Ezekiel 40-42 Visions of the House of Yahweh

Visions of the House of Yahweh

Eze 40:3-4 LSB - 

[3] So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 

[4] And the man spoke to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show [it] to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you are seeing."

The East Gate

The Outer Court Chambers

The North Gate

The South Gate

The Inner Court Gates

The Chambers for the Priests

Eze 40:44 LSB - [44] From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, [one of] which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north.

The Porch

The Nave

The Holy of Holies

The Wall, Side Chambers, and West Building

The Measurements of the Building

Carvings and Furnishings

The Chambers

Ezekiel 37-39 Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God

Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones

Eze 37:4-6 LSB - 

[4] Then He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.' 

[5] "Thus says Lord Yahweh to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 

[6] 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh come up upon you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Eze 37:12-14 LSB - 

[12] "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 

[13] "Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. 

[14] "And I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done it," declares Yahweh.'"

Israel Will No Longer be Divided

Eze 37:22-23 LSB - 

[22] and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 

[23] "They also will no longer defile themselves with their idols or with their detestable things or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their [places of] habitation in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant

Eze 37:24 LSB - [24] "And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My judgments and keep My statutes and do them.

Eze 37:27 LSB - [27] "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Prophecy Against Gog

Eze 38:20 LSB - [20] "And the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will quake at My presence; the mountains also will be pulled down, the steep pathways will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.

Eze 38:23 LSB - [23] "And I will magnify Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh."'

Prophecy About Gog’s Judgment

Eze 39:4 LSB - [4] "You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.

Eze 39:24 LSB - [24] "According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them."'"

Israel Will Live in Security

Eze 39:27-29 LSB - 

[27] "When I return them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall prove Myself holy through them in the sight of the many nations. 

[28] "Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then collected them [again] to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. 

[29] "And I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 34-36 Yahweh Will Shepherd His Flock

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel

Eze 34:10 LSB - [10] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them."'"

Yahweh Will Shepherd His Flock

Eze 34:14-16 LSB - 

[14] "I will shepherd them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and [be] shepherded in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 

[15] "I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down," declares Lord Yahweh. 

[16] "I will search for the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with judgment.

Eze 34:23-24 LSB - 

[23] "Then I will establish over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them; he will shepherd them himself and be their shepherd. 

[24] "And I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Yahweh’s Covenant of Peace

Eze 34:25-26 LSB - 

[25] "I will cut a covenant of peace with them and cause harmful beasts to cease from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 

[26] "I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

Eze 34:31 LSB - [31] "As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God," declares Lord Yahweh.

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

Eze 35:15 LSB - [15] "As you delighted over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."'

Mountains of Israel Will Bear Fruit

Eze 36:8 LSB - [8] 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

Yahweh’s Name Profaned Among the Nations

Eze 36:21 LSB - [21] "But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

They Will Know That I Am Yahweh

Eze 36:22 LSB - [22] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, to which you have come.

Eze 36:25-27 LSB - 

[25] "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols. 

[26] "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 

[27] "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to do My judgments.

Eze 36:35-38 LSB - 

[35] "And they will say, 'This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified [and] inhabited.' 

[36] "Then the nations that remain all around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt the ruined places [and] planted that which was desolate; I, Yahweh, have spoken and will do it." 

[37] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "This also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. 

[38] "Like the flock for holy [offerings], like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed times, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."'"

Ezekiel 31-33 Ezekiel, Israel’s Watchman

Egypt Will Be Brought Down to Sheol

Eze 31:9 LSB - [9] 'I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage, And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

Eze 31:18 LSB - [18] "To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken [yourself] in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!"' declares Lord Yahweh."

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

Eze 32:21 LSB - [21] "The dominant among the mighty ones shall speak of him [and] his helpers from the midst of Sheol, 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

Ezekiel, Israel’s Watchman

Eze 33:7 LSB - [7] "Now as for you, son of man, I have given you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a word from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

Heb 13:17 LSB - [17] Obey your leaders and submit [to them]--for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account--so that they will do this with joy and not with groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Eze 33:18-19 LSB -
[18] "When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does iniquity, then he shall die in it.
[19] "But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does justice and righteousness, he will live by them.

2Pe 2:20-22 LSB -
[20] For if they are overcome, having [both] escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been entangled in them, [then] the last state has become worse for them than the first.
[21] For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
[22] The [message] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, [returns] to wallowing in the mire."

 

Jerusalem Has Been Struck Down

Eze 33:30-33 LSB - 

[30] "But as for you, son of man, the sons of your people who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, 'Come now and hear what the word is which comes forth from Yahweh.' 

[31] "They come to you as people come and sit before you [as] My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires [expressed] by their mouth, [and] their heart goes after their greedy gain. 

[32] "Behold, you are to them like a lustful song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not do them. 

[33] "So when it comes to pass--behold, it is coming--then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

Ezekiel 28-30 - You make your heart like the heart of God

Prophesy Against the King of Tyre

Eze 28:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 

'Thus says Lord Yahweh, 

"Because your heart is lofty 

And you have said, 

'I am a god; 

I sit enthroned in the seat of gods 

In the heart of the seas'; 

Yet you are a man and not God, 

Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- 

[3] Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; 

There is no secret that is a match for you.

Eze 28:9 LSB - [9] 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of the one who kills you, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who slay you?

Lament over the King of Tyre

Eze 28:15-17 LSB - 

[15] "You were blameless in your ways 

From the day you were created 

Until unrighteousness was found in you. 

[16] "By the abundance of your trade 

You were internally filled with violence, 

And you sinned; 

Therefore I have cast you as profane 

From the mountain of God. 

And I have destroyed you, 

O covering cherub, 

From the midst of the stones of fire. 

[17] "Your heart was lofty because of your beauty; 

You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. 

I cast you to the ground; 

I put you before kings, 

That they may see you.

Prophesy Against Sidon

Eze 28:24 LSB - [24] "And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh."

Israel Regathered

Prophesy Against Egypt

Eze 29:9 LSB - [9] "The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made [it],'

Eze 29:21 LSB - [21] "On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."

Psa 148:14 LSB - [14] And He has raised up a horn for His people, Praise for all His holy ones; For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise Yah!

 

Those Who Support Egypt Will Fall

Eze 30:10 LSB - [10] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "I will also make the multitude of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Yahweh Scatters the Egyptians

Eze 30:25-26 LSB - 

[25] 'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 

[26] 'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Ezekiel 25-27 - They will know that I am Yahweh

Prophesy Against Ammon

Eze 25:7 LSB - [7] therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I will give you for plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh."

Prophesy Against Moab

Eze 25:11 LSB - [11] "Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh."

Prophesy Against Edom

Eze 25:14 LSB - [14] "I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance," declares Lord Yahweh.

Prophesy Against Philistia

Eze 25:17 LSB - [17] "So I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful reproofs; and they will know that I am Yahweh when I lay My vengeance on them."'"

Prophesy Against Tyre

Eze 26:6 LSB - [6] 'Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Eze 26:21 LSB - [21] "I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again," declares Lord Yahweh.

Lament over Tyre

Eze 27:2-3, 36 LSB - 

[2] "Now as for you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre 

[3] and say to Tyre, who inhabits the entrance to the sea, a trader of the peoples to many coastlands, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' ... 

[36] 'The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; You have become terrified, And you will cease to be forever.'"'"

Ezekiel 22-24 Oholah and Oholibah

The Abominations of Israel

Eze 22:30 LSB - [30] "And I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not bring it to ruin; but I found no one.

Jer 5:1 LSB - [1] "Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see now and know, And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness, Then I will pardon her.

 

The Harlotries of Oholah and Oholibah

Eze 23:2-4 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; 

[3] and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed, and there their virgin bosom was handled. 

[4] "Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And [as for] their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

Eze 23:45 LSB - [45] "But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

The Parable of the Boiling Pot

Eze 24:13-14 LSB - 

[13] "In your uncleanness is lewdness. Because I [would] have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean; You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again Until I have caused My wrath against you to be at rest. 

[14] "I, Yahweh, have spoken; it is coming, and I will act. I will not regret, and I will not pity, and I will not relent; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares Lord Yahweh.'"

Ezekiel’s Wife Dies as a Sign

Eze 24:16-17 LSB - 

[16] "Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come. 

[17] "Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your headdress and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover [your] mustache and do not eat the bread of men."

Eze 24:21 LSB - [21] 'Say to the house of Israel, "Thus says Lord Yahweh, 'Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.