EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

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1 EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

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 THIRTY-SIX BLESSING OF ISRAEL V RENEWAL OF ISRAEL V

4 READ: EZEKIEL 36:1-3 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! 2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession, 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people"

5 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:1-3 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! 2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy has said of you: 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession, 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people" WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY? 'O mountains of Israel WHO SAID THIS? 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession WHO DID THIS TO ISRAEL? WHY?

6 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:1 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? 'O mountains of Israel WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 6:2-3 2 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. NKJV

7 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:1 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? 'O mountains of Israel WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD DO? WAS THIS CONCERNING ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 17:22 22 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain.

8 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:2 2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy has said of you: 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession, WHO SAID THIS? 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession AMMONITES? READ: EZEKIEL 25:3 3 Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you said: 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity NKJV

9 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:2 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy has said of you: 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession, WHO SAID THIS? 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession MOUNT SEIR? EDOM? READ: EZEKIEL 35: Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,' although the LORD was there, 11 therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will do according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. NKJV

10 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHO DID THIS TO ISRAEL? ISRAEL? WHY? READ PSALMS 44: You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. 14 You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. NKJV

11 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28: The LORD will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods wood and stone. 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD will drive you. NKJV

12 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: ISAIAH 42: I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. 15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools. NKJV

13 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 24: I will deliver them to trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers. NKJV

14 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ : LAMENTATIONS 2:16 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it! NKJV

15 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:3 3 therefore prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? ISRAEL? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EDOM? READ: OBADIAH You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity.

16 READ: EZEKIEL 36:4-5 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around 5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.'

17 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:4-5 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around 5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.' WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?

18 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:4 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? O mountains of Israel READ: EZEKIEL 6:3 3 Say: 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. NKJV

19 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:4 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL? became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE SAYING? READ: 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.' NKJV

20 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

21 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: JEREMIAH 2: As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their prophets, NKJV 27 Saying to a tree, 'You are my father, And to a stone, 'You gave birth to me. For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say: 'Arise and save us. NKJV

22 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession READ: JEREMIAH 25:31 31 A noise will come to the ends of the earth: For the LORD has a controversy with the nations; He will plead His case with all flesh. He will give those who are wicked to the sword,' says the LORD. NKJV

23 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession READ: JEREMIAH 50: Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, You destroyers of My heritage, Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you bellow like bulls, 12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed; She who bore you shall be ashamed. Behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness, A dry land and a desert.

24 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: EZEKIEL 25: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them, 14 I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord GOD. NKJV

25 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: EZEKIEL 33: 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. NKJV

26 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: EZEKIEL 35: Thus says the Lord GOD: The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate. 15 As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, So I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom - all of it! Then they shall know that I am the LORD.' NKJV

27 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:5 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE NATIONS? I have spoken in My burning jealousy against them BECAUSE: they gave My land to themselves as a possession WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: JOEL 3:2 2 I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. NKJV

28 READ: EZEKIEL 36:6-7 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations." 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame.

29 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:6-7 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations." 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? because you have borne the shame of the nations BECAUSE: the nations are around you shall bear their own shame WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? I raised My hand in an oath the nations around you shall bear their own shame

30 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:6 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations." WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? because you have borne the shame of the nations READ: PSALMS 123:4 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.

31 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:6 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations." WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? because you have borne the shame of the nations WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 34:29 29 I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. NKJV

32 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:7 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? I raised My hand in an oath WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 20:5 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, 'I am the LORD your God.' NKJV

33 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:7 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? I raised My hand in an oath the nations around you shall bear their own shame READ: JEREMIAH 25:9 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

34 READ: EZEKIEL 36:8-11 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. 9 For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

35 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:8-11 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. 9 For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. HOW WILL THE LORD BLESS ISRAEL? WHEN?

36 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:8 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. HOW WILL THE LORD BLESS ISRAEL? WHEN? READ: ISAIAH 4:2 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing For those of Israel who have escaped. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 27:6 6 Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit. NKJV

37 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:9 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 9 For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. HOW WILL THE LORD BLESS ISRAEL? WHEN? READ: JEREMIAH 31: Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD. NKJV

38 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:10 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 49: Your sons shall make haste; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste Shall go away from you. 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me, Since I have lost my children and am desolate, A captive, and wandering to and fro? And who has brought these up? There I was, left alone; But these, where were they? 22 Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders; 23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. NKJV

39 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:10 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 58:12 12 Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 61:4 4 They shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. NKJV

40 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:10 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 30:18 18 Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, And have mercy on his dwelling places; The city shall be built upon its own mound; And the palace shall remain according to its own plan. NKJV

41 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:10 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: AMOS 9: On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the LORD who does this thing. NKJV

42 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:10 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHAT DID JAMES SAY? WHY? READ: ACTS 15: After they had become silent, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, listen to me: 14 Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written: 16 'After! this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up; 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the LORD who does all these things.' NKJV

43 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:11 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT DID GOD DO FOR THEM IN THE BEGINNING? READ: LEVITICUS 26:9 9 'I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you. NKJV

44 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:11 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT WAS THEIR FORMER STATUS? READ: EZEKIEL 16:55 55 When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you and your daughters will return to your former state. NKJV

45 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:11 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? WHAT WAS THEIR FORMER STATUS? READ: ZECHARIAH 10:8 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, For I will redeem them; And they shall increase as they once increased. NKJV

46 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:11 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD DID FOR JOB? READ: JOB 42: The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 He called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren- Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them aninheritance among their brothers. NKJV

47 READ: EZEKIEL 36:12-15 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you bereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,' 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore," says the Lord GOD. 15 Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord GOD.'

48 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:12-15 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you bereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,' 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore," says the Lord GOD. 15 Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord GOD.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

49 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:12 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you bereave them of children. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? I will cause men to walk on you WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? My people will again walk on the mountains of Israel? READ: EZEKIEL 34:27 26 I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. NKJV

50 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:13-14 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 13 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,' 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore, says the Lord GOD. WHO SAID THIS? WHEN? 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children' READ: NUMBERS 13:32 32 They gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. NKJV

51 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:13-14 BLESSING ON ISRAEL 13 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,' 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore, says the Lord GOD. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? you shall devour men no more nor bereave your nation anymore READ: 2 KINGS 17:25 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.

52 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:15 15 Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore, says the Lord GOD. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY? WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY? READ: PSALMS 89: Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, 51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. NKJV

53 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:15 15 Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore, says the Lord GOD. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 54:4 4 Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.

54 READ: EZEKIEL 36:16-18 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.

55 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:16-18 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE THEIR LAND? they defiled it by their own ways and deeds HOW DID THE LORD LIKEN THIS? like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?

56 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:17 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE THEIR LAND? they defiled it by their own ways and deeds READ: PSALMS 106: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. NKJV

57 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:17 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE THEIR LAND? they defiled it by their own ways and deeds READ: JEREMIAH 2:7 7 I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination. NKJV

58 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:17 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE THEIR LAND? they defiled it by their own ways and deeds HOW DID THE LORD LIKEN THIS? like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity READ: LEVITICUS 12:2 2.'If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.

59 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:17 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE THEIR LAND? they defiled it by their own ways and deeds HOW DID THE LORD LIKEN THIS? like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity READ: LEVITICUS 15: If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. NKJV

60 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:18 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS? I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land WHAT DID JOSIAH SAY? READ: 2 KINGS 22:13 13 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us. NKJV

61 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:18 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS? I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land WHAT DID JOSIAH SAY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 34:21 21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book. NKJV

62 READ: EZEKIEL 36:19-21 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' 21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.

63 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:19-21 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' 21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? WHY?

64 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:19 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:64 64 The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known wood and stone. NKJV

65 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:19 DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 18: 'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. 25 For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you 27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled), 28 lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. NKJV

66 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:19 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 7:8 8 Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations. READ: EZEKIEL 24:14 14 I, the LORD, have spoken it; It shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not hold back, Nor will I spare, Nor will I relent; According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you, Says the Lord GOD.

67 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 18:21 21 You shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. NKJV

68 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: ISAIAH 52:4-5 4 My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail, says the LORD, And My name is blasphemed continually every day. NKJV

69 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: JEREMIAH 33:24 24 Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD has chosen, He has also cast them off'? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them. NKJV

70 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? READ: EZEKIEL 13:19 19 Will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies? NKJV

71 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name WHY WOULD THE LORD SPARE ANY OF THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 12:16 16 I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV

72 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:20 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.' WHAT DID THE LORD S PEOPLE DO? they profaned My holy name WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE JEWS? READ: ROMANS 2: You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written. NKJV

73 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:21 21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? I had concern for My holy name Which the house of Israel had profaned WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 48: For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off. 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another. NKJV

74 READ: EZEKIEL 36:22-23 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.

75 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:22-23 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? for My holy name's sake I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD

76 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:22 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? for My holy name's sake READ: PSALMS 106:8 8 He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 37:35 35 'I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake. NKJV

77 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:22 WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? for My holy name's sake READ: EZEKIEL 20:9 9 I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 20:44 44 You shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, says the Lord GOD. NKJV

78 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:23 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD when I am hallowed in you before their eyes READ: PSALMS 46:10 10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! NKJV

79 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:23 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD when I am hallowed in you before their eyes READ: ISAIAH 5:16 16 The LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness

80 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:23 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD when I am hallowed in you before their eyes WHO PROFANED THE NAME OF THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 37:23 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel. NKJV

81 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:23 WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD when I am hallowed in you before their eyes READ: EZEKIEL 20:14 14 I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 20:41 41 I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. NKJV

82 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:23 WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS? I will sanctify My great name the nations shall know that I am the LORD when I am hallowed in you before their eyes WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SIDON? READ: EZEKIEL 28:22 22 Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her. `NKJV

83 READ: EZEKIEL 36:24-26 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

84 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:24-26 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY?

85 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:24 THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 43:5-6 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; 6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up! And to the south, 'Do not keep them back! Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth NKJV

86 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPRINKLING? READ: LEVITICUS 16: He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times 15 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat

87 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY? READ: PSALMS 51:2 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. NKJV READ: PSALMS 51:7 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. NKJV

88 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols READ: ZECHARIAH 13:2 2 It shall be in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.

89 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPRINKLING? WHAT CAN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST DO? READ: HEBREWS 9: For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? NKJV

90 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPRINKLING? WHAT DID ANANIAS SAY TO SAUL? READ: ACTS 22:16 16 Why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.' WHAT DOES BAPTISM DO FOR YOU? READ: HEBREWS 10:22 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

91 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:25 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPRINKLING? WHAT DID THE BLOOD OF CHRIST DO? READ: EPHESIANS 5: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. NKJV

92 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 36:26 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you WHY A NEW HEART? WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY? READ: PSALMS 51:10 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. NKJV