EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

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1 EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

2 PROPHET - DATE JONAH ( BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA ( BC)? MICAH ( BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH ( BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH ( BC)? DANIEL ( BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL ( BC)? OBADIAH ( BC)? EZRA ( BC)? HAGGAI ( BC)? ZECHARIAH ( BC)? ESTHER ( BC)? NEHEMIAH ( BC)? MALACHI ( BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER ( BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? SHALMANESER ( BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB ( BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR ( BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR ( BC)? CYRUS ( BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS ( BC)?

3 OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE APOSTASY OF ISRAEL AND SAMARIA V. 1-8 ISRAEL AND SAMARIA DESTROYED V APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM V JUDAH AND JERUSALEM DESTROYED V WICKEDNESS OF THEM BOTH V THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH V

4 READ: EZEKIEL 23:1-2 TWO 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.

5 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:1-2 TWO 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?

6 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:1-2 TWO 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? 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

7 READ: EZEKIEL 23:3-4 TWO 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.

8 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3-4 TWO 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. WHO WERE THESE TWO SISTERS? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHEN DID THEY BEGIN THEIR HARLOTRY? WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?

9 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3 3 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 17:7 7 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

10 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3 3 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 JOSHUA COMMAND THEM? WHEN? READ: JOSHUA 24: 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

11 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed. MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: EZEKIEL 16:6 6 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 16:22 22 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

12 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:3 3 They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed. MANY YEARS LATER WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: EZEKIEL 20:7-8 7 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

13 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4 TWO 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?

14 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4 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 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

15 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:4 TWO 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: 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

16 READ: EZEKIEL 23:5-6 THE 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.

17 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:5-6 THE 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?

18 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:5 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? ISRAEL? WITH WHOM? ASSYRIA? WHAT DID MENAHEM D? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 15: 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

19 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:5 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? 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

20 READ: EZEKIEL 23:7-8 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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.

21 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:7-8 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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?

22 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:7 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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. 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 6:10 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. NKJV

23 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:7 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HERSELF? IDOLATRY? 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.

24 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:8 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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. WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? IDOLATRY? WHAT DID SHE DO IN EGYPT? WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY? READ: EXODUS 32:1-4

25 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:8 WHAT DID AARON DO? WHY? READ: EXODUS 32:1-4 1 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

26 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:8 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. 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

27 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:8 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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. WHAT DID SHE NEVER GIVE UP? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 31:1 1 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

28 READ: EZEKIEL 23:9-10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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.

29 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:9-10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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?

30 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:9 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? READ: HOSEA 2: 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

31 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:9 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. TO WHOM DID THE LORD DELIVER HER? WHY? 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

32 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:9 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 16: '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.

33 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:9 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 9 "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 16: 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

34 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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 ASSYRIANS DO? READ: 2 KINGS 15: 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

35 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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 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

36 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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 ASSYRIANS DO? READ: 2 KINGS 17: 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.

37 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:10 THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA 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 ASSYRIANS DO? READ: 2 KINGS 18: 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

38 READ: EZEKIEL 23:11-13 THE 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.

39 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11-13 THE 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?

40 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 THE 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. WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah? WHAT DID SHE SEE? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER? READ: EZEKIEL 16:47 47 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

41 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 THE 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. WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Oholibah? WHAT DID SHE SEE? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER? READ: EZEKIEL 16: "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

42 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 WHO 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.

43 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 THE 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. WHO WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER? Jerusalem? WHAT DID SHE SEE? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HER? READ: JEREMIAH 3: 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.

44 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 WHO 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."

45 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:11 WHO 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)

46 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:12 12 "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

47 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:12 12 "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 TIGLATH-PILESER DO? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28: 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

48 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:12 12 "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 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

49 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:13 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 13 Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM? READ: 2 KINGS 17:19 19 Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. NKJV READ: HOSEA 12:2 2 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

50 READ: EZEKIEL 23:14-16 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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.

51 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:14-16 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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?

52 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:14-15 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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

53 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:14-15 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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? 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

54 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:14-15 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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? 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.

55 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:15 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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? WHO WERE THE BABYLONIANS? READ: GENESIS 10: 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

56 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:15 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. WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE BABYLONIANS? READ: ISAIAH 5: 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

57 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:16 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea. HOW DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM? READ: EZEKIEL 6: 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."

58 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:16 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 16 As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea. WHY DID SHE LUST AFTER THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM? READ: EZEKIEL 16: 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

59 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:16 WHAT 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

60 READ: EZEKIEL 23:17-18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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.

61 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:17-18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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?

62 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:17 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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. WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHAT DID PHAROAH DO? WHAT DID THE CHALDEANS DO? READ: JEREMIAH 37:4-5 4 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.

63 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:17 HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS? READ: JEREMIAH 37: "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

64 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:17 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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. 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

65 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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 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

66 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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 JERUSALEM DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? READ: PSALMS 78: 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

67 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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 JERUSALEM DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO? READ: PSALMS 106: 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

68 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:18 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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 JERUSALEM DO? 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 12:8 8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it. NKJV

69 READ: EZEKIEL 23:19-21 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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.

70 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:19-21 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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

71 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:19-21 THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM 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: 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

72 READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-24 JUDGMENT 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.

73 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:22-24 JUDGMENT 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?

74 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:22 JUDGMENT 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

75 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:22 JUDGMENT 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? READ: EZEKIEL 16: 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

76 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 23:23-24 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 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

77 READ: 2 KINGS 20:14-18 WHAT 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.'"

78 READ: EZEKIEL 23:25-27 JUDGMENT 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.'

79 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25-27 JUDGMENT 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?

80 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25 JUDGMENT 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. HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 20: 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

81 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25 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. DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 29: 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

82 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25 JUDGMENT 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. HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE? READ: DANIEL 2:5 5 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?

83 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25 JUDGMENT 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. 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?

84 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:25 HOW DID THE CHALDEANS PUNISH PEOPLE? WHAT HAPPENED TO AHAB & ZEDEKIAH? READ: JEREMIAH 29: 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

85 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:26 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry. WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: ISAIAH 3: 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.

86 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:26 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry. HOW WILL THE LORD JUDGE THEM? WHY? WHAT WILL THE CHALDEANS DO? READ: EZEKIEL 16: 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.

87 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:26 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 26 They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry. 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

88 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:27 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 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.' 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

89 QUESTION: EZEKIEL 23:27 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM 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.' WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? READ: HOSEA 3:4-5 WHY? 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