Lunch Ezekiel 4 and 5
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Second part of 4 and 5
Second part of 4 and 5
And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 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.” Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay. 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.
Abnormal conditions .. lose homeland, city, temple and be captives driven into the land of the enemy… everything is changing, has changed and will yet change more for those still in jerusaem
The hair symbolizes the people
“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. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair. A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
this is what is coming
A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them. And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
Those in Jerusalem think the puppet government is bad … but no …it is not going back to normal, God isn’t done yet…. All of the things Zeke has done is to freak them out and get their attentions
Also Zeke is doing things priests cannot do, …
“Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are all around you, and have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, and have not even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations. And because of all your abominations I will do with you what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again. Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—when I spend my fury upon them. Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an object of reproach among the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. You shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations all around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— when I send against you the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you and break your supply of bread. I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”
It is a dark picture, but there is a little hair left, some will go back to the Land..a remnant will be saved; after judgement there is a chance to return but only a remnant..
The divine council thing shows up since God uses other divine beings in the role of judgment, the first born death looks to be the Angel of the Lord, (Jesus) for example,
But we have a phrase we just read – arrows are associated with famine, death and siege violence, yes, but why famine? No obvious connection for us, But if you were an Israelite … let’s go to another passage …. The key term here is
Respeph
Respeph
This is a deity name …also a plague, but that comes with the deity
“ ‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
Hunger is raab
Plague is resheph
Pestilence is keteb
Behemoth
Key terms here raab, famine, resheph plague, keteb pestilence and destruction
In texts like Habakkuk 3, Job 5, Psalm 76 … these names follow God in Judgment
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
O Lord, I have heard the report of you,
and your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
in wrath remember mercy.
God came from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed at his heels.
He stood and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the eternal mountains were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were the everlasting ways.
We have translated deity names that have these effects to the effects only and that is a problem,
You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
All of these are names …
The council, which is odd, is all over the OT – Dan. 4, and 7; 1 Kings 22 ect
There is a litany in these chapters 9 sign acts pointed to Jerusalem and destruction by the judgment of God, Zeke has to tell them but they are accountable for their sin, some of the exiles may have been thinking at least my friends and family at home are okay – not so much, all of us are getting hit, maybe we should listen and repent because each of us contributed to this judgement there will be a remnant, repent and be a part, but that is pretty rare in the case of prophets, Jeremiah had one. This continues until Jerusalem is destroyed…
“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—when I spend my fury upon them.
Angry at rebellion… sin is more than mistakes, it is rebellion and adultery to God
There is no sacrifice for these sins at the time, God is angry, makes sense, In Deut 26 and 29 there are lists of blessings and cursings… the prophet is here to give a heads up, lose your loyalty this happens
God says I will make you a harlot … you will know the dark side of me…
We need to be more accepting of the supernatural …it is around us and we have taught people to ignore it - -but God is supernatural …