Chapter 14 divides, like the previous chapter, into two sections. Verses 1-11 tell of God’s words to elders (and, by extension, to other exiles) who inquire of the Lord through a prophet but “have taken their idols into their hearts”…
Category: Ezekiel
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 13)
When the word of the Lord comes to Ezekiel (13:1), the message—this time—is directed at others who claim to speak in God’s name: the false prophets (male and female) of Israel. Verses 1-16 focus on the men who are giving…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 12)
Ezekiel 12 Chapter 12 comprises a new set of directives for Ezekiel to carry out or speak out. Five times in this chapter we are told, “The word of the LORD came to me” (1, 8, 17, 21, 26). The…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 11)
Ezekiel 11 Chapter 11 finishes the vision started back in chapter 8. Ezekiel had been taken by the Spirit to see the human abominations and divine abandonment of the Temple and Jerusalem. Chapter 11 concludes with the Spirit bringing Ezekiel…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 10)
Ezekiel 10 Chapter 10 moves seamlessly from the events described in the previous two chapters. The action continues as the man in linen reports in that he has accomplished his assignment (marking the foreheads of those who grieved and groaned…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 9)
Ezekiel 9 Continuing without pause from the final words of chapter 8, Ezekiel 9 continues the vision of impending judgment on the idolatrous people of Judah and Jerusalem. The opening verse has the Lord crying out, summoning the executioners for…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 8)
Ezekiel 8 Chapter 8 begins an extended vision in which Ezekiel is moved by the Spirit (“lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem”—8:3) to see the “abominations” (6, 13, 15, 17)…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 7)
Ezekiel 7 Like chapter 6, Ezekiel 7 contains a message from the Lord given to the prophet to deliver concerning the inhabitants still in the “land of Israel” (7:1). Again, like chapter 6, this message concludes with the exclamatory sentence: …
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 6)
Ezekiel 6 Marked off by the introductory statement, “The word of the LORD came to me,” chapter 6 records a divine pronouncement given to Ezekiel to declare to the exiles. This oracle declares deadly devastation upon the land, cities and…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 5)
Ezekiel 5 This chapter should be read seamlessly with the previous, as it provides both the grisly outcome of the siege (5:1-4) and the divine commentary on the reason for the extreme judgments upon the nation (5:5-17). The siege of…
