EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINETEEN

1. EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINETEEN

3. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER NINETEEN JEWS COMPLAINT TO THE LORD V. 1-4 THE LORD’S IMPARTIAL JUSTICE V. 5-9 THE WICKED SON V. 10-13 THE JUST SON V. 14-20 REPENTANCE AND MERCY V. 21-24 DIVINE PROVIDENCE V. 25-29 EVERYONE EXHORTED TO REPENT V. 30-32

4. READ: EZEKIEL 19:1-4 ISRAEL DEGRADED 1 "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. 3 She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

5. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:1-4 ISRAEL DEGRADED 1 "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. 3 She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? WHY THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL?

6. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:1 1 "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 7:29 29 Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.' READ: JEREMIAH 9:10 10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone. NKJV

7. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:1 1 "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 9:20-21 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O women, And let your ear receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And everyone her neighbor a lamentation. 21 For death has come through our windows, Has entered our palaces, To kill off the children — no longer to be outside! Andthe young men — no longer on the streets! NKJV

8. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:1 WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 2:3 3 And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 3:1 1 Moreover He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find;eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." READ: EZEKIEL 3:7 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. NKJV

9. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:1 1 "Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? ISRAEL? READ: AMOS 5:1-2 A LAMENT FOR ISRAEL 1 Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; There is no one to raise her up. NKJV

10. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:2 2 and say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. WHO IS THIS LIONESS? ISRAEL? JUDAH? READ: GENESIS 49:9-10 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him? 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. NKJV

11. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:2 2 and say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. WHO IS THIS LIONESS? ISRAEL? JUDAH? READ: NUMBERS 23:24 24 Look, a people rises like a lioness, And lifts itself up like a lion; It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain. NKJV

12. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:2 2 and say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. WHO IS THIS LIONESS? ISRAEL? JUDAH? READ: NUMBERS 24:8-9 8 "God brings him out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox; He shall consume the nations, his enemies; He shall break their bones And pierce them with his arrows. 9 'He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?' NKJV

13. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:3-4 3 She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. WHO IS THIS YOUNG LION? JEHOAHAZ? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOAHAZ? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 23:31-33

14. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:3-4 WHO IS THIS YOUNG LION? JEHOAHAZ? WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSIAH? WHO BECAME KING OF JUDAH? JEHOAHAZ? READ: 2 KINGS 23:29-30 29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him. 30 Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place. NKJV

15. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:3-4 WHO IS THIS YOUNG LION? JEHOAHAZ? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOAHAZ? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 23:31-33 31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. NKJV

16. READ: EZEKIEL 19:5-9 5 'When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. 6 He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men. 7 He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

17. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:5-9 5 'When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. 6 He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men. 7 He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

18. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:5 5 'When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. WHO IS THIS SECOND YOUNG LION? JEHOIAKIM? READ: 2 KINGS 23:34 34 Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there. READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:4 4 Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt. NKJV

19. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:6-7 6 He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men. 7 He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JEHOIAKIM? READ: JEREMIAH 22:17-19 17 "Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence." 18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, Saying, 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!‘ They shall not lament for him, Saying, 'Alas, master!' or 'Alas, his glory!' 19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:8-9 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOIAKIM? READ: 2 KINGS 24:1-2 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.

21. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:8-9 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOIAKIM? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:6 6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon. NKJV READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:10 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem

22. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:8-9 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH? READ: 2 KINGS 24:18-20 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

23. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:8-9 8 Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit. 9 They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. WHAT HAPPENED TO ZEDEKIAH? READ: 2 KINGS 25:6-7 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon. NKJV

24. READ: EZEKIEL 19:10-14 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. 11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV

25. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:10-14 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. 11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV

26. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:10 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. WHAT DOES THIS VINE REPRESENT? ISRAEL & JUDAH? PSALMS 80:8-11 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. 9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs. 11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea, And her branches to the River. NKJV

27. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:10 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. WHAT DOES THIS VINE REPRESENT? ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 17:7-8 7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, Andwhose hope is the LORD. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. NKJV

28. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:10 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:13-14 13 "He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock; 14 Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes. NKJV

29. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:10 10 'Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CONIAH? SON OF JEHOIAKIM, KING OF JUDAH READ: JEREMIAH 22:30 30 Thus says the LORD: Write this man down as childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah. NKJV

30. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:11 11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. WHAT DOES THIS SCEPTER SIGNIFY? READ: GENESIS 49:10 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. NKJV

31. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:12 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:28 28 And the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. NKJV

32. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:12 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? READ: ISAIAH 27:11 11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor. NKJV

33. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:12 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? READ: EZEKIEL 17:24 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.

34. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:12 12 But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them. WHAT HAPPENED TO JUDAH? READ: HOSEA 13:15 15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren, An east wind shall come; The wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness. Then his spring shall become dry, And his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize. NKJV

35. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:13 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. WHERE DID THE LORD DO WITH JUDAH? WHY? READ: HOSEA 2:2-3 2 "Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked And expose her, as in the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness, And set her like a dry land, And slay her with thirst. NKJV

36. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:13 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. WHERE DID THE LORD DO WITH JUDAH? WHY? READ: HOSEA 2:14-15 14 'Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her. 15 I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. NKJV

37. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:14 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM & JUDAH? READ: 2 KINGS 24:20 20 Because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. NKJV READ: JUDGES 9:15 15 And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me as king over you, Then come and take shelter in my shade; But if not, let fire come out of the bramble And devour the cedars of Lebanon!' NKJV

38. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:14 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JEHOIAKIM? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 22:13 13 "Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work, NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 22:17 17 "Your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence." NKJV

39. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:14 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR JUDAH? READ: PSALMS 110:2 2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! NKJV READ: ISAIAH 11:1 1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. NKJV

40. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 19:14 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'“ This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. NKJV WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: ROMANS 11:26-27 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins." NKJV