REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. When are the prophecies of Chapter s 20-21 to be dated? 2. What historical events probably triggered the utterances in these two Chapter s? 3. In what sense did Ezekiel become a judge of Israel? 4. What new information about the Egyptian sojourn of Israel is brought out b... [ Continue Reading ]
II. BITTER DIRGES 19:1-14 There is a time for a preacher to rebuke his audience; there is also a time for him to weep with them and for them. In chapter 19 Ezekiel becomes a sympathetic mourner. God is grieved over the impending fate of Jerusalem, and Ezekiel is told to give vent to his emotions as... [ Continue Reading ]
B. Dirge over Judah's Collapse 19:10-14 TRANSLATION (10) Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by waters; she was fruitful and full of branches because of much water. (11) And she had strong rods to be scepters for rulers; and her height was exalted among the branches, and she was in... [ Continue Reading ]