Evening in an exiles’ settlement by a canal: a beaten-earth lane between low mud-brick houses, every plank door shut, lamplight under one, palms and the canal beyond.

Visions of glory

Ezekiel 2

What do you say to people who may never listen?

10 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1–3Visions of gloryBy the Kebar, about 593 BC: the throne, the scroll, the watchmanChapter 2
4–7Signs of the siegeA brick, a ration, a razor: the end has come
8–11The glory departsAbout 592 BC: the temple’s abominations, the mark, the glory goes east
12–15False hopesExile acted out, false prophets, a useless vine
16–19Parables and lamentsAn unfaithful bride, two eagles, the one who sins
20–24The sword drawnRebellion retold; the siege begins, about 588 BC
25–32The nations judgedAmmon to Egypt: the LORD is Judge of all the earth
33–36A new heartThe city falls; the Good Shepherd; cleansed and made new
37–39Dry bones liveOne people raised up, and Gog of Magog defeated
40–48The LORD is thereAbout 573 BC: the new temple, the river, the land

Ezekiel’s Call

God

“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

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Ezekiel

Seen from behind, a bearded priest in a white linen tunic and brown mantle rises from his knees on a wet canal bank, his mantle stirred by a sudden wind, brilliant light ahead of him falling over the plain.

And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

God

A narrow lane of mud-brick houses at midday: a row of plain wooden plank doors, every one shut, a man’s back just disappearing as one closes.

“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

God

And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Question

Quick question

Listen to how each speech in this chapter begins.

What does the LORD call Ezekiel again and again?

God

Close at ground level on stony dry ground: a tangle of thorny brier stems, and on a flat stone among them a pale desert scorpion, tail curled.

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

God

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 2:7

God

And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Ezekiel

A long scroll of pale leather hangs unrolled in the air, seen edge-on, held in brilliant white light from above, the dark canal plain below.

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll, which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Pray

Lord GOD, set me on my feet by Your Spirit. Take away my fear of faces and words. Give me Your words, and let me speak them whether anyone listens or not. Amen.

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But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 2:7

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