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Ezekiel 1-24 - Oracles against God’s People
Ezekiel 1:1-3 - Ezekiel the Priest
Ezekiel 1:4-28 - The Glory of the Lord
Ezekiel 2:1-3:15 - Ezekiel Commissioned
Ezekiel 3:16-27 - Ezekiel the Watchman
Ezekiel 4:1-5:4 - The Dramatization of Jerusalem’s Siege
Ezekiel 4:1-3 - A Sign for Israel
Ezekiel 4:4-8 - Israel’s Punishment
Ezekiel 4:9-17 - Lack of Food
Ezekiel 5:1-4 - The Fate of Jerusalem’s People
Purpose of Book
The purpose of Ezekiel is Yahweh rebukes His people for their sinfulness and He promises to restore His glory so all nations will know He is the one true Lord.
In short, the purpose of Ezekiel is the glory of God.
Main Point
After Ezekiel is commissioned, God commands Ezekiel to act out the siege of Jerusalem.
This warning of judgment comes to pass because it is decreed by God Himself.
Ezekiel 4:1-3 - A Sign for Israel
1 “And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
Ezekiel is commanded to make a model of Jerusalem on a brick
As we will see this model reveals Jerusalem will come under siege
2 And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it.
The elements found in this verse would not have been drawn upon the brick, but would have been models made to put against the brick
Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
The latest technology used by the Babylonians, yet the Babylonians were not the house of Israel’s biggest problem
3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it.
The iron griddle represent a total severing between God and Israel because the iron barrier cannot be broken
Jeremiah writes about the dark reality of the destruction of Jerusalem
Furthermore, there is no communication between Yahweh and His people - remember Ezekiel WAS FORBIDDEN to intercede on behalf of Jerusalem
Ezekiel will set his face towards the city - Yahweh’s judgment is settled and ACTIVE, He will not relent of Jerusalem’s siege
Remember, God is the enemy of the house of Israel - Babylon is the means
This is a sign for the house of Israel.
All of the tribes of Israel
Christ Connection - Christ Rescues us from the Wrath of God
Ezekiel 4:4-8 - Israel’s Punishment
4 “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it.
The house of Israel here does not simply mean the northern kingdom, it deals with the entire nation of Israel and her sinful disobedience
For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment.
5 For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment.
The years are most likely 976 BC to 586 BC
976BC - When the glory of God filled Solomon’s Temple
586 BC - When Jerusalem falls
For those 390 years the nation of Israel would provoke Yahweh by worshipping other gods
So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.
Bearing the punishment was a priestly duty
6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah.
It is most likely Ezekiel did this for a few hours each day where the most people would see him
House of Judah is used interchangeably as House of Israel - Nation as a total
Forty days I assign you, a day for each year.
The days serve as a generation
The 40 days serve the 40 years of exile
Together the years add up to 430 years
Maybe, just maybe a new exodus can be had after Yahweh’s judgment is given against the disobedient nation
7 And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city.
Ezekiel’s arm is bared - military symbolism of a warrior getting ready for battle
8 And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
Yahweh has total control over Ezekiel - He is unable to do whatever he pleases
Christ Connection - Christ Atones for Our Guilt
Ezekiel 4:9-17 - Lack of Food
9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them.
This is a siege diet because of the scarcity of food
During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.
In front of the audience, Ezekiel is to eat the bread revealing the siege diet that is coming to Jerusalem
He did this during the 390 days, not 40
10 And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
The food he will eat will be about 8 ounces
11 And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from day to day you shall drink.
The water he will drink will be 2/3 of a quart
Jerusalem will be near starvation during the siege
12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.”
Barley cake was the food eaten by the poor
13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
The exiles were in a state of being unclean
14 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.
From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.”
What died of itself or torn by beasts
Tainted meat
15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
This would shock the audience who watched Ezekiel
This is meant to get the exiles to take seriously the coming fall of Jerusalem
16 Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem.
Yahweh has not broken the Sinai covenant, instead He is actually keeping/enacting the covenant showing He expects His people to adhere to the covenant
They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
The emotional strain caused by this will be great upon the citizens of Jerusalem
17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
Christ Connection - Christ leads us in our Exile to our Eternal Promised Land
Ezekiel 5:1-4 - The Fate of Jerusalem’s People
1 “And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword.
Use it as a barber’s razor and pass it over your head and your beard.
The removal of Ezekiel’s hair would symbolize humiliation
Furthermore, doing with a sword shows military force
Jerusalem will be humiliated by the Babylonian military - there is no hope that God will relent on His judgment
Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.
This division will be exact - the Lord’s judgment on the house of Israel will be exact and precise
2 A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed.
1/3 will die in the siege
And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city.
1/3 will die by the Babylonian army
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