Study 13 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel 20:1-44
This section is a review of
Israel’s history (verses 5:31), with a prophecy of what God will yet do (verses
32-44). The review of history covers (a)
the time in Egypt (verses 5-9); (b) in the wilderness (verses 10-17 and 18-26);
and (c) in the land of Canaan (verses 27-31). With verses 1-3, cf. 14:1, 2.
1.
Analyze
the repeated poetical pattern found in verses 5-9, 10-14, 15-17, 18-22. What
restrained God from pouring out His wrath? What does this reveal of God’s
character? How does it show what is the one and only guarantee of our salvation?
Cf. 1 Sa. 12:22.
2.
To
what tow conclusions does God say He will ultimately bring His people Israel
(verse 42-44)? Has a like conviction been wrought in us?
Notes
1.
Verse
25 is a Hebrew way of saying, ‘I gave them good statutes but they had a bad
effect; I thereby condemned those who were disobedient and I defiled those who
performed human sacrifices.’ Cf. Rom. 5:20.
2.
Verse
37. ‘Pass under the rod’: the eastern shepherd makes his sheep pass one by one
under his staff, held horizontally, to count and examine them.
