Study 17 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel
24
A last picture of Jerusalem
before its destruction---a rusted pot set on a fire, with flesh being boiled in
it. The flesh is taken out and scattered, symbolizing the dispersion of the
people of the city; and the pot is then left on the fire, a symbol of the city
lying waste and burned.
1.
Verses
1-14. Compare what the chief men of Jerusalem said in 11:3 (see Study 7,
Question 1) with what God says here concerning the city and its people. What
may we learn from this? Cf. 1 Thes. 5:3;
2 Pet. 3:4.
2.
Verses
15-27. How is Ezekiel’s wife described in verse 16? Yet God make this painful
experience also a means of ministry. What was it designed to demonstrate? See
verses 24 and 27. Can you think of other instances where the sufferings of a
servant of God have been made to serve God’s design, no matter at what cost to
the sufferer? Cf. Col. 1:24.
Notes
1.
Verse
23. The people would be too stunned by the evil tidings to take any action.
2.
Verse
27. Cf. 3:26, 27.
