Study 15 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel 22
This chapter falls into
three divisions: (a) description of the sins committed within the city (verses
1-16); (b) the certainty of judgment (verses 17:22); and (c) and indictment of
all classes of the community (verses 23-31).
1.
Group
the sins enumerated in verses 1-12 under the following two heads: (a)
religious, and (b) social. Notice how, with the loss of a true conception of
God, there follows the loss of filial piety, moral purity, and civic justice.
How far are the sins mentioned here prevalent among us today?
2.
What
four classes are mentioned in verses 24-29, and what charges are made against
them? What is the saddest feature of the situation, as stated in verse 30? Cf.
verse 19 (‘all become dross’) and Je. 5:1-5.
Notes
1.
Verse
4. ‘Your day’: i.e., the day of your judgment.
2.
Verse
13. Striking the hands was an expression of honour. Cf. 21:14, 17.
3.
Verse
30. ‘Build up the wall’ i.e., act as a bastion against the inroads of
wickedness.