Tag: Ezekiel

Ezekiel 22 There is no relationship close enough to prevent perversion in the society described here whether neighbor, relative by marriage, or relative by birth. Ezekiel mentions killing for hire and predatory lending. All these things are found in our societies today.

Ezekiel 21 The statement that “every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water” indicates that this tribulation will be so great that even the righteous will wilt in the intensity of it.

Ezekiel 20 The Lord is refusing to be accept supplication or any form of worship from people who choose to also worship idols. It just occurred to me how lost the Jews are from a religious perspective. It is most easily identifiable by the fact that despite their history of building temples they worship as…

Ezekiel 19 Israel was born of a very strong mother but has become subjected to other nations inconsequence of their wickedness.

Ezekiel 18 I really like the comment that the Lord has no pleasure in seeing the wicked die rather than repent.

Ezekiel 17 If Israel had listened to Jeremiah they would have prospered under the control of Babylon. Instead they broke their covenant with Nebuchadnezzar just as they had repeatedly broken their covenant with the Lord.

Ezekiel 16 This is a very complete condemnation of Israel as Ezekiel recounts how the Lord took Israel from abandonment and brought her to glory followed by a reminder of how she took that glory and turned away from the Lord and chose those who had spurned her before. “Women who break wedlock and shed…

Ezekiel 14 – 15 This is interesting. The Lord promises that those who seek counsel of him through His chosen servants but do so having set their hearts upon idols or while clinging to their iniquity will receive answers as if from their idols with no assurance that there is any truth in the answers…

Ezekiel 13 It seems very fitting that the Lord should declare that the words of those who falsely speak in His name should not be included in the record of His people. It is interesting to read about some of the sorcery that was practiced in Israel.

Ezekiel 11 – 12 I have been very curious about the timing of when Ezekiel lived and prophesied so I looked it up and found that he lived at the time of Nephi and prophesied from Babylon while Nephi and his siblings and kin were settling the promised land. This writing sounds like it was…