EZEKIEL 12 NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

EZEKIEL 12 NOTES=For MVF Cheryl=and Bobby Boy=

4-26-2025=and

 

EZEKIEL 12=2 SIGNS

(WARNING OF JUDGMENT)

 

LINES 1-2

A SERIES OF JUDGMENTS=by Ezekiel=Against=Kingdom Of Judah

 

EZEKIEL was PART of an earlier COMMUNITY of Israel=INCLUDING those

WHO were to be judged and CONQUERED IN JUDAH

 

THE CHILDREN of Israel=Had it all=But they

Could NOT see or hear

 

They had=THE WORD OF GOD

THE INSTITUTION of priesthood=The sacrifices=The TEMPLE=and

THE prophets

 

YET=They could not see or hear=This was a TRAGEDY

 

LINES 3-6

THE COMMAND=To Act out Captivity

 

Ezekiel was=ALREADY in exile=IN Babylon

NOW He=and all the REMAINING people

In Judah and Jerusalem=WOULD GO=Into captivity

Ie.   Belonging=Just the BARE NECESSITIES

 

-DIG through the WALL=In their sight

 

EZEKIEL=was to be a PERSON=Desperately Trying to ESCAPE

From a city=Under siege        ie.     FEELING SHAME

 

LINE 7

Ezekiel acts out=WHAT GOD commands

 

Ezekiel was to=ACT OUT

The MESSAGES of God=In words and actions=

He was to COMMUNICATE God’s warnings

 

Ezekiel became=a LIVING LESSON=To fellow EXILES in Babylon=and

To Those in Judah=Who would HEAR of his actions

 

LINES 8-14=

The MESSAGE=was to the PRINCES=and People of Jerusalem too

 

People were ASKING Ezekiel=WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

 

Ezekiel was an EXILED MAN=acting as IF=He were going into exile

ALL OVER AGAIN

 

Ezekiel EXPLAINED=

The EXILE=was not just=for the People already in Babylon

But for the people of Jerusalem and Judah too

 

It was for Prominent MEN=Including Princes=They would

BE brought low=and have to=BEAR their own BURDENS

 

DEFEAT coming=DELIVERANCE not coming=

SHAME would be covering their faces

 

King Zedekiah of Judah=Would NOT ESCAPE EITHER

-God would SCATTER EVERYONE=No help to be forthcoming

 

 

King Zedekiah=would EXPERIENCE CRUELTY=at the hands of the Babylonians=

Though they were not=AS CRUEL as the Assyrians=They were CRUEL nonetheless=and

 

King Zedekiah’s las sight would be=TO WITNESS

The MURDERS of his own sons

 

LINES 15-16

YAHWEH REVEALED =in his judgment

 

In the END=the Lord would be=REVEALED=In his judgment

God would SPARE A FEW=from Judgment

Ie.     From the sword=Famine=and pestilence

 

So they COULD DECLARE=the sins of GOD’S People

To the Gentiles

 

LINES 17-20

THE SIGN OF THE BREAD

 

Eating bread and =Drinking water=would come with WORRY

 

-God told Ezekiel=to ACT OUT=another EXPERIENCE

 

TRAUMATIZED=Could not eat or drink=WITHOUT

Anxiety=Quaking and Trembling

 

WHEN the siege was over=THE CITIES=would be laid waste

Ie.     People would be=CARRIED into captivity=and

          The land would be DESOLATE

 

LINES 21-25

ANSERING a false proverb=THINGS would CONTINUE as before

 

THE People thought=The days would be PROLONGED=and

Things would CONTINUE as BEFORE

Ie.     DOOM was coming=The PROVERB was not true

 

This proverb=would CEASE TO EXIST=In Israel

 

-Things would NOT Continue as before

There would be=FULFILLMENT of every VISION=

By Ezekiel=and Jeremiah

 

SAD and Terrible things =were coming to PASS=For Israel=

And its People

 

LINES 26-28

NO MORE POSTPONEMENT

 

The People THOUGHT=Ezekiel’s warning=were for

A DISTANT FUTURE

 

NOT TRUE=it was COMING NOW

 

There would be=NO FURTHER DELAY

Ezekiel’s WORDS=Will NOT be postponed anymore

 

GOD PROMISES=No more delay=Terrible things

WOULD COME NOW!

 

EZEKIEL 12 for MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy

Written 4-26-2025

Typed RPW=4-27-2025