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EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY
PROPHET - DATE
JONAH (825-785BC)?
JOEL (800BC)?
HOSEA (785-725BC)?
MICAH (785-710BC)?
AMOS (784BC)?
ISAIAH (701-681BC)?
NAHUM (700BC)?
ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?
JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?
DANIEL (606-534BC)?
HABAKKUK (598BC)?
EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?
OBADIAH (588-562BC)?
EZRA (536-456BC)?
HAGGAI (532-512BC)?
ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?
ESTHER (485-465BC)?
NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?
MALACHI (420-397BC)?
KING / EVENT - DATE
TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?
HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?
SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?
ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?
SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?
ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?
JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?
BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?
CYRUS (559-529BC)?
BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?
DARIUS (511-475BC)?
OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL V. 1-11
DISTRESS OF THE CITIES OF EGYPT V. 12-19
PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH V. 20-26
READ: EZEKIEL 30:1-4
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, 'Woe to the day!'
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1-4EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, 2 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, 'Woe to the day!' 3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:22 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, 'Woe to the day!'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE EGYPTIANS?‘Wail, Woe to the day!'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO BABYLON?READ: ISAIAH 13:4-6
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle. 5 They come from a far country, From the end of heaven — The LORD and His weapons of indignation,To destroy the whole land. 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?‘the day of the LORD is near’
‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS?
READ: OBADIAH 1515 The day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?‘the day of the LORD is near’
‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: EZEKIEL 7:7
7 Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land; The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And not of rejoicing in the mountains. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
‘the day of the LORD is near’ ‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: EZEKIEL 7:12
12 The time has come, The day draws near. 'Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude.' NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 7:1919 'They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the LORD; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?‘the day of the LORD is near’
‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: JOEL 1:1515 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
‘the day of the LORD is near’ ‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: JOEL 2:1-21 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand: 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
‘the day of the LORD is near’ ‘It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: JOEL 2:10-1110 The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; The sun and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness. 11 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it? NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:3EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
WHAT DID JAMES SAY ABOUT THE RICH? WHY?READ: JAMES 5:1-4
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:4EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA?DESCENDENTS OF CUSH?
READ: GENESIS 10:66 The sons of Ham were Cush , Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (1 CHRONICLES 1:8-9)
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:4EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?WHY IS ETHIOPIA IN ANGUISH?
WHERE WERE THE LORD’S PEOPLE SCATTERED?READ: ISAIAH 11:11
11 It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:4WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL?
READ: DANIEL 11:40-4340 At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:5-6
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
6 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:5-6
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
5 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
6 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?
‘Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia & Chub’
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT’S ALLIES?
‘shall fall with them by the sword’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:5WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?
‘Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia’
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA? CUSH?SON OF HAM?
READ: GENESIS 10:66 The sons of Ham were Cush , Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. NKJV
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA? PUT?SON OF HAM?
READ: GENESIS 10:66 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:55 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?‘Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia’
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF LYDIA? LUD?SON OF SHEM?
READ: GENESIS 10:2222 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. NKJV
WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF CHUB?‘all the mingled people of Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia?’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:55 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?‘Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NINEVEH?
READ: NAHUM 3:8-98 Are you better than No Amon That was situated by the River, That had the waters around her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:55 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?‘Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia’
WHAT DID SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT DO? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 12:2-4
2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 with 1200 chariots, 6000 horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt — the Lubim and the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:55 "Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword."
WHAT NATIONS WERE EGYPT’S ALLIES?‘Ethiopia, Libya & Lydia’
WHAT DID HANANI SAY TO ASA KING OF JUDAH?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 16:8-98 Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:6EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
6 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT MIGDOL?
WHERE DID GOD TELL THE ISRAELITES TO CAMP?
READ: EXODUS 14:22 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:66 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: JEREMIAH 42:1919 The LORD has said concerning you, O remnant of Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt!' Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH DO?
READ: JEREMIAH 43:77 So they went to the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the LORD. And they went as far as Tahpanhes. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:6WHERE DID JUDAH GO? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:1-31 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they did not know, they nor you nor your fathers. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:66 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:13-1413 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and dwell. For none shall return except those who escape.'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:6EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
6 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?READ: JEREMIAH 46:14
14 "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, 'Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.' NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 46:99 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:6EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
6 'Thus says the LORD: "Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:20-2120 Egypt is a very pretty heifer, But destruction comes, it comes from the north. 21 Also her mercenaries are in her midst like fat bulls, For they also are turned back, They have fled away together. They did not stand, For the day of their calamity had come upon them, The time of their punishment. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:7-9
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!"
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:7-9
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!“
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:77 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:8-118 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast. 9 The land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the LORD, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I have made it.' 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:88 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
WHAT WILL EGYPT & HER ALLIES KNOW?WHEN?
I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO HAZAEL & BEN-HAAD?WHY?
READ: AMOS 1:44 I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:8WHY BEN-HADAD?
READ: 1 KINGS 15:16-1916 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying, 19 "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me." NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:8WHY BEN-HADAD?
READ: 1 KINGS 20:1-31 Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it. 2 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Thus says Ben-Hadad: 3 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:8WHAT WILL EGYPT & HER ALLIES KNOW?
WHEN?I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO GAZA?READ: AMOS 1:7
7 I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces. NKJV
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO TYRE?READ: AMOS 1:10
10 I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour its palaces. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:88 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
WHAT WILL EGYPT & HER ALLIES KNOW?WHEN?
I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed
WHAT DID NAHUM ASK?
READ: NAHUM 1:66 Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:9
9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!“
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH? WHY?
READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:15
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely, that said in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me.“ How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:10-12
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
10 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.
12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:10-12
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
10 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.
12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1010 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
WHAT DID GOD WANT NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO DO?
WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO FIRST? READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-2
1 It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. NKJV
(JEREMIAH 39:1-2 & JEREMIAH 52:4-5)
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1010 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
WHAT DID GOD WANT NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO DO?
WHY DID GOD GIVE EGYPT TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:19-2019 Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord GOD.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:11
11 He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.
WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO EGYPT?
READ: EZEKIEL 28:6-8
6 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:12
12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:8-9
8 Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, 'I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.'
9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:12
12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHY?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:9-10
9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the LORD, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I have made it.'
10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1212 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR RIVERS?READ: ISAIAH 19:5-8
5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:13-15
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
13 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:13-15
EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
13 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1313 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NOPH & EGYPT? ‘will destroy the idols and cause the images to cease’
READ: JEREMIAH 43:12-1312 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace. 13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire."'"
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:13
13 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
‘There shall no longer be princes in the land of Egypt’
READ: ISAIAH 18:6
6 They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey And for the beasts of the earth; The birds of prey will summer on them, And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:13
13 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
‘There shall no longer be princes in the land of Egypt’
READ: EZKEIEL 29:5
5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:13
13 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES?
‘There shall no longer be princes in the land of Egypt’
READ: ISAIAH 19:13
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1313 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES? ‘There shall no longer be princes in the land of Egypt’
WHY?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:1515 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1313 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEIR PRINCES? ‘There shall no longer be princes in the land of Egypt’
WHAT WILL NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?
READ: ZECHARIAH 10:1111 He shall pass through the sea with affliction,And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:14-15EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT’S ALLIES?
Make Pathros desolate
Set fire to Zoan
Pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt
Execute judgments in No & Cut off the multitude of No
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?PATHROS – PATHRUSIM?
WHO WAS PATHRUSIM? GRANDSON OF HAM?READ: GENESIS 10:6
6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. NKJV
READ: GENESIS 10:13-1413 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim). (1 CHRONICLES 1:8-13)
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?PATHROS – PATHRUSIM?
WHERE WERE GOD’S PEOPLE?
READ: ISAIAH 11:1111 It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?PATHROS – PATHRUSIM?
WHO IS JEREMIAH TALKING TO?WHERE ARE THEY?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:11 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?PATHROS – PATHRUSIM?
WHAT DID THESE MEN SAY TO JEREMIAH?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:15-1715 Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, with all the women who stood by, a great multitude, and all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying: 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT PATHROS?PATHROS – PATHRUSIM?
WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE CAPTIVES OF EGYPT?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:1414 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT ZOAN?
READ: PSALMS 78:12-1412 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. 14 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,And all the night with a light of fire. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT ZOAN?
READ: PSALMS 78:43-4443 He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; 44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE PRINCES OF ZOAN?
READ: ISAIAH 30:3-53 The strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach." NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NO?NO – THEBES? SOUTHERN EGYPT?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF NO?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:2525 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings — Pharaoh and those who trust in him. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1414 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NO?NO – THEBES? SOUTHERN EGYPT?
WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH?
READ: NAHUM 3:88 Are you better than No Amon That was situated by the River, That had the waters around her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the sea? NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1515 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?WHERE DID THE HEBREW CHILDREN CAMP?
READ: NUMBERS 33:11-1411 They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. 12 They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. 13 They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush. 14 They moved from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:15WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO?
READ: EXODUS 16:2-3BREAD FROM HEAVEN
2 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." (NUMBERS 33:11-12)
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:15WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO?
READ: EXODUS 17:1-2WATER FROM THE ROCK
1 All the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, "Give us water, that we may drink.“ NKJV
(NUMBERS 20:1-13)
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1515 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?IN WHAT DIRECTION DID THE TWELVE SPIES GO?
READ: NUMBERS 13:2121 They went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:15WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? WHY?
READ: NUMBERS 27:12-1412 The LORD said to Moses: "Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. 14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.) NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:15WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT SIN?SIN – PELUSIUM? EAST OF EGYPT?
WILDERNESS OF ZIN? WILDERNESS OF SIN?WHAT LAND DID JUDAH INHERIT?
READ: JOSHUA 15:1-31 This was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2 And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 Then it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa.
READ: EZEKIEL 30:16-17EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.
17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:16-17EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHERE WERE THESE CITIES?SIN? NO? NOPH? AVEN? PI BESETH?
WHAT WILL GOD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1616 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NOPH? NOPH? - MOPH? - MEMPHIS?
WHAT DID THE PRINCES OF NOPH DO?READ: ISAIAH 19:13
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 2:1616 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:16WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
‘The Jews in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph and Pathros’WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:1-41 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 4 I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!" NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1616 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT NOPH? NOPH? - MOPH? - MEMPHIS?
WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL?‘they are gone because of destruction’
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS DO? NOPH?READ: HOSEA 9:6
6 Indeed they are gone because of destruction.Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them.Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
AVEN = ON? ON IN EGYPT?
WHERE WAS JOSEPH’S WIFE FROM?READ: GENESIS 41:45
45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. NKJV
READ: GENESIS 46:2020 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
AVEN = ON? ON IN EGYPT?
WHO REBELLED AGAINST MOSES & AARON?READ: NUMBERS 16:1-3
1 Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; 2 and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown. NKJV
WHO WAS ON?‘On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1717 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHERE DID JOSHUA SEND HIS MEN?READ: JOSHUA 7:2
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the country." So the men went up and spied out Ai. NKJV
WHERE WAS BETH-AVEN?‘on the east side of Bethel‘
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT LAND WAS GIVEN TO BENJAMIN?
READ: JOSHUA 18:12-1312 Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven. 13 The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT HAPPENED AT MICHMASH?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 13:55 The Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.
WHERE WAS MICHMASH? ‘to the east of Beth Aven’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?WHAT HAPPENED AT MICHMASH?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 14:21-2321 The Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 All the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven. NKJV
WHERE DID THE BATTLE SHIFT TO?‘the battle shifted to Beth Aven’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1717 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?WHY?
READ: HOSEA 4:1515 "Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, 'As the LORD lives' — NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:17WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?
BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF BETH AVEN CRY OUT?WHY?
READ: HOSEA 5:88 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you, O Benjamin!' NKJV
WHAT DID THEY WORSHIP AT BETH AVEN?READ: HOSEA 10:5
5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear Because of the calf of Beth Aven. For its people mourn for it, And its priests shriek for it — Because its glory has departed from it. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1717 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT WAS THE SIN OF ISRAEL?WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY? WHY?
READ: HOSEA 10:88 Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!“ And to the hills, "Fall on us!" NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1717 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT AVEN?BETH AVEN IN CANAAN?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO BETH AVEN?WHY?
READ: AMOS 1:55 I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,“ Says the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:16-17EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?
READ: ISAIAH 14:55 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,The scepter of the rulers;
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:16-17EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES?READ: JEREMIAH 43:13
13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.
READ: JEREMIAH 49:2121 The earth shakes at the noise of their fall; At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:18-19EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD."'"
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:18-19EGYPT AND HER ALLIES WILL FALL
18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity. 19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD."'"
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT & HER ALLIES
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1818 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?TEHAPHNEHES = HANES? = DAPHNE?
WHAT ABOUT THE AMBASSADORS OF HANES?READ: ISAIAH 30:4-5
4 His princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to Hanes.5 They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach." NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1818 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?TEHAPHNEHES = HANES? = DAPHNE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 2:16-17
16 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. 17 Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the LORD your God When He led you in the way? NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:18WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
TEHAPHNEHES = HANES? = DAPHNE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 43:9-109 "Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes; 10 and say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will send and bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread his royal pavilion over them. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:18WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TEHAPHNEHES ?
TEHAPHNEHES = HANES? = DAPHNE?
WHERE DID THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH GO?
READ: JEREMIAH 43:5-75 Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations where they had been driven —
7 They went to the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the LORD. And they went as far as Tahpanhes. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:1919 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the LORD."'"
WHAT WILL EGYPT AND HER ALLIES KNOW? they shall know that I am the LORD
WHEN? execute judgments on Egypt
WHAT WILL SIDON KNOW? WHEN?READ: EZEKIEL 28:22
22 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:20-22
PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:20-22PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
WHAT DAY DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?‘eleventh year, first month, seventh day’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:20PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
WHAT DAY DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?‘eleventh year, first month, seventh day’
WHY PROPHESY AGAINST PHARAOH?
READ: JEREMIAH 37:55 Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:20PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
WHEN DID HE PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH?‘eleventh year, first month, seventh day’
EZEKIEL 30:20
WHEN DID HE PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?tenth year, tenth month, twelfth day
EZEKIEL 29:1
HOW MUCH LATER WAS THIS PROPHECY?ABOUT 3 MONTHS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:20PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
WHEN DID HE PROPHESY AGAINST TYRE?‘eleventh year, first day’
EZEKIEL 26:1
WHEN DID THE BATTLE AGAINST TYRE END?twenty-seventh year, first month, first day
EZEKIEL 29:17
HOW LONG WAS THE BATTLE AGAINST TYRE?ABOUT 16 YEARS?
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:2121 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt’
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE WICKED?
READ: PSALMS 37:1717 The arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD upholds the righteous. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:2121 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt’
WHY IS THERE NO CURE FOR PHARAOH?READ: JEREMIAH 30:13
13 There is no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.
READ: JEREMIAH 46:1111 "Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:2121 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 37:7
7 …… Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: ‘Pharaoh's army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land.’ NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:2121 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt’
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PHARAOH HOPHRA?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:3030 ……. I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies; into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:2121 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt’
WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH NECHO?WHEN?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:22 Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:22
22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?
‘I will break his arms‘
‘both the strong one and the one that was broken’
‘I will make the sword fall out of his hand’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30:22WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ABRAM?
WHAT LAND?READ: GENESIS 15:18
18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates — NKJV
WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?READ: 2 KINGS 24:7
7 And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30: 23-24
PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 23-2423 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EGYPTIANS?‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations’
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon’
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I will break Pharaoh's arms’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 2323 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EGYPTIANS?‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations’
READ: EZEKIEL 29:1212 “I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries." NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 2424 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?‘I will break Pharaoh's arms’
‘he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man’
READ: JEREMIAH 51:5252 ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘That I will bring judgment on her carved images, And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 24WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO PHARAOH?
‘I will break Pharaoh's arms’‘he will groan before him with the groanings
of a mortally wounded man’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 21:1414 "You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays,The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 2424 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon
and put My sword in his hand’
WHAT DID THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO?
READ: ISAIAH 27:55 Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 24WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylonand put My sword in his hand’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: ZECHARIAH 10:66 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back,Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I had not cast them aside; For I am the LORD their God, And I will hear them. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 24WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylonand put My sword in his hand’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?
READ: ZECHARIAH 10:1212 "I will strengthen them in the LORD, And they shall walk up and down in His name,“ Says the LORD.
READ: ZECHARIAH 12:55 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.' NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30: 25-26
PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHARAOH & EGYPT
25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 25-26
25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
WHAT WILL GOD DO FOR THE KING OF BABYLON?
‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon’
WHAT WILL GOD DO TO PHARAOH?
‘the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down’
WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THE EGYPTIANS
‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations’
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 2525 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
WHAT WILL GOD DO FOR THE KING OF BABYLON?WHY?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:19-2019 Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord GOD.
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 25WHAT WILL GOD DO FOR THE KING OF BABYLON?
‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon’‘I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT SENNACHERIB?
READ: ISAIAH 10:5-65 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation. 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge,To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets. NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 25WHAT WILL GOD DO FOR THE KING OF BABYLON?
‘I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon’‘I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CYRUS?
READ: ISAIAH 45:11 "Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held - To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut: NKJV
QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 30: 2626 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THE EGYPTIANS‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nationsand disperse them throughout the countries’
READ: EZEKIEL 29:1212 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries." NKJV