bible+culture 2012 ezekiel 3 - chapters 14-24

Ezekiel part 3

3rd collection of oracles of judgment

14:1 – 19:14

C

1. Oracle against idolatrous elders

14:1–11

2. Oracle about coming judgment and God’s

justice 14:12–23

3. Allegory of the useless vine

15:1–8

4. Allegory of the adulterous wife

16:1–63

?How does God show his grace and generosity in Ezekiel 16:1-14?

How does Israel respond in 16:15-22? Why?

Genesis 2:23–24Ephesians 5:31–32

Revelation 21:1–10

Numbers 15:37–41

Hosea 1:1–3:5Jeremiah 2–3Ezekiel 16, 23

Exclusive, intimate covenant

The ultimate marriage

Forgetfulness leads to prostitution

Adultery/Prostitution

God’s judgment

16:35–43

Allowing his people to make themselves a disgrace before the

nations

Bringing down on their own heads what they have done

Jerusalem’s lovers will be the agents of God’s judgment

Grace

16:59–63

Punishment = dealing with the people as they deserve (59)

God will remember the covenant

God will make atonement

God is doing this for his own sake

5. Allegory of the eagles and the vine

17:1–24

• Allegory

• Eagle – Nebuchadnezzar

• !e shoot – Jehoiachin, exiled 597

• !e seedling – Zedekiah, a"empting to get help from Egypt for a rebellion

• He will be uprooted, exiled and killed

• God will plant a new king on a high mountain

6. Moral responsibility and God’s justice

18:1–32

?What type of oracle is Ezekiel 18?

Who is Ezekiel speaking to?

Summarise his argument.

• Prophetic disputation

• Opinion – ‘We are being punished for the sin of our parents’ generation’

• Refutation – !is generation is paying for its own sin

• Repentance is possible – leads to life

• A new heart and new spirit

7. Lament for the princes of Israel

19:1–14

4th collection of oracles of judgment

20:1 – 24:27

D

1. Oracle about Israel’s history of rebellion

20:1–44

• Very negative version of Israel’s history

• !e punishment they have deserved has been delayed

• Judgment = second exodus; purging

• God’s motivation is the honour of his name among the nations (9, 14, 22, 39, 41, 44)

2. Oracle against the south

20:45–49

3. Oracle about God’s sword

21:1–32

?Identify the #gures of speech in Ezekiel 21

4. Jerusalem’s violence

22:1–31

5. Allegory of two immoral sisters

23:1–49

6. Allegory of the boiling pot

24:1–14

• Different use of cooking pot metaphor – now expression of judgment

• God’s patience has #nally come to an end

• Symbolic action (15–27)

7. Ezekiel’s wife

24:15–27