In Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel is commissioned to announce to his
fellow-exiles that the destruction of Jerusalem, so long foretold, was
now in course of execution, that the siege had actually begun. This he...
The rusted caldron set upon the coals
The passage, of date Jan. 587, is the prophet's last oracle against
Jerusalem. It consists of two parts:
First, Ezekiel 24:1. A parable of a rusted caldron set...
_UNDER THE PARABLE OF A BOILING POT IS SHEWED THE IRRECOVERABLE
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. BY THE SIGN OF EZEKIEL NOT MOURNING FOR THE
DEATH OF HIS WIFE IS SHEWED THE CALAMITY OF THE JEWS TO BE BEYOND...
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1.
Why does Ezekiel refer to Jerusalem as a bloody city?
2.
How would the Jews come to be _defiled of name?_
3.
What examples of lewdness in Jerusalem does Ezekiel cite?
4.
Wh...
XXIV.
On the exact day on which Nebuchadnezzar invested Jerusalem the fact
was revealed to the prophet in Chaldæa, and he was commanded to
declare the fate of the city by a parable (Ezekiel 24:3). Aft...
INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 24
Is this chapter the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem is
prophesied of; the former under the parable of a boiling pot; the
latter is represented by the sudden...
CHAPTER 24 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM COMES AT LAST!
Some of those who had listened to Ezekiel must have thought, as time
went by and nothing happened, that he was being proved to be a false
prophet...