EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (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 TWENTY-THREE

APOSTASY OF ISRAEL AND SAMARIA V. 1-8

ISRAEL AND SAMARIA DESTROYED V. 9-10

APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM V. 11-21

JUDAH AND JERUSALEM DESTROYED V. 22-35

WICKEDNESS OF THEM BOTH V. 36-44

THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH V. 45-49

READ: EZEKIEL 23:1-2TWO HARLOT SISTERS

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

2 "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:1-2TWO HARLOT SISTERS

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: 2 "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.

WHO WERE THESE TWO WOMEN?

WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER?


1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying: 2 "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.

WHO WERE THESE TWO WOMEN?Israel and Judah?

WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER? SARAH?

Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.

All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah

READ: EZEKIEL 23:3-4TWO HARLOT SISTERS

3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.

4 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names,Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.


3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed. 4 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

WHO WERE THESE TWO SISTERS?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?

WHEN DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY?WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:33 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.

WHERE DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY? WHEN?

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEM? WHEN?

READ: LEVITICUS 17:77 They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations. NKJV


WHERE DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY? WHEN?

WHAT DID JOSHUA COMMAND THEM? WHEN?READ: JOSHUA 24:14-15

14 “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." NKJV


MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:66 When I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 16:2222 And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood. NKJV


MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

READ: EZEKIEL 20:7-87 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4TWO HARLOT SISTERS

4 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

WHO WERE THESE TWO SISTERS?

OHOLAH - (her own tent) - symbolic name for Samaria, capital of Israel.

OHOLIBAH - (my tent is in her) - symbolic name for for Jerusalem, the capital of Judah.

WHO WAS THEIR MOTHER? SARAH?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:44 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

WHO WAS OHOLAH? ISRAEL? - SAMARIA?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 3:6-8

6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 7 And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4TWO HARLOT SISTERS

4 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

WHO WAS OHOLIBAH? JUDAH? - JERUSALEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:44-4544 Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: 'Like mother, like daughter!' 45 You are your mother's daughter, loathing husband and children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children; your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 23:5-6THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA

5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,

6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:5-6THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA

5 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses.

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? Oholah?WITH WHOM? Assyrians?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:55 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses. WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? ISRAEL?

WITH WHOM? ASSYRIA?WHAT DID MENAHEM D?WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 15:19-20

19 Pul king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his control. 20 And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:55 "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,6 Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses.

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY THE HARLOT? ISRAEL?WITH WHOM? ASSYRIA?

WHO DID ISRAEL GO TO? WHY?READ: HOSEA 8:8-9

8 Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure. 9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers. NKJV


7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself.

8 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.


7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself. 8 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.

WHO WAS THE OLDER SISTER? ISRAEL? SAMARIA?

HOW DID SHE DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?

WHY DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP HER IDOLATRY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:7THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA


HOW DID SHE DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?READ: HOSEA 5:3

3 I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me;For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 6:1010 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. NKJV



HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY?

READ: ISAIAH 57:7-87 On a lofty and high mountain you have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice. 8 Also behind the doors and their posts you have set up your remembrance; For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up to them; you have enlarged your bed And made a covenant with them; you have loved their bed, Where you saw their nudity.



WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? IDOLATRY?

WHAT DID SHE DO IN EGYPT?

WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY?READ: EXODUS 32:1-4

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:8WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY?

READ: EXODUS 32:1-41 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him." 2 And Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!" NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:88 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.

WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHY?READ: ISAIAH 30:1-3

1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation. NKJV



WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 31:11 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong,But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! NKJV


9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.

10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her.


9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. 10 They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her.

TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?

WHAT WILL THE ASSYRIANS DO TO HER?




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?READ: HOSEA 2:9-10

9 I will return and take away My grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And will take back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her nakedness. 10 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from My hand. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO?READ: HOSEA 11:3-5

3 "I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they did not know that I healed them. 4 I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love,And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them. 5 "He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 16:35-37

35 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD! 36 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37 surely, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 16:39-41

39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. NKJV




WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?READ: 2 KINGS 15:27-30

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. 30 Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. NKJV




WHAT DID THE ASSYRIANS DO?READ: 2 KINGS 17:6

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV





24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. 25 And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.





11 Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 23:11-13THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM

11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry.

12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men.

13 Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11-13THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM

11 "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry. 12 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.

WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah? WHAT DID SHE SEE?

WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:4747 You did not walk in their ways nor act according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you became more corrupt than they in all your ways. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?READ: EZEKIEL 16:51-52

51 "Samaria did not commit half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done. 52 You who judged your sisters, bear your own shame also, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs; they are more righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and bear your own shame, because you justified your sisters. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah?

WHAT DID SHE SEE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?READ: JEREMIAH 3:6-8

6 The LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. 7 And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.



WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem? WHAT DID SHE SEE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER?READ: JEREMIAH 3:10-11

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the LORD. 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.”

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?

WHAT DID SHE SEE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT MANASSEH?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 33:1-4

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 But he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem shall My name be forever."

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem?

WHAT DID SHE SEE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT MANASSEH?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 33:5-7

5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6 He caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.

7 He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever." (2 Kings 21:1-9)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:1212 "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men.

WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem? WHO DID SHE LUST AFTER? Assyrians? WHY?

WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 16:7-8

7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me." 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria. NKJV



WHAT DID TIGLATH-PILESER DO?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:20-21

20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him. 21 For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the LORD, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him. NKJV



WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEH SAY TO JERUSALEM?READ: ISAIAH 36:8-9

8 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses — if you are able on your part to put riders on them! 9 How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? NKJV


13 Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:1919 Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 12:22 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him. NKJV


14 But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

15 Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity.

16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.


14 But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, 15 Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity. 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?


14 But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, 15 Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity.

WHAT DID SHE SEE ON THE WALL?

HOW DID NAHUM DESCRIBE THEM?READ: NAHUM 2:3

3 The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished. NKJV




WHAT DID THEY PAINT ON THEIR WALLS?JEREMIAH 22:14

14 ….'I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with cedar And painting it with vermilion.' NKJV




WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE ON THE WALLS?READ: EZEKIEL 8:10

10 So I went in and saw, and there - every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.


15 Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity.


WHO WERE THE BABYLONIANS?READ: GENESIS 10:8-12

8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.“10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:1515 Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity.

WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE BABYLONIANS?READ: ISAIAH 5:26-28

26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly. 27 No one will be weary or stumble among them, No one will slumber or sleep; Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their sandals be broken; 28 Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent;Their horses' hooves will seem like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind. NKJV



HOW DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?READ: EZEKIEL 6:9-10

9 Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them."



WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?READ: EZEKIEL 16:27-29

28 You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:16WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH & JERUSALEM?

WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 24:1-4

1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,4 and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon. NKJV


17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them.

18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister.


17 "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them. 18 She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

WHAT DID THE BABYLONIANS DO TO HER?

WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO?



WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?

WHAT DID PHAROAH DO?WHAT DID THE CHALDEANS DO?

READ: JEREMIAH 37:4-54 Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:17HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?

READ: JEREMIAH 37:7-107 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire."' 9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart. 10 For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.'" NKJV



WHAT DID GEDALIAH SAY TO THE PEOPLE? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 40:9

9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath before them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. NKJV



WHAT DID JERUSALEM DO?READ: ISAIAH 57:7-8

7 "On a lofty and high mountain You have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice. 8 Also behind the doors and their posts You have set up your remembrance; For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up to them; You have enlarged your bed And made a covenant with them; You have loved their bed, Where you saw their nudity. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD DO?READ: PSALMS 78:59-61

59 When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel, 60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men, 61 And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD DO?READ: PSALMS 106:40-42

40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance. 41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,And those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM?READ: JEREMIAH 6:8

8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited.

READ: JEREMIAH 12:88 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it. NKJV


19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

20 For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts.


19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses. 21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts.

WHAT DID SHE CALL TO REMEMBRANCE?

WHAT DID SHE DO IN EGYPT?READ: EZEKIEL 16:25-26


19 "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

READ: EZEKIEL 16:25-2625 You built your high places at the head of every road, and made your beauty to be abhorred. You offered yourself to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your acts of harlotry. 26 You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of harlotry to provoke Me to anger. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-24JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM

22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD:'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side: 23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of them desirable young men, Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate judgment to them, And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:22-24JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM

22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD:'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side: 23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of them desirable young men, Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate judgment to them, And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

WHAT WILL HER LOVERS DO?WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER?

WHAT DID THE LORD DELEGATE THEM TO DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:22JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM

22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD:'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side: WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?

WHAT WILL HER LOVERS DO? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 4:30

30 "And when you are plundered, What will you do?Though you clothe yourself with crimson, Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, Though you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you will make yourself fair; Your lovers will despise you; They will seek your life. NKJV


22 "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD:'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side: WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:36-3736 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37 Surely, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. NKJV


23 The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, All the Assyrians with them,All of them desirable young men, Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. 'I will delegate judgment to them, And they shall judge you according to their judgments.

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?

WHAT DID HEZEKIEH DO? WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 20:14-18

READ: 2 KINGS 20:14-18WHAT DID HEZEKIEH DO?

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?“ So Hezekiah said, "They came from a far country, from Babylon." 15 And he said, "What have they seen in your house?“ So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?17 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD. 18 'And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"


25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they shall deal furiously with you; They shall remove your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall fall by the sword; They shall take your sons and your daughters, And your remnant shall be devoured by fire.

26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry.

27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor remember Egypt anymore.'

QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25-27JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM

25 I will set My jealousy against you, And they shall deal furiously with you; They shall remove your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall fall by the sword; They shall take your sons and your daughters, And your remnant shall be devoured by fire. 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry. 27 'Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor remember Egypt anymore.'

WHY IS THE LORD JEALOUS?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?

WHAT WILL THE LORD CAUSE THEM TO FORGET?

QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM


HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?READ: EZEKIEL 20:47-48

47 Say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. 48 All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. NKJV

QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:2525 I will set My jealousy against you, And they shall deal furiously with you; They shall remove your nose and your ears, And your remnant shall fall by the sword; They shall take your sons and your daughters, And your remnant shall be devoured by fire.

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:19-20

19 So it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart' — as though the drunkard could be included with the sober. 20 "The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven. NKJV



HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?

READ: DANIEL 2:55 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, "My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. NKJV

HOW DID DANIEL RESPOND?



HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?READ: DANIEL 3:5-6

5 ….At the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; 6 and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace." NKJV

HOW DID DANIEL RESPOND?

QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE?

WHAT HAPPENED TO AHAB & ZEDEKIAH?READ: JEREMIAH 29:21-23

21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire"; 23 because they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD. NKJV



WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO?

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: ISAIAH 3:18-23

18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery: The jingling anklets, the scarves, and the crescents; 19 The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils; 20 The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands; The perfume boxes, the charms, 21 and the rings; The nose jewels, 22 the festal apparel, and the mantles; The outer garments, the purses, 23 and the mirrors; The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.



HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM?WHY?

WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO?READ: EZEKIEL 16:38-39

38 And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.



WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY?

HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND?READ: JEREMIAH 13:22

22 And if you say in your heart, "Why have these things come upon me?“ For the greatness of your iniquity Your skirts have been uncovered, Your heels made bare. NKJV



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 16:43

43 Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head," says the Lord GOD. "And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations. NKJV



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?READ: HOSEA 3:4-5

4 The children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days. NKJV


28 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself.

29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.


28 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself. 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?WHAT WILL THEIR ENEMIES DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:28-2928 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself. 29 They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?


47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 13:2727 I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean? NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 22:8-98 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:28-29WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

WHAT WILL THEIR ENEMIES DO?

READ: JEREMIAH 34:20-2220 I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth. 21 And I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army which has gone back from you.22 Behold, I will command,' says the LORD, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.'" NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:28-29WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

WHAT WILL THEIR ENEMIES DO?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:36-3736 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37 surely, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. NKJV


30 I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols.

31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.'


30 I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols. 31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.'

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO JERUSALEM?

WHAT CUP IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?JUDGMENT?


30 I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles, because you have become defiled by their idols.

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO JERUSALEM?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:1-2THE WICKEDNESS OF JERUSALEM

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city! 2 She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the LORD,She has not drawn near to her God. NKJV


WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS TO JERUSALEM?READ: PSALMS 106:34-39

34 They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them, 35 But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works; 36 They served their idols, Which became a snare to them. 37 They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3131 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.'


READ: PSALMS 11:5-65 The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3131 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.'


READ: PSALMS 75:7-87 But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:31WHAT CUP IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT?

JUDGMENT?

READ: 2 KINGS 21:13-1513 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies, 15 because they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.'" NKJV


32 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'You shall drink of your sister's cup, The deep and wide one; You shall be laughed to scorn And held in derision; It contains much.

33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria.


32 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'You shall drink of your sister's cup, The deep and wide one; You shall be laughed to scorn And held in derision; It contains much. 33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria.

WHO WAS HER SISTER? SAMARIA?WHAT IS THIS CUP THAT SHE MUST DRINK?

JUDGMENT?




JUDGMENT?

READ: PSALMS 60:33 You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion. NKJV




JUDGMENT?

READ: ISAIAH 51:17 & 2117 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out. 21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine. NKJV




JUDGMENT?

READ: HOSEA 7:15-1615 Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms,Yet they devise evil against Me; 16 They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. NKJV




JUDGMENT?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?READ: PSALMS 44:13

13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. NKJV




JUDGMENT?

READ: JEREMIAH 25:15-1615 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me: "Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." NKJV



WHAT IS THIS CUP THAT SHE MUST DRINK?JUDGMENT?

READ: EZEKIEL 12:19-2019 Say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: "They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dread, so that her land may be emptied of all who are in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it. 20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" NKJV


34 You shall drink and drain it, You shall break its shards, And tear at your own breasts; For I have spoken,‘ Says the Lord GOD.

35 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.'"


34 You shall drink and drain it, You shall break its shards, And tear at your own breasts; For I have spoken,‘ Says the Lord GOD. 35 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.'"

WHY MUST JERUSALEM DRINK OF THE CUP?'Because you have forgotten Me’



WHY MUST JERUSALEM DRINK OF THE CUP?READ: JEREMIAH 25:27-29

27 "Therefore you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Drink, be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."' 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "You shall certainly drink! 29 For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of hosts.' NKJV




WHO DID THE LORD CHOOSE TO DO THIS?READ: JEREMIAH 51:7-8

7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD‘S hand,That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged. 8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed.Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. NKJV




READ: HABAKKUK 2:16-1716 You are filled with shame instead of glory. You also — drink! And be exposed as uncircumcised! The cup of the LORD‘S right hand will be turned against you,And utter shame will be on your glory. 17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it. NKJV




WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:17-18

17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. 18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,And have forgotten the God who fathered you. NKJV




WHAT DID NEHEMIAH SAY TO THE PEOPLE?READ: NEHEMIAH 9:26

26 "Nevertheless they were disobedient And rebelled against You, Cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets, who testified against them To turn them to Yourself; And they worked great provocations. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3535 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.'"


READ: ISAIAH 17:1010 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings; NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 22:1212 In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3535 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.'"


READ: JEREMIAH 2:3232 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 13:2525 “This is your lot, The portion of your measures from Me," says the LORD, "Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood.” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:35WHY MUST JERUSALEM DRINK OF THE CUP?

‘you have forgotten Me’

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY TO THE PEOPLE?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 29:6-8

6 For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him. 7 They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them up to trouble, to desolation, and to jeering, as you see with your eyes.

READ: EZEKIEL 23:36-37BOTH SISTERS JUDGED

36 The LORD also said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:36-37BOTH SISTERS JUDGED

36 The LORD also said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. 37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.

WHO DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO JUDGE?Oholah and Oholibah - Samaria and Jerusalem

WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:36BOTH SISTERS JUDGED

36 The LORD also said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

WHO DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO JUDGE?Oholah and Oholibah - Samaria and Jerusalem

WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?‘declare to them their abominations’

READ: EZEKIEL 20:44 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then make known to them the abominations of their fathers. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:36WHAT SHOULD THE PROPHETS DO?‘declare to them their abominations’

READ: EZEKIEL 16:22 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 58:11 Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins. NKJV

READ: MICAH 3:88 Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, And of justice and might, To declare to Jacob his transgression And to Israel his sin. NKJV


37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.

WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?‘declare to them their abominations’

READ: EZEKIEL 16:3636 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:37WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?

‘declare to them their abominations’

READ: 2 KINGS 21:1616 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 24:3-43 Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,4 and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon. NKJV


38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths.

39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:38-39WHAT HAD THESE SISTERS DONE?

38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house.

HOW DID THEY DEFILE HIS SANCTUARY?HOW DID THEY PROFANE HIS SABBATH?

READ: EZEKIEL 22:88 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:38-3938 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house.

HOW DID THEY PROFANE HIS SANCTUARY?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?

READ: JEREMIAH 7:9-109 “Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered to do all these abominations'? NKJV


40 "Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.

41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.


40 "Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. 41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil. 42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

WHO DID THEY SEND FOR? WHY?

WHAT DID THEY DO THAT DISPLEASED THE LORD?

WHO WERE THE SABEANS?





READ: ISAIAH 57:99 You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And even descended to Sheol. NKJV





READ: JEREMIAH 4:3030 When you are plundered, What will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, Though you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you will make yourself fair; Your lovers will despise you; They will seek your life. NKJV



WHO DID THEY SEND FOR? WHY?WHAT DID THEY DO THAT DISPLEASED THE LORD?

WHAT DID JEZEBEL DO? WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 9:30

30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4040 "Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.


READ: EZEKIEL 16:13-1513 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty. 14 Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord GOD. 15 "But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:40WHAT DID THEY DO THAT DISPLEASED THE LORD?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:16-1916 You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.17 You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them. 18 You took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you set My oil and My incense before them. 19 Also My food which I gave you - the pastry of fine flour, oil, and honey which I fed you - you set it before them as sweet incense; and so it was, says the Lord GOD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4040 "Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.


WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH HER?

READ: HOSEA 2:1313 I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot," says the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4141 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

WHAT DID THEY DO THAT DISPLEASED THE LORD?WHO DID THE INCENSE AND OIL BELONG TO?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AARON? WHY?READ: NUMBERS 18:12-13

12 All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their first-fruits which they offer to the LORD, I have given them to you. 13 Whatever first ripe fruit is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it. NKJV



WHAT DID SHE NOT KNOW? REMEMBER?

READ: HOSEA 2:88 She did not know That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, And multiplied her silver and gold — Which they prepared for Baal. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?READ: AMOS 6:3-4

3 Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall; NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

READ: ISAIAH 65:2-32 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good,According to their own thoughts; 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

READ: JEREMIAH 44:4-54 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!" 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.


42 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

WHO WERE THE SABEANS?‘the inhabitants of SHEBA, of southwest Arabia’

WHAT DID THE SABEANS DO? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4242 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.


WHAT DID THEY DO TO JOB’S CHILDREN?READ: JOB 1:13-15

13 There was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house; 14 and a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away — indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4242 The sound of a carefree multitude was with her, and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort, who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.


WHAT DID THEY DO? WHY?

WHAT DID THE QUEEN OF SHEBA DO? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 9:1

1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. (1 KINGS 10:1-13)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:42WHO WERE THE SABEANS?

‘the inhabitants of SHEBA, of southwest Arabia’WHAT DID THEY DO? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JERUSALEM? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 16:11-14

11 I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty. 14 Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord GOD. NKJV


43 Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, 'Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?'

44 Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women.

45 But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.


43 Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, 'Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?' 44 Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. 45 But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?WHY DID THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY THE HARLOT?

WHO WILL JUDGE THEM? HOW?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:43-4545 But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.


READ: EZEKIEL 16:3938 I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. NKJV



READ: EZEKIEL 22:3-43 Thus says the Lord GOD: "The city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries. NKJV



READ: HOSEA 2:22 "Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband!Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts; NKJV



READ: HOSEA 6:4-54 "O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away. 5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth. NKJV


46 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder.

47 The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.


46 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47 The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM? WHY?

WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4646 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM? WHY?


25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away. 27 The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4646 For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder.

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM? WHY?

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 16:40-41

40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:46WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 25:8-118 Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Because you have not heard My words, 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4747 The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM?

WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 34:21-2221 I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army which has gone back from you. 22 Behold, I will command,' says the LORD, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.' NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM?WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM? WHY?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:17-2117 Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon.


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST THEM?WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM? WHY?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:17-2119 Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 20 And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. NKJV


WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM? WHY?READ: LEVITICUS 20:10

10 The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death. NKJV

READ: DEUTERONOMY 22:2222 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die — the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil from Israel. NKJV


WHAT WILL THEY DO TO THEM? WHY?

WHAT DID THE SCRIBES & PHARISEES ASK JESUS?READ: JOHN 8:3-5

3 The scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" NKJV


48 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.

49 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'" NKJV


48 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.49 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'" NKJV

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?

WHAT WILL ALL MEN KNOW?


48 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.


READ: DEUTERONOMY 13:1111 All Israel shall hear and fear, and not again do such wickedness as this among you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4848 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.


READ: EZEKIEL 16:4141 They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 23:2727 I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt, So that you will not lift your eyes to them, Nor remember Egypt anymore

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4848 Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness.


READ: 2 PETER 2:4-74 God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4949 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'" NKJV

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?WHAT WILL ALL MEN KNOW?

READ: EZEKIEL 7:44 My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the LORD!

READ: EZEKIEL 9:1010 As for Me, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.


WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?WHAT WILL ALL MEN KNOW?READ: EZEKIEL 16:58-59

58 You have paid for your lewdness and your abominations, says the LORD. 59 I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:3838 I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.



WHAT DID JOB SAY?READ: JOB 31:1

1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 119:37

37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way. NKJV



WHAT DID PETER SAY?

READ: 1 PETER 3:3-43 Do not let your adornment be merely outward — arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel — 4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. NKJV

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