8 Jan 585 B.C. A man to Ezekiel, “The city
[Jerusalem] is fallen!”
Twice, King Nebuchadnezzar had
deported Jews to Babylon. Ezekiel was a
priest. He had been deported in the
second deportation in 597. In Babylon,
Ezekiel said that Jerusalem would be destroyed.
Ezekiel tells it this way:
Ezekiel
24:1-14
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
(Intro notes) 24 He
showeth the destruction of Jerusalem by a parable of a seething pot. 16 The
parable of Ezekiel’s wife being dead.)
1 Again in the [a]ninth
year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the [b]month,
came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, write thee
the name of the day, even of this same day: for the King of Babel
set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
3 Therefore speak a
parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God,
Prepare a [c]pot,
prepare it, and also pour water into it.
4 Gather the [d]pieces
thereof into it, even every good piece, as the thigh and the
shoulder, and fill it with the chief bones.
5 Take one of the best
sheep, and [e]burn
also the [f]bones
under it, and make it boil well, and seethe the bones of it therein,
6 Because the Lord God
saith thus, Woe to the bloody city, even to the pot, [g]whose
scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it: bring it out [h]piece
by piece: let no [i]lot
fall upon it.
7 For her blood is in the
midst of her: she set it upon an high [j]rock, and
poured it not upon the ground to cover it with dust,
8 That it might cause
wrath to arise, and take vengeance: even I have set her blood upon an
high rock that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus saith
the Lord God, Woe to the bloody city, for I will make [k]the
burning great.
10 Heap on much wood: [l]kindle
the fire, consume the flesh, and cast in spice, and let the bones be burnt.
11 Then set it empty upon
the coals thereof, that [m]the
brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be
molten in it, and that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 [n]She
hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not out of her: therefore
her scum shall be consumed with fire.
13 Thou remainest in
thy filthiness and wickedness: because I would [o]have
purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy
filthiness, till I have caused my wrath to light upon thee.
14 I the Lord have spoken
it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I
spare, neither will I repent: according to thy ways, and according to thy works
shall [p]they
judge thee, saith the Lord God.
Footnotes:
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Ezekiel
24:1
Called Tebeth, which containeth part of December and part of January: in the
which month and day Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel
24:4
That is the citizens, and the chief men thereof.
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Ezekiel
24:5
Meaning, of the innocents, whom they had slain, who were the cause of the
kindling of God’s wrath against them.
Ezekiel
24:6
Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.
Ezekiel
24:6
Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once, but by little and
little.
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Ezekiel
24:7
The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed thereof,
neither yet hid it.
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Ezekiel
24:10
Meaning, that the city should be utterly destroyed, and that he would give the
enemies an appetite thereunto.
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Ezekiel
24:13
I labored by sending my Prophets to call thee to repentance, but thou wouldest
not.
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On
8 Jan 585 B.C., a man escaped from
Jerusalem to give Ezekiel the news of the fall of Jerusalem.
A 2-part message unfolds with Ez.
33.25-29 and 33.30-33 which we report below in sequence.
Ezekiel
33:25-29
1599
Geneva Bible (GNV)
25 Wherefore say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord God, Ye eat with the [a]blood,
and lifted up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: should ye then
possess the land?
26 Ye lean upon your [b]swords,
ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: should ye
then possess the land?
27 Say thus unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God, As I live, so surely they that are in the desolate
places, shall fall by the sword: and him that is in the open field, will I give
unto the beasts to be devoured: and they that be in the forts and in the caves,
shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land
desolate and waste, and the pomp of her strength shall cease: and the mountains
of Israel shall be desolate, and none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know
that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land desolate and waste, because of
all their abominations, that they have committed.
Footnotes:
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Ezekiel
33:30-33
1599
Geneva Bible (GNV)
30 Also thou son of man,
the children of thy people that [a]talk
of thee by the walls and in the doors of houses, and speak one to another,
everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word
that cometh from the Lord.
31 For they come unto
thee, as the people useth to come: and my people sit before thee, and
hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouths they make [b]jests,
and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And lo, thou art unto
them, as a [c]jesting
song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can sing well: for they hear thy
words, but they do them not.
33 And when this cometh to
pass (for lo, it will come) then shall they know, that a Prophet hath
been among them.
Footnotes:
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Ezekiel
33:31
This declareth that we ought to hear God’s word with such zeal and affection,
that we should in all points obey it, else we abuse the word to our own
condemnation, and make of his ministers, as though they were jests to serve
men’s foolish fantasies.
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When
called to the office and ministry of the Word of God, Ezekiel was told that he
would be speaking to rebellious, hard-hearted, stubborn, liberal, soothsaying,
necromancing, superstitious and unbelieving people.
Ezekiel
2:3-5
1599
Geneva Bible (GNV)
3 And he said unto me,
Son of Man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that
hath rebelled against me: for they and their fathers have rebelled
against me, even unto this very day.
4 For they are [a]impudent
children, and stiff-hearted: I do send thee unto them, and thou shalt say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord God.
5 But surely they will
not hear, neither indeed will they cease: for they are a rebellious house: yet
shall they know that [b]there
hath been a Prophet among them.
Footnotes:
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Ezekiel
2:5
This declareth on the one part God’s great affection toward his people, that
notwithstanding their rebellion, yet he will send his Prophets among them, and
admonisheth his ministers on the other part that they cease not to do their
duty, though the people be never so obstinate: for the word of God shall be
either to their salvation or greater condemnation.
Questions:
If a young ordinand,
would you continue with your studies if you have the forewarning and prediction
of rebuttal and hardship?
How should this be
preached in 2015?
What can one say to
secularists, liberals, necromancing Tractoes and Romanists as well as TBNers?
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