fate of the kings of Judah.  Lioness (vs. 1-9) – Jehoahaz died in Egypt (vs. 2-7) and Zedekiah was blinded and taken to Babylon (vs. 5-9). The vine (vs. 10-14) – The vine will be uprooted and thrown to the ground.  The east wind will strip… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 19[:]

[:en]The Jews were accusing God of being unfair.  they argued that if the father did the sinning, why should their children do the suffering?  Why should he punish the children for the father’s sin? But God does not do that.  He will forgive sinners if they will repent (vs. 23, 32).  God judges individuals regardless… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 18[:]

[:en]God used allegory to give message to the house of Israel.  A great eagle (Nebuchadnezzar) came to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back to Babylon.  Then he took a member of the royal family (King Zedekiah) and made a treaty with him to remain loyal to him.  But king… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 17[:]

[:en]An allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem, Israel was the wife of Jehovah and was despised.  But God called her and saved her.  He blessed her with gifts but she worshiped idols of other nations. She became an adulterous wife and a harlot who paid others to sin with her.  God’s anger was upon her so she… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezekiel 16[:]