http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/Brief exposition of thought in regard to a scripture verse or passage I read.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/743317Ezekiel 24:13--"In your filthiness is lewdness, Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you." Something that is filthy takes a lot more effort to clean. It requires scrubbing, and I am not...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742294Ezekiel 23:4--"Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters, As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Ololibah." This verse establishes the following chapter through metaphor that the sister kingdoms of Samaria--i.e....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742234Ezekiel 22:30--"So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one." A problem for Israel, and for humankind as a whole, is that all have sinned. Israel and Judah had hopelessly sinned, and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742185Ezekiel 21:31-32--"I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy. You shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, For I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742130Ezekiel 20:22--"Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out." The Lord's name--that is His honor and reputation--must not be in any way tarnished. For that reason, He did not put...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742070Ezekiel 19:11-12--"She had strong branches for scepters of rulers. She towered in stature above the thick branches, And was seen in her height amid the dense foliage. But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/742009Ezekiel 18:20--"The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guild of the father, not the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." Those caught and exposed as wicked tend to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/741958Ezekiel 17:22-24--"Thus says the Lord G OD: 'I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/741900Ezekiel 16:20--"Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrifieced to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter?" We have read in the Bible of godly parents dedicating their children to God, e.g. Manoah and his wife who bore Samson,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam7898/741831Ezekiel 15:5--"Indeed, when it was whole no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?" In prophecy, the rebellious people are being compared to the vine part of a tree. They were a stiff-necked people who did not...