EZEKIEL 24 NOTES=FOR MVF Cheryl=and Bobby Boy
Written=7-11-2025=TYPED &-12-2025=Rpw
EZEKIEL 24=THE DEATH OF=The Prophet’s wife
LINES 1-2=THE PARABLE OF=The boiling cauldron
The story of=THE SIEGE=of Jerusalem
Ie. 9th
year=10th month=10th day
-The NATION CHANGING=Life Changing event
Ie. LIKE 911=IN the
United States
The KING=of Babylon=STARTS siege of Jerusalem
-The final siege=and
conquest=and destruction Of JERUSALEM
LINES 3-5
Jerusalem=Is like a cooking pot=A BOILING CAULDRON
?able=Whether Ezekiel acted out=or told the story
Ie. A cooking
pot=With water and pieces of meat
BOILED WELL=Fire feeding bones=Continue simmering and
cooking
LINES 6-8
WOE to=The city of Jerusalem
(Nebuchadnezzar=BEGINNIG attack of Jerusalem)
A BLOODY CITY=in two ways
WHERE INNOCENT BLOOD=had been shed=Under Authority
-The city=where MUCH BLOOD=would be SHED=Under
Nebuchadnezzar’s attack
As Jerusalem=BOILED AND COOKED=Jerusalem’s worst qualities
Would BECOME EVIDENT TO EVERYONE
-The death and BLOODSHED coming=Would prevent proper burial
- The dead bodies=would be=HORIFICALLY EXPOSED
Ie. GOD’S fury and
vengeance
LINES 9-13
FURTHER WOE=TO THE CITY
WOE to the bloody city
Much more WOE to come=NOT the end
-FIRE under cooking pot=Called PYRE=dead bodies
-ALL of Jerusalem’s INIQUITIES=Scum
Would be CONSUMED=In the coming judgment
God SENT these things=to CLEANSE his people
Ie. Temple=Sanctuary=feasts=and
priesthood
But people=WERE NOT CLEANSED
Now GOD’S FURY=and JUDGMENT were coming
LINE 14=THE CERTAINTY=of God’s PRONOUNCEMENT
-THE LORD=SPOKE JUDGMENT=and it would =COME TO PASS
(UNDER GOD’S COVENANT=at MOUNT Sinai)
Israel would be JUDGED=because of their WICKED deeds and
ways
LINES 15-17
THE DEATH OF Ezekiel’s wife
(God told Ezekiel=HOW he must act=When his wife died)
God calls Ezekiel’s wife=”THE DESIRE OF YOUR EYES”
-She would die suddenly=and UNEXPECTEDLY
It is a TEST FROM GOD=for the Prophet’s patience
-Ezekiel was NOT to mourn=Nor to weep
NO VISIBLE signs of mourning=Was PERMITTED by God
For Ezekiel
LINE 18-19
THE DEATH OF Ezekiel’s wife
-a GREAT LOSS to Ezekiel
Ezekiel told the people in the morning=HIS WIFE WOULD DIE
-Ezekiel’s loss deeply AFFECTED HIM
THE next morning Ezekiel=did as commanded
-Ezekiel HONORED GOD=by not crying or weeping
The people were=SHOCKED AND MYSTIFIED=
By Ezekiel’s loss and strange behavior
LINES 20-24
GOD EXPLAINS the sign to the PEOPLE
? Death WITHOUT=The ability to mourn
Ezekiel’s behavior=had a DIVINE PURPOSE
Ezekiel=had the ANSWER=from the Holy Spirit=and
It was NOT fate=chance=or ignorance
A COMPARISON=with Ezekiel’s wife’s death
THE SANCTUARY=would suddenly and SOON PERISH
-The sons and daughters=of the people=LEFT BEHIND=would die
By the sword
The people were to
DO=what Ezekiel did=NOT MOURN
Babylonian CULTURE=would hinder it too
-God’s constant PURPOSE=was for the people
THE REVELATION of God=was in=ALL their UNEXPLAINED SORROW
LINES 25-27
GOD EXPLAINS THE SIGN=to Ezekiel
I take from=THE DESIRE OF THEIR EYES
The TEMPLE=and all else=they hold dear=WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY
-They would be CONQUERED AND DESTROYED=and when
THE DESTRUCTION was final=they would=NO LONGER BE MUTE
You will SPEAK=and no longer be MUTE=an Ezekiel would assume
A much MORE HOPEFUL TONE=Now
GOD could REBUILD in hope
The ultimate RESTORATION=would be GLORIOUS
In the end=The PROPHET and his GOD(and the covenant)
Would be VINDICATED AND REVEALED!
RPW=7-12-2025
For MVF Cheryl=and Bobby Boy
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