EZEKIEL 11 NOTES=for MVF and Bobby Boy

 

 

 

 

 

 

EZEKIEL 11 NOTES=for MVF and Bobby Boy

 

CHAPTER 11=

THE DEPARTURE=Of God’s GLORY=The PROMISE

Of a NEW COVENANT

 

LINES 1-4

 

PROPHECY AGAINST=The PRINCES=Of the People

 

THE SPIRIT=Lifted me up

Continuation of Ezekiel 8

 

Ezekiel=Is physically in Babylon

 

But a VISION of=THE spiritual corruption of Jerusalem=and

GOD’S RESPONSE to it

 

God’s glory=DEPARTS from the city

 

B.     To the EAST GATE=of the Lord’s house

God’s glory is MOVING AWAY=from the HOLY of Holies

 

C.     At the GATE=of the door=were 25 men

         Were 25 men=Mentioned previously in Ezekiel 8:16

         WORSHIPPING the sun=by the EAST GATE=with their backs to the Sanctuary

 

Theres 25 men=DEVISED iniquity and give WICKED counsel to the city

They INCLUDE Jaazaniah and Pelatiah

 

DESPITE=what the 25 men THOUGHT=It was not time to build houses

They were NOT SAFE=In the city

 

LINES 5 and 6

THE CAUSE of=The DEVASTATING Judgment of Jerusalem

 

GOD KNEW=not only the actions=but also THE THINKING of the LEADERS

And the people of Jerusalem

 

God REMINDED=the leaders and the People of Jerusalem=of  their  RESPONSIBIITY

On the Judgment=coming upon them

 

God’s RESPONSE=was to their PERSISTENT REBELLION=by the people

 

LINES 7-10

GOD’S dealing with Israel=will NOT END=when Jerusalem falls

 

They were the meat=and the city the CALDRON

 

Ezekiel TURNED this into a PREDICTION OF DOOM

Ie.   They would be cooked and devoured

 

THE DEVASTATION of Jerusalem=would be terrible=but Not the LAST WORD

Ie.   Israel and Jerusalem=Would NOT END the Babylonian CONQUEST

 

EVERYONE would not perish in Jerusalem

 

God would send many=INTO EXILE=and God would CONTINUE=to deal with

The people=AT the BORDER of Israel and beyond

 

LINES 11-12

GOD’S JUDGMENT=will EXTEND BEYOND the city of Jerusalem

 

-Jerusalem WOULD BE=no protection to them=Ezekiel quoted them

 

B.  GOD’S dealing with his people=AFTER Jerusalem fell=would be

ANOTHER WAY=Of how GOD REVEALED HIMSELF=to his people

 

Ie.  It was NOT God giving up on them=It was the discipline and PROMISE CONTINUING

 

C.    Since Israel=IMITATED=the surrounding pagan nations=it was APPROPRIATE

That God would EXILE them=among those nations

 

LINE 13

RENEWAL PROMISED=as the glory DEPARTS

 

Pelatiah=The son of Benaiah died

Ie.   In Ezekiel’s vision=earlier in the chapter He saw this

 

Ezekiel WONDERED again=IF a remnant would remain

Ezekiel 9:8

 

LINES 14-16

GOD’S PROMISE=to SUSTAIN the people=IN EXILE

 

The people IGNORED=the WARNINGS of Jeremiah and Ezekiel

 

They told the people Of Israel to leave=that they would BE CONQUERED

Ie.   Go and SERVE other GODS

 

God was down on the JEWS=but he HAD NOT FORSAKEN THEM

 

God would SUSTAIN his people=He would BE WITH THEM=In exile

(But not a SANCTUARY for them)

 

LINES 17-21

GOD’S PROMISE=to RESTORE Israel=and

RENEW them spiritually

 

THUS SAYS THE LORD

( Appears in Ezekiel some 200 times)

 

YAHWEH=is master and Lord=OVER his covenant people

 

I will GATHER YOU=from the peoples

God’s PROMISE=to sustain=His people in exile

 

He would gather and ASSEMBLE them=In Israel=Judgment assured

But so was RESTORATION

 

C.  Israel’s TIME of exile=would be A CLEANSING

 

TAKING AWAY their DEVOTION=to other gods=AFTER the exile

NOT the same as before=AFTER THE EXILE

 

TAKING AWAY detestable things and its abominations

 

God will give to the people ONE HEART=and put

A NEW SPIRIT within them

 

Ie.    RESTORATION and a NEW COVENANT

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Ezekiel 37:21-28

 

LINES 22-23

THE DEPARTURE of=THE GLORY of the Lord

 

CLOUD of God’s GLORY=was being CARRIED=by GOD’S THRONE

 

ATTENDED by the Cherubim

 

THE GLORY=of the God of Isreal=MOVED

With the Cherubim

 

The glory=WENT from the CENTER=of the city=to

STAND on the mountain

Ie.   PASSING by on=THE EAST SIDE of the city

 

GOD felt regret and SORROW=for the DEPARTURE

Jesus LOOKED with regret and sorrow=at THE MOUNT OF OLIVES

Ie.    THE CHOSEN PART 3=Ezekiel there

 

LINES 24-25

THE END OF THE VISION

 

In his VISION=Ezekiel RETURNED to Babylon=and the VISION ENDED

 

Ezekiel SPOKE to=and WARNED=the ELDERS=and the PEOPLE OF ISRAEL

 

Thet were SHOCKED=by Jerusalem’s DEPRAVITY

 

THE SEVERITY=was to come on Jerusalem=and

THE DEPARTURE=Of GOD’S GLORY WAS HERE!

 

RPW

Written 4-20-2025=and TYPYED 4-21-2025 4:04

 

For MVF CHERYL=and Bobby Boy