Some thoughts on Scripture

Ezekiel 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 it... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 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,... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 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 turn... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 14:10--"And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired." False prophets abound for one reason: they have an audience of people with itching ears, that is, people eager to believe everything will be easy for them... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 13:10-11--"Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace--and one builds a wall, and they plaster with untempered mortar. Say to those who plaster it with untempered morta, that it will fail. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 12:25--" 'For I am the L ORD, I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,' says the Lord G OD." A proverb had gone out among the rebellious people of Israel lamenting that... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 11:19--"Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh." In various places in the Old Testament, words of prophesy speak of a time when the spiritless, rebellious heart of God's chosen... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 10:18--"Then the glory of the L ORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. " In the Biblical accounts of Solomon, we read of how the Lord filled the temple. That was glorious, for the Lord was dwelling among a chosen people, the Jews. Alas, that people turned... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 9:2,4--"And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.... And the L ORD said to him, 'Go... Sign in to see full entry.

Ezekiel 8:12--"Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, "The L ORD does not see us, the L ORD has forsaken the land." ' " The wicked erroneously think that they can hide their evil from the... Sign in to see full entry.