Ezekiel Chapter 13 and 14

I.       Ezekiel Chapter 13

A.     The Foolish Prophets

1.        Prophecy out of their own heart (vv. 1)

2.        Follow their own spirit (vv. 2)

3.        Envisioned futility and false divination (vv. 6, 7)

4.        Seduced God’s people (vv. 10)

5.        Did not bridge the gap (vv. 5, 10, 11, 12)

B.     God’s Hand Against the Prophets

1.        They shall not be His people (vv. 9)

2.        They shall not be recorded in the house of Israel (vv. 9)

3.        They shall not enter the land of Israel (vv. 9)

4.        They shall be consumed by stormy wind, flood and hailstones (vv. 11-16)

C.     They Shall Know that He Is the Lord God (vv. 9, 14)

D.     The Foolish Prophetess

1.        Prophecy out of their own hearts (vv. 17)

2.        Sew magic charm on their sleeves (vv. 18)

3.        Make veils for the heads of people to hunt souls (vv. 18)

4.        Lie to God’s people (vv. 19)

5.        Profane God (vv. 19)

6.        Killing people who should not die (vv. 19)

7.        Keeping people alive who should die (vv. 19)

8.        Made the heart of the righteous sad (vv. 22)

E.     God’s Wrath Against the Prophetess

1.        Takes the souls from their arms (vv. 20)

2.        Tears off their veils and delivers His people (vv. 21)

F.      They Shall Know that He Is the Lord (vv. 21, 23)

Chapter 13

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!' ''

 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.

 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.''

 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.

 

10.  "Because, indeed, because

they have seduced My people, saying, `

Peace!' when there is no peace and

one builds a boundary 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.

 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

untempered 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.

 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.

 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?''

 

 

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.'' 

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.

 

II.    Ezekiel Chapter 14

A.     Idols in the Hearts of Elders

1.        Cause them to stumble into iniquity (vv. 3, 4, 7)

2.        Cause them to estranged from God (vv. 5,7)

B.     God Sets His Face Against Those Who Inquired Him.

1.        He will answer them Himself (vv. 7)

2.        He will make them a sign and proverb (vv. 8)

3.        He will cut them off from His people (vv. 8)

C.     God Stretches His Hand Against the Prophets

1.        He will induce them (vv. 9)

2.        He will destroy them among His people (vv. 9)

3.        Their punishment shall be the same as those who inquired (vv. 9)

D.     The Hope of the Lord for His People

1.        Turn away from their idols (vv. 6)

2.        Turn their faces from all the abominations (vv. 6)

3.        No longer stray from Him (vv. 11)

4.        No longer be profaned by their transgressions (vv. 11)

5.        Be His people (vv. 11)

6.        He may be their God (vv. 11)

7.        To know that He is the Lord (vv. 8)

E.     Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness of the Land

1.        God will cut off its supply of bread (vv. 13)

2.        God will send famine (vv. 13, 21)

3.        God will cause the beast to pass through it (vv. 15, 21)

4.        God will bring sword on it (vv. 17, 21)

5.        God will send pestilence into the land (vv. 19, 21)

6.        God will cut off man and beast from it (vv. 13, 17, 19, 21)

F.      Three Righteous Men Cannot Save the Land

1.        Noah (vv. 14, 16, 18, 20)

2.        Daniel (vv. 14, 16, 18, 20)

3.       Job (vv. 14, 16, 18, 20)

G.     A Remnant Shall Be Left (vv. 22, 23)

Chapter 14

1.  Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

2.  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

3.                                                         Son of man, these men have

set up their idols in their hearts, and

put before them that which causes them to

stumble into iniquity.

Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?

4.  "Therefore   speak to them, and

say to them,

Thus says the Lord God:

"Everyone of the house of Israel who

sets up his idols in his heart, and

puts before him what causes him to stumble

into iniquity,

and then comes to the prophet,

I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude

of his idols,

5.  "that                         I may seize the house of Israel by their heart,

because they are all estranged from

Me by their idols.'' '

6.  "Therefore say to the house of Israel,

Thus says the Lord God: Repent,

turn away from your idols, and

turn your faces away from all your

abominations.

 

7.  "For anyone of the house of Israel, or

of the strangers who sojourn in Israel,

who separates himself from Me and

sets up his idols in his heart and

puts before him what causes him to

stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me,

I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

8.                                 I will set My face against that man and

make him a sign and a proverb, and

I will cut him off from the midst of My people.

Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

9.  "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything,

I the Lord have induced that prophet, and

I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from

among My people Israel.

10.  "And they shall bear their iniquity;

the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as

the punishment of the one who inquired,

11.  "that the house of Israel may           no longer stray from Me,

nor be profaned anymore with all their

transgressions, but that they may be

My people and I may be their God,

says the Lord God.' ''

12.  The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

13.                                                                    "Son of man, when a land sins against Me

by persistent unfaithfulness,

I will stretch out My hand against it;

I will     cut off its supply of bread,

send famine on it, and

cut off man and beast from it.

14.  "Though these three men,

Noah,

Daniel, and

Job, were in it,

they would deliver only themselves by

their righteousness,'' says the Lord God.

15.  "If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and

make it so desolate that no man may pass

through because of the beasts,

16.  "even though these three men were in it, as I live,'' says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only

they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.

17.  "Or if         I bring a sword on that land, and say,

Sword, go through the land,' and

I cut off man and beast from it,

18.  "even though these three men were in it, as I live,'' says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only

they themselves would be delivered.

19.  "Or if         I           send a pestilence into that land and

pour out My fury on it in blood, and

cut off from it man and beast,

20.  "even though

Noah,

Daniel, and

Job were in it, as I live,'' says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither son nor daughter;

they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.''

21.  For thus says the Lord God:

"How much more it shall be when

I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem the

sword and

famine and

wild beasts and

pestilence

      to cut off man and beast from it?

22.  "Yet behold, there shall be left in it

a remnant who will be brought out,

both sons and daughters; surely they will

come out to       you, and

you will see their ways and

their doings.

Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that

I have brought upon Jerusalem, indeed all that

I have brought upon it.

23.  "And they will comfort        you, when

you see their ways and their doings; and

you shall know that

I have done nothing without cause that

I have done in it,'' says the Lord Go