Ezekiel 20 - Introduction

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 by Ezekiel?

5.

Why did God spare His people time and again when they so manifestly deserved destruction?

6.

What does it mean to profane the name of God?

7.

What gracious provisions did God bestow on Israel in the Wilderness? HOW did Israel respond to those provisions?

8.

What happened at Baal-peer?

9.

How did God punish Israel in Canaan for rejecting His Law?

10.

In what sense did the ancestors of Israel blaspheme God once they were brought into Canaan?

11.

What is a bamah?

12.

Why did God refuse to allow the elders of Israel to inquire of Him?

13.

Why does God promise the restoration of Israel in this section?

14.

How does Ezekiel describe the worship of the restored remnant?

15.

What was the new wilderness into which God was about to take His people?

16.

Explain the parable of the forest fire.

17.

How did Ezekiel's audience react to his use of parables? What did Ezekiel do about this?

18.

How did Ezekiel dramatize the agony which the news of Jerusalem's fall would cause?

19.

What action likely accompanied Ezekiel's song of the sword?

20.

What was the significance of the prophet slapping his hands together?

21.

What did God have to say to the king of Babylon in chapter 21.

22.

What objects did Ezekiel use to dramatize how the king of Babylon would be guided to attack Jerusalem?

23.

What prophecy did Ezekiel make about the future of the house of and throne of David?

24.

Why does Ezekiel include a brief note about the destruction of Ammon at this point in the book?