bible+culture 2012 ezekiel 3 - chapters 14-24
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Day 3 of my material on Ezekiel at Bible & Culture 2012, looking at chapters 14–24.TRANSCRIPT
Ezekiel part 3
3rd collection of oracles of judgment
14:1 – 19:14
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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
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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