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EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825 -785 BC)? JOEL (800 BC)? HOSEA (785 -725 BC)? MICAH (785 -710 BC)? AMOS (784 BC)? ISAIAH (701 -681 BC)? NAHUM (700 BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630 BC)? JEREMIAH (629 -588 BC)? DANIEL (606 -534 BC)? HABAKKUK (598 BC)? EZEKIEL (597 -573 BC)? OBADIAH (588 -562 BC)? EZRA (536 -456 BC)? HAGGAI (532 -512 BC)? ZECHARIAH (520 -475 BC)? ESTHER (485 -465 BC)? NEHEMIAH (465 -424 BC)? MALACHI (420 -397 BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) SHALMANESER ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE SENNACHERIB (745 -727 BC)? (726 -698 BC)? (727 -722 BC)? (705 -681 BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE BELSHAZZAR CYRUS BABYLON DESTROYED DARIUS (605 -562 BC)? (597 -586 BC)? (541 -523 BC)? (559 -529 BC)? (536 BC)? (511 -475 BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE V. 1 -11 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT V. 12 -20 THE FALL OF JERUSALEM V. 21 -22 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN V. 23 -29 HEARING AND NOT DOING V. 30 -33

READ: 1 EZEKIEL 33: 1 -2 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman,

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 1 -2 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? ‘speak to the children of your people’ ‘WHAT SHOULD THE PEOPLE DO? take a man from their territory and make him their watchman’ WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 2 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 127: 1 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 1 -2 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36: 15 -16 15 The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 1 -2 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 44: 4 -5 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!" 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 1 -2 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS? WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 3: 17 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 2 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, WHO IS THE WATCHMAN? THE PROPHETS? WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT DID HABAKKUK DO? WHY? READ: HABAKKUK 2: 1 1 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 3 -4 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 3 -4 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? ‘he blows the trumpet and warns the people’ WHY? ‘his blood shall be on his own head’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 3 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? ‘blows the trumpet and warns the people’ WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HOSEA TO DO? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? READ: HOSEA 5: 8 8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you, O Benjamin!' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 4 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? READ: EZEKIEL 3: 18 18 When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 4 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ZACHERIAH TO DO? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? READ: ZECHARIAH 1: 3 -4 3 Say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Return to Me, and I will return to you. " 4 "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached. Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds. " But they did not hear nor heed Me.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 4 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. WHAT DID PAUL DO? WHY? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? READ: ACTS 18: 5 -6 5 When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles. “ NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 4 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. WHAT DID PAUL TELL TO TIMOTHY TO DO? WHY? READ: 2 TIMOTHY 4: 2 -4 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke , exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 5 -6 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. '

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 5 -6 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. ' WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? ‘he who takes warning will save his life’ WHAT IS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY? ‘his blood I will require at the watchman's hand’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 5 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? ‘he who takes warning will save his life’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 20: 9 9 Everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 6 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. ' WHAT WAS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY? ‘his blood I will require at the watchman's hand’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 3: 19 19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 6 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. ' WHAT WAS THE WATCHMAN TO DO? WHY? ‘his blood I will require at the watchman's hand’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 56: 10 10 His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 7 -9 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 7 "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 7 -9 7 "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; You shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 7 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 7 "So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? You shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 1: 17 17 Prepare yourself and arise, And speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, Lest I dismay you before them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 7 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? You shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 26: 2 2 Stand in the court of the LORD‘S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD‘S house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 8 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!‘ WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 18: 4 4 "Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die. ” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 8 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!‘ WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO JERUSALEM? READ: ISAIAH 3: 11 11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 9 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? ‘warn the wicked to turn from his way’ WHY? ‘you have delivered your soul’ SAME AS EZEKIEL 3: 17 -19

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 9 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? ‘warn the wicked to turn from his way’ WHY WARN THEM? READ: PSALMS 7: 11 -12 11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn back He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 10 -11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say, "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live? "' 11 Say to them: 'As I live, ' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? '

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 10 -11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say: "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live? "' 11 Say to them: 'As I live, ' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? ' WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? ‘say to the house of Israel’ WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 10 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say: "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live? "' WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY? ‘our sins lie upon us and we pine away in them’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 26: 39 39 And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; also in their fathers' iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 10 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 10 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say: "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live? "' WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY? ‘our sins lie upon us and we pine away in them’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM? READ: EZEKIEL 4: 16 -17 16 I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread, 17 They may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 11 Say to them: 'As I live, ' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? ' WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: LAMENTATIONS 3: 33 33 He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 30: 9 9 If you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ISRAEL TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 3: 12 -13 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: 'Return, backsliding Israel, ' says the LORD; 'I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I am merciful, ' says the LORD; 'I will not remain angry forever. 13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God, And have scattered your charms to alien deities under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice, ' says the LORD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 11 Say to them: 'As I live, ' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? ' WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DID THE LORD ASK ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 18: 23 23 “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? " says the Lord GOD, "and not that he should turn from his ways and live? NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE 11 Say to them: 'As I live, ' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel? ' WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EPHRAIM & ISRAEL? READ: HOSEA 11: 8 8 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? WHY? READ: JOEL 2: 12 -13 12 "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. " 13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 11 THE WATCHMAN AND HIS MESSAGE WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked’ ‘turn from your evil ways’ WHAT DID PAUL WRITE TO TIMOTHY? READ: 1 TIMOTHY 2: 3 -4 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 12 -13 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 12 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: 'The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins. ‘ 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 12 -13 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 12 "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: 'The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins. ‘ 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 12 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: EZEKIEL 3: 20 -21 20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul. " NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 13 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: HEBREWS 10: 38 38 “The just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him. " NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 13 IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: 2 PETER 2: 20 -22 20 If, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE WICKED?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 7: 14 14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 22: 25 -26 25 "If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. 26 If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 22: 1 -4 1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed. 3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 6: 1 -5 2 If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by lying to his neighbor about what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor, 3 or if he has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and swears falsely — in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: 4 then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 55: 7 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 22: 3 3 Thus says the LORD: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. ” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 14 -15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SIN OF THE WICKED? READ: EZEKIEL 18: 21 -22 21 "But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 15 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die, ' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID ZACCHAEUS SAY TO THE LORD? READ: LUKE 19: 8 8 "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. " NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 16 -17 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 16 None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' But it is their way which is not fair!

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 16 -17 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 16 None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' But it is their way which is not fair! WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED? ‘None of his sins shall be remembered’ WHY? ‘he has done what is lawful and right’ IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY? 'The way of the LORD is not fair'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 16 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED? ‘None of his sins shall be remembered’ WHY? ‘he has done what is lawful and right’ IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL AND JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 50: 20 20 “In those days and in that time, " says the LORD, "The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve. ” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 16 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED? ‘None of his sins shall be remembered’ WHY? ‘he has done what is lawful and right’ IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL AND JUDAH? READ: ISAIAH 43: 25 25 I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 17 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' But it is their way which is not fair! IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY? 'The way of the LORD is not fair‘ WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT SAY TO THE JUDGES? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 19: 6 -7 6 Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take care and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 17 17 "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' But it is their way which is not fair! IS THE LORD’S JUDGMENT FAIR? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY? 'The way of the LORD is not fair‘ WHAT DID PETER SAY? READ: ACTS 10: 34 -35 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 18 -20 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways. "

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 18 -20 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways. " IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED? WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY? 'The way of the LORD is not fair'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 18 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: JEREMIAH 18: 9 -10 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 If it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 19 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED? READ: JEREMIAH 18: 7 -8 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 If that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 20 THE FAIRNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 20 Yet you say, 'The way of the LORD is not fair. ' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways. " IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD FAIR? WHAT DID ISRAEL SAY? 'The way of the LORD is not fair‘ WHAT DID JOB SAY? READ: JOB 34: 10 -12 10 Listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity. 11 For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way. 12 Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 21 -22 THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!“ 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 21 -22 THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!“ 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. WHAT DAY DID THIS MAN COME TO EZEKIEL? twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day WHAT DID THE MAN SAY TO EZEKIEL? "The city has been captured!“ WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL? ‘my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 21 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!“ WHAT DAY DID THIS MAN COME TO EZEKIEL? twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day WHAT DAY DID JERUSALEM FALL? eleventh year, fourth month, ninth day READ: JEREMIAH 52: 5 -6 5 The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NKJV (JEREMIAH 39: 2)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 21 THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!“ DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL THIS WOULD HAPPEN? READ: EZEKIEL 24: 26 -27 26 On that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears; 27 On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 22 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. WHAT HAPPENED TO EZEKIEL ON THIS DAY? ‘the hand of the LORD had been upon me’ WHEN? ‘the evening before the man came’ WHEN WAS EZEKIEL’S MOUTH OPENED? ‘when he came to me in the morning’ ‘my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute’ WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE EZEKIEL’S MOUTH?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 22 WHEN DID THE LORD FIRST SPEAK TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 1: 1 -3 1 It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, 3 the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 22 WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE EZEKIEL’S MOUTH? READ: EZEKIEL 3: 26 -27 26 I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD. ' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 22 WHEN DID THE LORD OPEN EZEKIEL’S MOUTH? AFTER THE FALL OF EGYPT? READ: EZEKIEL 29: 18 -21 19 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. 21 In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

23 READ: EZEKIEL 33: 23 -24 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. '

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 23 -24 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. '

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND IN JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 40: 7 7 When all the captains of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and the poorest of the land who had not been carried away captive to Babylon, NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 24 "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' READ: EZEKIEL 11: 15 15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession. ‘ NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO THE PEOPLE? READ: DEUTERONOMY 1: 10 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude. NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PEOPLE? READ: ISAIAH 51: 2 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' WHAT DID JOHN THE BAPTIZER SAY TO THEM? READ: MATTHEW 3: 9 9 Do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father. ' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. NKJV (LUKE 3: 7 -8)

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? READ: JOHN 8: 39 39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father. “ Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. ” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 24 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession. ' HOW MUCH LAND DID ABRAHAM INHERIT? READ: ACTS 7: 5 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 25 -26 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land? "'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 -26 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land? "' WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘You eat meat with blood and shed blood’ WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND NOAH? READ: GENESIS 9: 4 & 6 You shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its 4 blood. 6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘You eat meat with blood and shed blood’ WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 19: 26 26 You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and you lift up your eyes toward your idols. Should you then possess the land? WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘You eat meat with blood and shed blood’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 22: 6 6 Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 22: 27 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘you lift up your eyes toward your idols’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 7: 9 -10 9 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

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 25 WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘you lift up your eyes toward your idols’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 7: 21 -23 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you. ‘ NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 26 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land? "' WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘you defile one another's wives’ 4 WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20: 14 "You shall not commit adultery” NKJV WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR ADULTERY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 22: 22 22 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

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 26 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land? "' WHAT CAUSED JUDAH’S RUIN? ‘you defile one another's wives’ WHAT DID GOD ABOUT THEIR PRINCES? READ: EZEKIEL 22: 11 11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 27 -29 THE CAUSE OF JUDAH'S RUIN 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through. 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. "'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 -29 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through. 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. "' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword’ ‘those who is in the open field I will give to the beasts’ ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword’ ‘those who is in the open field I will give to the beasts’ ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ READ: JEREMIAH 42: 17 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster that I will bring upon them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword’ ‘those who is in the open field I will give to the beasts’ ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ READ: EZEKIEL 7: 15 15 The sword is outside, And the pestilence and famine within. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, Famine and pestilence will devour him. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword’ ‘those who is in the open field I will give to the beasts’ ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 14: 21 21 For thus says the Lord GOD: How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem — the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence — to cut off man and beast from it? NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL? WHY? READ: JUDGES 6: 1 -2 1 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, 2 and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? WHY? READ: 1 SAMUEL 13: 5 -7 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 27 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? ‘those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence’ WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 2: 19 19 They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 28 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JUDAH? WHY? I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 28 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JUDAH? WHY? I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through WHY WAS THE LORD GRIEVED IN HIS HEART? READ: GENESIS 6: 5 -7 5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them. " NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 28 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JUDAH? WHY? I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through WHAT WILL GOD DO TO JUDAH & JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 9: 10 -11 10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone. 11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 28 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JUDAH? WHY? I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 12: 10 -11 10 Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 29 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. "' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? ‘they shall know that I am the LORD’ WHEN? ‘I have made the land most desolate‘ BECAUSE ‘of all their abominations which they have committed’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 29 ‘I have made the land most desolate‘ BECAUSE: ‘of all their abominations which they have committed’ DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: LEVITICUS 26: 32 -33 32 I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 29 ‘I have made the land most desolate‘ BECAUSE: ‘of all their abominations which they have committed’ WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? READ: JEREMIAH 18: 15 -16 15 Because My people have forgotten Me, They have burned incense to worthless idols. And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in pathways and not on a highway, 16 To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 29 ‘I have made the land most desolate‘ BECAUSE: ‘of all their abominations which they have committed’ WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? READ: JEREMIAH 44: 22 -23 22 So the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Because you have burned incense and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD or walked in His law, in His statutes or in His testimonies, therefore this calamity has happened to you, as at this day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 29 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. "' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? JEWS LEFT BEHIND IN JUDAH? WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? ‘they shall know that I am the LORD’ WHEN? ‘I have made the land most desolate‘ BECAUSE ‘of all their abominations which they have committed’ READ: MICAH 7: 13 13 The land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 30 -31 HEARING AND NOT DOING 30 "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD. ' 31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 30 -31 HEARING AND NOT DOING 30 "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD. ' 31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EZEKIEL? AND THE PEOPLE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 30 HEARING AND NOT DOING 30 "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD. ' WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING? 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD' WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING? 49 READ: EZEKIEL 20: 49 They say of me: 'Does he not speak parables?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 30 WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING? 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? READ: ISAIAH 1: 18 18 "Come now, and let us reason together, “ Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. NKJV HOW WILL THEY RESPOND? READ: ISAIAH 2: 3 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths. “ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING 31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ ‘they hear your words but they do not do them’ WHY? ‘with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ ‘they hear your words but they do not do them’ WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: DEUTERONOMY 33: 3 3 He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words. NKJV WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY TO THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 119: 36 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ ‘they hear your words but they do not do them’ WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? READ: PSALMS 78: 36 -37 36 They flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue; 37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 WHAT WERE THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL DOING? READ: EZEKIEL 8: 1 1 It came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 14: 1 1 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 20: 1 1 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: ISAIAH 33: 15 -16 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ WHAT WAS MARY DOING? READ: LUKE 10: 39 39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. NKJV WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT HIMSELF? READ: ACTS 22: 3 3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘they come to you as people do‘ ‘they sit before you as My people’ ‘they hear your words but they do not do them’ WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? READ: 2 TIMOTHY 4: 3 -4 3 The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING 31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain’ READ: ISAIAH 29: 13 13 The Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 3: 10 10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense, " says the LORD. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 6: 17 17 I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!‘ But they said, 'We will not listen. '

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain’ WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? READ: MATTHEW 7: 21 21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, ' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. NKJV READ: LUKE 6: 46 46 Why do you call Me 'Lord, ' and not do the things which I say? NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 31 HEARING AND NOT DOING WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? ‘with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain’ WHAT DID JOHN SAY? READ: 1 JOHN 3: 18 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. NKJV WHAT DID JAMES SAY? READ: JAMES 1: 22 22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 33: 32 -33 HEARING AND NOT DOING 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33 And when this comes to pass — surely it will come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them. " NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 32 -33 HEARING AND NOT DOING 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33 And when this comes to pass — surely it will come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them. " NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EZEKIEL? ‘you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument’ WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE KNOW? they will know that a prophet has been among them

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 32 HEARING AND NOT DOING 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EZEKIEL? ‘you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument’ WHAT IS SAID ABOUT SOLOMON? READ: 1 KINGS 4: 32 -34 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand five. 34 And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 32 HEARING AND NOT DOING 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EZEKIEL? ‘you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument’ WHAT IS SAID ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIZER? READ: MARK 6: 18 -20 20 Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 33 HEARING AND NOT DOING 33 And when this comes to pass — surely it will come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them. " NKJV WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE KNOW? they will know that a prophet has been among them WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 2: 5 5 As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse — for they are a rebellious house — yet they will know that a prophet has been among them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 33 HEARING AND NOT DOING 33 And when this comes to pass — surely it will come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them. " NKJV WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE KNOW? they will know that a prophet has been among them WHAT DID THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SAMUEL? READ: 1 SAMUEL 3: 19 -20 19 Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the LORD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 33: 33 HEARING AND NOT DOING 33 And when this comes to pass — surely it will come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them. " NKJV WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE KNOW? they will know that a prophet has been among them WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 28: 9 9 As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent. NKJV