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  • Ezekiel 15:1-8 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    Grape vines produce wonderful grapes, but what of grape vines themselves? Otherwise pretty worthless! And so Jerusalem proved to be, and destined for fire.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 14 | Ezekiel 15:1-8

    And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying, "Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work? Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!"

    Therefore thus saith the Lord YHWH: "As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am YHWH, when I set my face against them. And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord YHWH."

    10 min
  • Ezekiel 13:1-23 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    Why did the Israelites not heed what the prophets said? But they did! They listened to prophets. It was just the false prophets they heeded, who promised peace and security for Jerusalem. The false prophets would be excised from Israelite memory, just as Ezekiel prophesied.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 12 | Ezekiel 13:1-23

    22 min
  • Ezekiel 12:1-28 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    The Israelites remained a rebellious house, able to see and hear but refusing to do so. The prince would be humiliated. They presumed the time of judgment was far off, yet it proved very near. Disaster was close at hand.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 11 | Ezekiel 12:1-28

    21 min
  • Ezekiel 10:15-11:25 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    The abominations and the judgment were one thing. Now Ezekiel saw something truly astonishing and horrifying: the glory of YHWH departed from Jerusalem. He would be a Sanctuary for His people in exile, but all hope for Jerusalem was gone.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 10 | Ezekiel 10:15-11:25

    21 min
  • Ezekiel 8:1-18 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    Ezekiel is transported in a vision to see Jerusalem. He would see great abominations. All who heard would understand why YHWH had no other remedy than judgment in His wrath.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 8 | Ezekiel 8:1-18

    And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord YHWH fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal. And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

    Then said he unto me, "Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north."

    So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
    And he said unto me, "Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But thou shalt again see yet other great abominations."

    And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

    Then said he unto me, "Son of man, dig now in the wall:"
    and when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door.
    And he said unto me, "Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here."
    So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
    Then said he unto me, "Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, 'YHWH seeth us not; YHWH hath forsaken the land.'"
    He said also unto me, "Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do."

    Then he brought me to the door of the gate of YHWH's house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.

    Then said he unto me, "Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these."

    And he brought me into the inner court of YHWH's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, "O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them."

    21 min
  • Ezekiel 6:1-7:27 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    In the midst of the sign-acts Ezekiel would indict the Israelites for their transgressions. Their idolatry would come at a heavy cost. They had trusted in these gods; they would learn far too late how they would not deliver in the hour of distress.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 7 | Ezekiel 6:1-7:27

    22 min
  • Ezekiel 5:1-17 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    Ezekiel was called upon to endure a most harrowing shave. But it would be nothing like the terror and devastation which he prophesied would come upon his people in Jerusalem.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 6 | Ezekiel 5:1-17

    "And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel."
    Thus saith the Lord YHWH: "This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her. And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them."
    Therefore thus saith the Lord YHWH: "Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;"
    therefore thus saith the Lord YHWH: "Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.
    "Wherefore, as I live," saith the Lord YHWH, "surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity. A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them. Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, YHWH, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them. Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, YHWH, have spoken it); when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread; and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, YHWH, have spoken it."
    22 min
  • Ezekiel 4:1-17 | And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH

    YHWH began speaking to Israel through Ezekiel through sign-acts. They would not like the fate of Jerusalem he would vividly enact.

    And You Shall Know That I Am YHWH | Episode 5 | Ezekiel 4:1-17

    "Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about. And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee. And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it. And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
    Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof. And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man."
    And YHWH said, "Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them." Then said "I, Ah Lord YHWH! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth."
    Then he said unto me, "See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay: that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity."
    22 min

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