Ezekiel 27 – The Shipwreck of Tyre “Ezekiel’s description is considered a classic on the nature, scope and variety of the commerce of the ancient world, together with an invaluable geographic list of the chief cities concerned.” (Charles Feinberg) A. The glorious ship of Tyre. 1. (1-3a) A lamentation for Tyre. The word of the…
Ezekiel 26 – Greedy Tyre is No More A. Certain judgment against Tyre. 1. (1-2) Announcing the fall of Tyre. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem,…
Ezekiel 25 – Judgment on the Nations Near Judah A. Judgment upon Ammon. 1. (1-5) Against the Ammonites. The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them. Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord…
Ezekiel 24 – The Death of the Prophet’s Wife A. The parable of the boiling cauldron. 1. (1-2) The start of the siege of Jerusalem. Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, write down…
Ezekiel 23 – Oholah and Oholibah A. The sins and judgment of Oholah (Samaria and the kingdom of Israel). 1. (1-4) Two symbolic sisters, Oholah and Oholibah. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:“Son of man, there were two women,The daughters of one mother.They committed harlotry in Egypt,They committed harlotry in their…
Ezekiel 22 – The Bloody City and the Judgment to Come Upon It A. The corruption of Jerusalem and her leaders. 1. (1-5) The guilt and the judgment of Jerusalem, the bloody city. Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city?…
Ezekiel 21 – The Sword of Yahweh’s Judgment “No chapter in the Bible speaks more prominently and fully of the sword of the Lord than does this chapter which has been called the sword song or the prophecy of the sword.” (Charles Feinberg) A. The sword of the LORD comes against Jerusalem. 1. (1-5) The…
Lamentations 5 – From Desolation, Hope for Restoration “Though this chapter consists of exactly twenty-two verses, the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, yet the acrostic form is no longer observed. Perhaps any thing so technical was not thought proper when in agony and distress (under a sense of God’s displeasure on account of…
Lamentations 4 – The Woe of the Daughter of Zion A. The punishment of the Daughter of Zion. 1. (1-2) The dimmed gold of Zion. How the gold has become dim!How changed the fine gold!The stones of the sanctuary are scatteredAt the head of every street.The precious sons of Zion,Valuable as fine gold,How they are…
Lamentations 3 – “Great Is Your Faithfulness” Video for Lamentations 3: Lamentations 3 – God’s Mercy in the Midst of Disaster “The third poem is significantly different in structure from the others, being made up of single lines grouped in threes, and commencing with the same consonant of the Hebrew alphabet.” (R.K. Harrison) “In the…
Lamentations 2 – Purpose Proposed, Purpose Fulfilled A. God as the enemy of Jerusalem. 1. (1-5) The Lord as Jerusalem’s enemy. How the Lord has covered the daughter of ZionWith a cloud in His anger!He cast down from heaven to the earthThe beauty of Israel,And did not remember His footstoolIn the day of His anger.The…
Lamentations 1 – Mourning Over the Fallen City The Book of Lamentations is the collection of five poems or songs mourning the conquest of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah. “Dirge poetry of the kind exemplified by Lamentations was by no means uncommon in Near Eastern antiquity. The author of Lamentations stood therefore in a…