Archive for the ‘Ezekiel’ Category

November 15 Ezekiel 38-39 (ESV) Prophecy Against Gog 38:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech [1] and Tubal, and prophesy against him 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech [2] and Tubal. 4 And [...]

 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’  But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations [...]

November 14 Ezekiel 35-37 (ESV) Prophecy Against Mount Seir 35:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you [...]

Throughout the Old Testament, God compares His people to sheep. Psa.78:52  …He led forth His own people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock Psa.  95:7  …He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Is.  53:6  All of us like sheep have gone [...]

November 13 Ezekiel 33-34 (ESV) Ezekiel Is Israel’s Watchman 33:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword [...]

God to Pharaoh:  “You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers. Thus says the Lord God: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they [...]

November 12 Ezekiel 31-32 (ESV) Pharaoh to Be Slain 31:1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: “Whom are you like in your greatness? 3 Behold, Assyria was a cedar in [...]

Ezek. 29:19 I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. From the ESV Online Study Bible: This prophecy was given in 571 b.c. (see note on vv. 17–21), and Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt in 568 (this is described in detail in Jeremiah 43–44 and also recorded in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 10.180–182). Egypt [...]

November 11  Ezekiel 29-30 (ESV) Prophecy Against Egypt 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt; 3 speak, and say, Thus says [...]

We read of Tyre in our Read-through-the-Bible passage today.  In Ezekiel 27, the downfall of Tyre is compared to the shipwreck of a fine vessel.     Now you are wrecked by the seas,         in the depths of the waters;     your merchandise and all your crew in your midst         have sunk [...]