EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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1 EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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 THIRTEEN JUDGMENTS AGAINST LYING PROPHETS V. 1-9 THE WORK OF THESE DECEIVERS V FALSE PROPHETESSES DENOUNCED V

4 READ: EZEKIEL 13:1-2 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word of the LORD!'"

5 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:1-2 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word of the LORD!'" WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT IS A SEER? READ: 1 SAMUEL 9:9 9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he spoke thus: "Come, let us go to the seer"; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)

6 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:1-2 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word of the LORD!'" WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 5:31 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? NKJV

7 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:2 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 6:14 14 They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When there is no peace. READ: JEREMIAH 14:13 13 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'" NKJV

8 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:2 EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? READ: JEREMIAH 23:16 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 23:38 38 But since you say, 'The oracle of the LORD!' therefore thus says the LORD: 'Because you say this word, "The oracle of the LORD!" and I have sent to you, saying, "Do not say, 'The oracle of the LORD!'" NKJV

9 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:2 EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO HANANIAH? READ: JEREMIAH 28: Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Hear now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD.'"

10 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:2 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, 'Hear the word of the LORD!'" WHO IS EZEKIEL TO PROPHESY AGAINST? WHY? WHAT DID PETER SAY ABOUT PROPHECY? 2 PETER 1: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. NKJV

11 READ: EZEKIEL 13:3-5 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.

12 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3-5 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS?

13 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT ISAIAH? READ: ISAIAH 2:1 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 13:1 1 The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. NKJV WHO WAS AMOS? WHAT DID AMOS PROPHESY? READ: AMOS 1:1 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. NKJV

14 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT HOSEA? WHAT DID HOSEA PROPHESY? READ: HOSEA 9:7 7 The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity. NKJV

15 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:14 14 Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

16 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS WHAT WERE THE FALSE PROPHETS SAYING? READ: JEREMIAH 23: "I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!' 26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27 who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal. NKJV

17 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 23: "The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?" says the LORD. 29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words every one from his neighbor. NKJV

18 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:3 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 1: For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. NKJV

19 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:4 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS? WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING? READ: SONG 2:15 15 Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes. NKJV

20 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:4 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE? WHAT IS THIS VINE? READ: ISAIAH 5:1-2 GOD'S DISAPPOINTING VINEYARD 1 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill. 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes. NKJV

21 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:4 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE? WHAT IS THE VINE? READ: ISAIAH 5:7 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 2:21 21 I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine? NKJV

22 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:5 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD. WHAT DID THE PROPHETS FAIL TO DO? WHY DID THE LORD BREAK DOWN THEIR HEDGES? READ: ISAIAH 5:2-5 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes. 5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. NKJV

23 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:4 4 O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts. WHAT WERE THE FOXES DOING TO THE VINE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VINE? READ: PSALMS 80: And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. NKJV READ: LAMENTATIONS 5:18 18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it. NKJV

24 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:5 5 You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD. WHAT DID THE PROPHETS FAIL TO DO? WHY DID THE LORD BREAK DOWN THEIR HEDGES? READ: PSALMS 80:12 12 Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit? NKJV WHAT DID MOSES DO? READ: PSALMS 106:23 23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

25 READ: EZEKIEL 13:6-7 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken."

26 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6-7 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken." WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS?

27 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS? READ: JEREMIAH 14: And the LORD said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land' 'By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! NKJV

28 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS? READ: JEREMIAH 23:16 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD. NKJV

29 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS? READ: JEREMIAH 29:8-9 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD. NKJV

30 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR VISIONS? WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY TO THESE PROPHETS? READ: ISAIAH 30: This is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; 10 Who say to the seers, "Do not see, And to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. 11 Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us."

31 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6-7 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken." WHAT DID THE LORD WANT JEREMIAH TO DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 5:1 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

32 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:6-7 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 6 They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken." WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2: And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

33 READ: EZEKIEL 13:8-9 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

34 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:8-9 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THESE PROPHETS? WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY?

35 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:8 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 13:1-3 1 "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods' which you have not known 'and let us serve them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. NKJV

36 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:8 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THESE PROPHETS? READ: JEREMIAH 23:13 13 "And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal And caused My people Israel to err. NKJV

37 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:9 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY? READ: PSALMS 69: Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous. NKJV

38 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:9 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY? READ: PSALMS 87:6 6 The LORD will record, When He registers the peoples: "This one was born there. NKJV READ: EXODUS 32:32 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."

39 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:9 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 17:13 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living waters." NKJV

40 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:9 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 11:17 17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel." NKJV

41 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:9 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. WHAT IS THE LORD KEEPING A RECORD OF? WHY? READ: DANIEL 12:1 1 "At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. NKJV

42 READ: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying,'peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar 11 say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.

43 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT? WHY? WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL?

44 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar WHAT ARE THEY TELLING THE PEOPLE? READ: JEREMIAH 6:14 14 They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When there is no peace. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 8:11 11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace! When there is no peace. NKJV

45 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 4:10 10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying, 'You shall have peace, Whereas the sword reaches to the heart. NKJV WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY? READ: EZEKIEL 7:25 25 Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none. NKJV

46 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT? WHY? WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL?

47 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13: "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL? READ: EZEKIEL 4:1-3 1 "You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.

48 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 10 "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with un-tempered mortar 11 say to those who plaster it with un-tempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. WHY ARE THEY BUILDING A WALL? WHAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL? READ: PSALMS 11:6 6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup. NKJV

49 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY? READ: PSALMS 18: From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO PHARAOH? READ: EXODUS 9: Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. NKJV

50 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY? READ: EXODUS 9: So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail. NKJV

51 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED AT GIBEON? READ: JOSHUA 10:11 11 And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the LORD cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword. NKJV

52 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 28:2 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 30:30 30 The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, And show the descent of His arm, With the indignation of His anger And the flame of a devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and hailstones. NKJV

53 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:10-11 HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS POWER? WHY? READ: REVELATION 11:19 19 The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail. NKJV READ: REVELATION 16:21 21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. NKJV

54 READ: EZEKIEL 13:12-14 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?'" 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. 14 So I will break down the wall you have plastered with un-tempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

55 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13: Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?'" 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. 14 So I will break down the wall you have plastered with un-tempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM? WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT?

56 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:12-14 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM? WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT? READ: ISAIAH 22:5 5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 6:15 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD. NKJV

57 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:12-14 WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMARIA? WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT? READ: MICAH 1:6 6 "Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations. NKJV

58 READ: EZEKIEL 13:15-16 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 15 "Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,'" says the Lord GOD.

59 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:15-16 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 15 "Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with un-tempered mortar; and I will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,'" says the Lord GOD. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FOOLISH PROPHETS? READ: EZEKIEL 7:26 26 Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders. NKJV

60 READ: EZEKIEL 13:17-19 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive? 19 And 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?"

61 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17-19 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive? 19 And 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?" WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? WHAT WERE THE WOMEN OF JUDAH DOING? WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING?

62 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EZEKIEL TO DO? WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHO WAS MIRIAM? READ: EXODUS 15:20 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. NKJV

63 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHAT DID MIRIAM & AARON DO? READ: NUMBERS 12:1-2 1 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?" And the LORD heard it. NKJV

64 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHO WAS DEBORAH? READ: JUDGES 4:4-5 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

65 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHO WAS HULDAH? READ: 2 KINGS 22: So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her. 15 Then she said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me, 16 "Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read 17 because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.'" NKJV

66 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WHAT DID JOEL PROPHESY? READ: JOEL 2:28 28 "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. NKJV

67 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHO WAS ANNA? READ: LUKE 2: Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; 37 and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem. NKJV

68 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHAT DID PHILIP S DAUGHTER DO? READ: ACTS 21:8-9 8 On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. NKJV

69 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:17 17 "Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them, WERE WOMEN PROPHESYING? WHO WAS JEZEBEL? READ: REVELATION 2: Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. NKJV

70 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:18 18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive? WHAT WERE THE WOMEN OF JUDAH DOING? READ: PROVERBS 6:26 26 For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 8:14 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD S house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. NKJV

71 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:19 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 19 And 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?" HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD? READ: PROVERBS 28:21 21 To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress. NKJV

72 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:19 19 And 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?" HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD? WHAT DID JEROBOAM TELL HIS WIFE TO DO? READ: 1 KINGS 14:2-3 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people. 3 Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child." NKJV

73 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:19 HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD? WHAT DID MICAH SAY ABOUT THEIR LEADERS? READ: MICAH 3: Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And pervert all equity, 10 Who build up Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with iniquity: 11 Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us." NKJV

74 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:19 19 And 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?" HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 44:26 26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: 'Behold, I have sworn by My great name,' says the LORD, 'that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "The Lord GOD lives." NKJV

75 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:19 19 And 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?" HOW DID THESE PROPHETS PROFANE THE LORD? WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:17 17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. NKJV

76 READ: EZEKIEL 13:20-21 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds. 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

77 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:20-21 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds. 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS? HOW WILL HE DELIVER HIS PEOPLE?

78 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:20-21 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 20 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds. 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS? READ: HOSEA 9:8-9 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God; But the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways Enmity in the house of his God. 9 They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins. NKJV

79 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:20-21 HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE? READ: PSALMS 91:3-4 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. NKJV READ: PSALMS 124:7-8 7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. NKJV

80 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13: 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds. 21 I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THESE PROPHETS? HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE? WHAT SHOULD HIS PEOPLE DO? READ: PROVERBS 6:5 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. NKJV

81 READ: EZEKIEL 13:22-23 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'"

82 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22-23 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? WHAT WILL THEY LORD DO ABOUT THEM? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?

83 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? WHAT DID TOBIAH & SANBALLAT DO? WHY? READ: NEHEMIAH 6: Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

84 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 9: The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed. NKJV

85 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 23:14 14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. NKJV

86 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THIS? READ: GALATIANS 1:10 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. NKJV READ: ROMANS 1:21 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, NKJV

87 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:22 22 "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. HOW WERE THEY OPPOSING THE LORD? WHAT DID JEZEBEL DO? READ: REVELATION 2: Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. NKJV

88 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:23 WOE TO FOOLISH PROPHETS 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" WHAT WILL THEY LORD DO ABOUT THEM? READ: MICAH 3:6-7 6 "Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you shall have darkness without divination; The sun shall go down on the prophets, And the day shall be dark for them. 7 So the seers shall be ashamed, And the diviners abashed; Indeed they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God." NKJV

89 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:23 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: PSALMS 72:14 14 He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight.

90 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:23 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: PSALMS 5:11 11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. READ: PSALMS 22: A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this. NKJV

91 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 13:23 23 Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: ISAIAH 26:1 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. NKJV READ: ZECHARIAH 2:5 5 For I,' says the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'" NKJV

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