EZEKIEL B.S. No.

6 Paphos December 1st 2005

Reading: Ezekiel 6 and 7

Subjects: Chapter 6. A prophecy against the mountains of Israel
Chapter 7. The end has come.

Questions on Chapter 6
1. Ezekiel 6:1-2. Why does Ezekiel address the people under the figure ‘the mountains
of Israel’?

2. What happened in Israel despite the reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah? 2 Kings 18:4
and 23:5.

3. Ezekiel 6:7. How often is the sentence ‘You will know that I am the Lord’ used?
Examine and explore its meaning.

4. Ezekiel 6:9. What do you know from Scripture about the ‘grief of God’? How will
some escape his judgment?

5. Ezekiel 6:14. What does ‘from the desert to Diblah or Riblah mean’?

6. Why is Ezekiel’s greater concern the vindication of God’s honour rather than the
fate of sinners?

Questions on Chapter 7
7. Chapters 6 and 7. What influence does Leviticus 26 have on the theology and
vocabulary of Ezekiel. Give some examples.

8. Ezekiel 7:3-4. What evidence is there that Israel deserved God’s punishment?

9. Ezekiel 7: 20 & 23. What two dimensions of Israel’s wickedness are mentioned
here?

10. Ezekiel 7:11-13,19-20 and 26-27. What would happen to the economy? What
would happen to the religious and political leaders? What signs are there today of
similar happenings?

11. Ezekiel 7:22, 25 and 27. How should we apply the certainty of God’s purposes to
ourselves and to our fellow human beings?