Study 4 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel
6 and 7
1.
Chapter
6. Against what sin is the Lord’s anger particularly directed? In what forms is
it found today?
2.
What
refrain frequently recurs in these two chapters? What does it teach us about
the purpose behind Ezekiel’s prophesying?
3.
Contrast
the phrase ‘I will punish you according to your ways’ (7:9) with Ps. 103:10;
and see Pr. 1:24, 29-31; 2 Cor. 6:1, 2. What warning for the careless and
indifferent does this contrast suggest?
4.
What
can be learnt from 7:14-27 about the right and wrong uses of money? In what
ways can it become a stumbling-block to the follower of Christ?
Notes
1.
6:3.
‘Your high places’: the word originally meant a height or eminence. But as
these were used as the sites of temples and shrines, the word came to mean
‘sanctuaries’, as here. Cf. Dt. 12:2, 3.
2.
7:20.
‘They prided themselves upon the beauty of their silver and their gold, and
make out of them…idols’ (Moffat). Cf. Ho. 2:8.
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