ezekiel chapter twenty-eight

EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

ESTHER (485-465BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

JUDGEMENT OF THE KING OF TYRE V. 1-10

LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE V. 11-19

JUDGMENT AGAINST SIDON V. 20-24

ISRAEL'S FUTURE BLESSING V. 25-26

READ: EZEKIEL 28: 1-2

PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE KING OF TYRE

1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas, 'Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2


2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,‘ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god.

WHAT DID THE KING OF TYRE SAY?

'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

you are a man, and not a god

‘though you set your heart as the heart of a god’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 22 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,‘ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?‘you are a man, and not a god’

WHAT DID SATAN SAY TO EVE?READ: GENESIS 3:4-5

4 The serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." NKJV



WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 9:19-20

19 Arise, O LORD, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD, That the nations may know themselves to be but men. NKJV



WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 82:6-7

6 I said: "You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High. 7 But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.“ NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?‘you are a man and not a god’

‘Though you set your heart as the heart of a god‘

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH? WHY?READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:15

15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely,That said in her heart: "I am it, and there is none besides me.“ How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

‘you are a man and not a god’‘Though you set your heart as the heart of a god‘

WHAT HAPPENED TO HEROD? WHY?

READ: ACTS 12:21-2321 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting: "The voice of a god and not of a man!" 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. NKJV



WHO IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT?WHO IS THE SON OF PERIDITION?

READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-43 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2WHO IS LUCIFER?

WHAT HAPPENED TO LUCIFER? WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 14:12-1512 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground,

You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,I will be like the Most High.' 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit. NKJV



WHO IS JOHN TALKING ABOUT?

READ: REVELATION 13:6-86 He opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.



3 (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

4 With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 3-4


3 (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

4 With your wisdom and your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"

WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?

WHAT DID WISDOM DO FOR HIM?

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS HEART?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 33 (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?Behold, you are wiser than Daniel

WHAT DID NEBACHADNEZZER DO?WHAT DID HE FIND?

READ: DANIEL 1:19-2019 The king interviewed them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king. 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 3WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel

WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?READ: DANIEL 2:20-23

20 Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. 22 He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. 23 "I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You,For You have made known to us the king's demand."


Behold, you are wiser than Daniel

WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?READ: DANIEL 2:30

30 But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. NKJV

WHAT DID NEBACHADNEZZER DO FOR DANIEL?READ: DANIEL 2:48

48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. NKJV



WHAT DID DARIUS DO FOR DANIEL? WHY?READ: DANIEL 6:1-4

1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. NKJV



WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT NOAH, DANIEL & JOB

READ: EZEKIEL 14:1414 “Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says the Lord GOD. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE & SIDON?

READ: ZECHARIAH 9:1-21 The burden of the word of the LORD Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the LORD); 2 Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 44 With your wisdom and your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;


WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF ASSYRIA?WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 10:12-1312 …. "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks." 13 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent; Also I have removed the boundaries of the people, And have robbed their treasuries; So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 44 With your wisdom and your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?

READ: ZECHARIAH 9:3-43 …Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 55 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"

WHAT DID WISDOM DO FOR HIM?

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS HEART?READ: PSALMS 52:6-7

7 "Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches,And strengthened himself in his wickedness.“ NKJV

READ: PSALMS 62:1010 Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 55 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS HEART?

WHAT DID EPHRAIM SAY?READ: HOSEA 12:8

8 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.' NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?READ: HOSEA 13:6

6 When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me. NKJV



6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

"Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.

8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.


6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.

8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.

WHY IS THE LORD PASSING JUDGMENT ON HIM?

‘you have set your heart as the heart of a god’

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HIM?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE KING OF TYRE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 66 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

WHY IS THE LORD PASSING JUDGMENT ON HIM?‘you have set your heart as the heart of a god’

READ: JEREMIAH 9:23-2423 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; 24 But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 6-76 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HIM?READ: EZEKIEL 7:24

24 … I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 6-76 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HIM?READ: HABAKKUK 1:6

6 … I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 88 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE KING OF TYRE?They shall throw you down into the Pit

you shall die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY WOULD HAPPEN?

READ: PSALMS 55:2323 You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You. NKJV




READ: EZEKIEL 26:1212 They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water. NKJV




READ: EZEKIEL 27:2727 "Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers,All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON?WHY?

READ: REVELATION 18:77 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.' NKJV



9 "Will you still say before him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.

10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.'"




10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of aliens; For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.'"

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE KING OF TYRE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE KING OF TYRE?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE KING OF TYRE?



WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE KING OF TYRE?

"Will you still say: 'I am a god'?”

WHY?

WHAT DID THE KING OF TYRE SAY?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:2

2 You say: 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,‘ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god.”



HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?‘you shall be a man, and not a god‘

READ: EZEKIEL 28:2

2 …. Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god.”

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 9-109 "Will you still say before him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?‘you shall be a man, and not a god‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 31:1-33 The Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall,And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 9-109 "Will you still say before him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?‘you shall be a man and not a god‘‘In the hand of him who slays you’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM?WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:49-5049 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 9-1010 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of aliens; For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.'"

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE KING OF TYRE?‘You shall die the death of the uncircumcised’

WHO ARE THE UNCIRCUMCISED?

WHAT DID JONATHAN SAY? WHY?READ: 1 SAMUEL 14:7

6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 9-10WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE KING OF TYRE?‘You shall die the death of the uncircumcised’

WHO ARE THE UNCIRCUMCISED?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 9:25-2625 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised — 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 28: 11-13LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:"You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 11-13LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1212 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?

HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE TYRE?

READ: EZEKIEL 27:2-33 Say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 12HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE TYRE?

You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT LUCIFER?READ: ISAIAH 14:12-14

12 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground,You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,I will be like the Most High.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1313 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?You were in Eden, the garden of God

WHERE DID THE LORD PUT ADAM?

READ: GENESIS 2:88 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1313 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?You were in Eden, the garden of God

HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE EGYPT?READ: EZEKIEL 31:8-9

8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. 9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,So that all the trees of Eden envied it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 13WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?

13 … Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.

HOW WAS AARON’S BREASTPLATE TO BE MADE?READ: EXODUS 28:15-20

17 You shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 13WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?

13 … Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.

WHAT DID SYRIA BRING TO TYRE?

READ: EZEKIEL 27:1616 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 13HOW DID JOHN DESCRIBE HEAVEN?

READ: REVELATION 21:18-2118 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. NKJV


14 "You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.

WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?‘You were the anointed cherub who covers’

WHAT IS A CHERUB? CHERUBIM?

WHAT DOES ANOINTED MEAN? CONSECRATED?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1414 "You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.

WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?‘You were the anointed cherub who covers’

WHAT IS A CHERUB? CHERUBIM?

WHERE DID THE LORD PLACE THE CHERUBIM?WHY?

READ: GENESIS 3:2424 He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 14WHAT IS A CHERUB? CHERUBIM?

WHERE DID MOSES PUT THE CHERUBS? WHY?READ: EXODUS 25:17-20

17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. 20 And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. NKJV


‘You were the anointed cherub who covers’


WHAT SHOULD MOSES ANOINT? WHY?READ: EXODUS 30:26-29

26 You shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy. NKJV




WHAT SHOULD MOSES ANOINT? WHY?READ: EXODUS 40:9-11

9 You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 10 You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy. 11 And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it. NKJV




WHO IS THE SON OF PERDITION?

WHAT IS HE DOING?READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4

3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1515 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.

WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF TYRE?You were perfect in your ways from the day you were createdTill iniquity was found in you

WHAT DID HIRAM SAY ABOUT SOLOMON?WHY?

READ:`1KINGS 5:77 So it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said,Blessed be the LORD this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people! NKJV


LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE

16 "By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.

17 "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.


16 "By the abundance of your trading you became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones. 17 "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE?became filled with violence within and sinned?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO TYRE?cast out of the mountain of God and destroyed?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1616 "By the abundance of your trading you became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones.

WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE?became filled with violence within and sinned

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO TYRE?cast out of the mountain of God and destroyed

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAYS OF NOAH?READ: GENESIS 6:11

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. NKJV




WHAT DID GOD DO TO ADAM? WHY?READ: GENESIS 3:24

24 He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO THE SINFUL?READ: PSALMS 89:39

39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO THE SINFUL?READ: HABAKKUK 2:17

17 The violence done to Lebanon will cover you,And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 17WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO TYRE?

I cast you to the ground & I laid you before kingsWHY?

Your heart was lifted up because of your beautyAnd you corrupted your wisdom

for the sake of your splendor

WHAT WILL GOD DO TO ASSYRIA? WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 10:1212 …. When the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks." NKJV





WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL?

READ: EZEKIEL 19:1212 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. NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:49-5049 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.


LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE

18 "You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you.

19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever."'"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 18-1918 "You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. 19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever."'"

HOW DID TYRE DEFILE HER SANCTUARIES?by the iniquity of her trading?

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?I brought fire from your midst

It devoured you and I turned you to ashesHOW WILL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD RESPOND?

the peoples are astonished at youyou have become a horror

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1818 "You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you.

WHAT DID THE LORD DO?I brought fire from your midst

It devoured you and I turned you to ashes

WHAT WILL THE HOUSE OF JACOB & JOSEPH DO?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOUSE OF ESAU?

READ: OBADIAH 1818 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them,And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,"For the LORD has spoken. NKJV




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?READ: MALACHI 4:3

3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,“ Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE?READ: ZECHARIAH 9:3-4

3 Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 1919 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever."'"

HOW WILL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD RESPOND?the peoples are astonished at you.

you have become a horror.

WHAT DID GOD SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO ISRAEL?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:3232 I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. NKJV




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:6464 You shall say: 'Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.‘ NKJV




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE?

READ: EZEKIEL 26:2121 I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord GOD. NKJV


PROCLAMATION AGAINST SIDON

20 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

21 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

22 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 20-22PROCLAMATION AGAINST SIDON

20 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,21 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her, 22 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her.

WHO WAS SIDON?WHY PROPHESY AGAINST SIDON?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SIDON?

WHAT WILL SIDON KNOW? WHEN?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2121 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

WHO WAS SIDON?GREAT GRANDSON OF NOAH?

READ: GENESIS 10:11 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. NKJV

READ: GENESIS 10:66 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. NKJV

READ: GENESIS 10:1515 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;


WHAT LAND DID ASHER INHERIT?READ: JOSHUA 19:28

28 Including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. NKJV

WHAT DID ASHER FAIL TO DO?READ: JUDGES 1:31-32

31 Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 The Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.


WHY PROPHESY AGAINST SIDON?

WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FAIL TO DO?READ: JUDGES 1:28

28 When Israel was strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out.

WHAT WAS THE RESULT?READ: JUDGES 10:6

6 The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: JUDGES 10:11-13

11 So the LORD said to the children of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites and from the people of Ammon and from the Philistines? 12 Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and Maonites oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more.



READ: 1 KINGS 11:3333 Because they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David. NKJV

WHAT DID AHAB DO?READ: 1 KINGS 16:31

31 …. he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him. NKJV



WHAT DID JOSIAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 23:13-1413 The king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2222 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SIDON?I will be glorified in your midst

WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO AARON? WHY?

READ: LEVITTCUS 10:33 And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.'“ So Aaron held his peace. NKJV



23 For I will send pestilence upon her, And blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

24 "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."



23 For I will send pestilence upon her, and blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst by the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

24 "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SIDON?

WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?

I am the Lord GOD



23 For I will send pestilence upon her, and blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst by the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SIDON?

WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?

READ: EZEKIEL 5:17

17 I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2424 "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SIDON?there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: NUMBERS 33:55

55 If you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell. NKJV



WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: JOSHUA 23:13

13 Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you. NKJV



WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO ISRAEL?READ: 2 SAMUEL 23:6

6 The sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?READ: ISAIAH 5:6

6 I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug,But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.



WHAT DID LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 2:6

6 “Son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house. NKJV


ISRAEL'S FUTURE BLESSING

25 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

26 And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God."'" NKJV





HOW WILL THE LORD BE HALLOWED? WHEN?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 25ISRAEL'S FUTURE BLESSING


HOW WILL THE LORD BE HALLOWED? WHEN?

READ: EZEKIEL 20:41-4241 …. When I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. 42 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2525 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL & JUDAH?READ: ISAIAH 11:12

12 He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 32:3737 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 2525 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

WHAT WILL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAY?

READ: JEREMIAH 23:7-87 “Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that they shall no longer say, 'As the LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,' 8 but, 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.' And they shall dwell in their own land." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 28: 25WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE GENTILES?

IS THIS CONDITIONAL?

READ: JEREMIAH 12:15-1715 Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land. 16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people. 17 But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the LORD. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL?


READ: LEVITICUS 25:18

18 You shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL?


READ: 1 KINGS 4:25

25 Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL?IS THIS CONDITIONAL?

READ: ISAIAH 65:2121 They shall build houses and inhabit them;They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 32:1515 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.“ NKJV



READ: JEREMIAH 17:24-2524 If you heed Me carefully," says the LORD, "to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, 25 then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever. NKJV



READ: HOSEA 2:1515 I will give 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

READ: HOSEA 11:1111 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like a dove from the land of Assyria. And I will let them dwell in their houses, Says the LORD. NKJV



READ: AMOS 9:14-1514 I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15 I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, Says the LORD your God. NKJV

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