“Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.” (Ezekiel 19:13) This chapter is a lament that reflects upon the downfall of God’s people, particularly their kings. Let us learn from the failings of the children of Israel not to exchange living water for the pleasures...

“But the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Is it my ways that are unfair, house of Israel? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?” (Ezekiel 18:29) Have you ever felt that God was unjust? Scripture tells us it is impossible for humans to fully comprehend...

“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high towering mountain. I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain...

 “‘For this is what the Lord God says: I will deal with you according to what you have done, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a...

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says, “Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.” (Ezekiel 15:6) The Bible often uses the image of the vine to...

“Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your detestable things.’” (Ezekiel 14:6) While much of the discussion about idolatry in the Old Testament involved physical idols, here we see Ezekiel...

“This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.” (Ezekiel 13:3) There were false prophets in Ezekiel’s time who spoke in accordance with their own thoughts rather than the message of God. Jesus tells us to be aware...

Again the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes, ‘The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?” (Ezekiel 12:21-22) Since the judgment that prophets before Ezekiel had spoken about had not come,...

“I will give them integrity of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, so that they will follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them. They will be my people, and...

Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. The cherubim lifted their wings and ascended from the earth right before my eyes; the wheels were beside them as they went. The glory of the God of Israel was above...