EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (825-785BC)?JOEL (800BC)?HOSEA (785-725BC)?MICAH (785-710BC)?AMOS (784BC)?ISAIAH (701-681BC)?NAHUM (700BC)?ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?DANIEL (606-534BC)?HABAKKUK (598BC)?EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?OBADIAH (588-562BC)?EZRA (536-456BC)?HAGGAI (532-512BC)?ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?ESTHER (485-465BC)?NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?CYRUS (559-529BC)?BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

THE FALL OF THE KING OF EGYPT V. 1-6

THE GREATNESS OF HIS FALL V. 7-10

EGYPT IS LEFT DESOLATE V. 11-16

EGYPT & HER ALLIES DESTROYED V. 17-32

READ: EZEKIEL 32:1-2

LAMENTATION FOR PHARAOH AND EGYPT 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1-2

LAMENTATION FOR PHARAOH AND EGYPT 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.'

WHAT DAY IS THIS PROPHESY?HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED?

WHAT DOES THE LORD LIKEN THE PAHARAOH TO?like a young lion? - like a monster?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:11 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

WHAT DAY IS THIS PROPHESY?twelfth year, twelfth month, first day

HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED?ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER THIS PROPHESY?

READ: EZEKIEL 29:1-21 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:2


WHAT DOES THE LORD LIKEN THE PAHARAOH TO?like a young lion?

WHAT DID MOSES SAID ABOUT DAN?READ: DEUTERONOMY 33:22

22 And of Dan he said: "Dan is a lion's whelp;He shall leap from Bashan." NKJV



WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE GADITES?

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 12:88 Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains: NKJV



WHAT IS SAID ABOUT SOLOMON’S THRONE?READ: 1 KINGS 10:18-20

18 The king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 20 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom. NKJV

WHY LIONS?WHAT DO LIONS REPRESENT?



WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE KING’S WRATH?

READ: PROVERBS 19:1212 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion,

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE LIONS?

READ: PSALMS 104:21-2221 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens. NKJV



WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD?

READ: ISAIAH 31:44 "As a lion roars and a young lion over his prey …. So the LORD of hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:3838 They shall roar together like lions, They shall growl like lions' whelps. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO NINEVEH?

READ: NAHUM 2:11-1211 Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion's cub, And no one made them afraid? 12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,Killed for his lionesses, Filled his caves with prey,And his dens with flesh. NKJV



WHAT DOES THE LORD LIKEN THE PAHARAOH TO?like a monster?

WHO CREATED THE MONSTERS OF THE SEA?READ: GENESIS 1:21

21 God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. NKJV



WHO HAS DOMINION OF THE MONSTERS?

READ: PSALMS 74:13-1413 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. 14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH?

READ: EZEKIEL 29:33 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.'


3 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net.

4 Then I will leave you on the land; I will cast you out on the open fields, And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens. And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.


3 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net. 4 Then I will leave you on the land; I will cast you out on the open fields, And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens. And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH?'I will therefore spread My net over you ‘

‘they will draw you up in My net’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZEDEKIAH?

READ: EZEKIEL 12:1313 I will spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there. NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EPHRAIM?READ: HOSEA 7:11-12

11 "Ephraim is like a silly dove, without sense — They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria. 12 Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air;I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard. NKJV





WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE BABYLONIANS?READ: HABAKKUK 1:15-16

15 They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful. NKJV




READ: EZEKIEL 29:55 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE ETHIOPIANS?

READ: ISAIAH 18:66 They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey And for the beasts of the earth; The birds of prey will summer on them, And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them. NKJV


5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass.

6 'I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.


5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass. 6 'I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.



5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ALL THE NATIONS?READ: ISAIAH 34:2-3

2 The indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter. 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?

READ: EXODUS 7:1919 "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.'" NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?

READ: EZEKIEL 31:12-1312 Aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.13 On its ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens, And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches NKJV


7 When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light.

8 All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,‘ Says the Lord GOD.


7 When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,‘ Says the Lord GOD.




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH?I will cover the sun with a cloud,

And the moon shall not give her light

DID THE LORD DO THIS IN THE PAST?WHY?

READ: JOB 18:55 The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine. NKJV




DID THE LORD DO THIS IN THE PAST?WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?

READ: EXODUS 10:21-2321 "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt." 22 Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. NKJV





WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON JUDGMENT DAY?

READ: ISAIAH 13:1010 The stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine. NKJV





READ: JOEL 2:1-21 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand: 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations. NKJV





READ: JOEL 2:30-3130 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. NKJV





READ: JOEL 3:14-1614 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. 16 The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.





READ: MARK 13:24-2624 In those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

(MATTHEW 24:29-30 & LUKE 21:25-27)


8 All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,‘ Says the Lord GOD.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH?All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SEE?READ: JEREMIAH 4:23

23 I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.

WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT THE LORD?READ: JOB 9:7

7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;He seals off the stars; NKJV


9 'I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.

10 Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.'


9 'I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. 10 Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.‘

HOW WILL THE NATIONS RESPOND?

WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 30:3232 In every place where the staff of punishment passes, Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps; And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it. NKJV


10 Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.‘

HOW WILL THE NATIONS RESPOND? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 46:1010 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED WHEN TYRE WAS DESTROYED?READ: EZEKIEL 26:16

16 All the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED WHEN TYRE WAS DESTROYED?READ: EZEKIEL 27:35-36

35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid,And their countenance will be troubled. 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever. NKJV


HOW WILL THE NATIONS RESPOND?

WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 30:7-9

7 "They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste. 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed. 9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!" NKJV


11 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.

12 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. 'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.


11 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 12 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. 'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.

WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE PHARAOH?'The sword of the king of Babylon

shall come upon you’

WHAT WILL THE KING OF BABYLON DO?'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.’





WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?READ: EZEKIEL 21:19

19 Son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city. NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EGYPT?READ: ISAIAH 19:3-4

3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,"Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?READ: JEREMIAH 46:13-14

13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt. 14 "Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol;Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, 'Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.' NKJV





WHAT DID GOD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: EZEKIEL 29:1919 Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1212 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. 'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.

WHAT WILL THE KING OF BABYLON DO?'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO KING OF TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 28:6-7

6 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.” NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:12WHAT WILL THE KING OF BABYLON DO?

'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHARAOH?READ: EZEKIEL 31:10-12

10 Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted up in its height,11 Therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness. 12 And aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it. NKJV


13 Also I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters; The foot of man shall muddy them no more, Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them.

14 Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,‘ Says the Lord GOD.


13 Also I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters; The foot of man shall muddy them no more, Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them. 14 Then I will make their waters clear, And make their rivers run like oil,‘ Says the Lord GOD.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?

READ: EZEKIEL 29:1211 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years. NKJV


15 ‘When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

16 'This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,‘ Says the Lord GOD."


15 ‘When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD. 16 'This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,‘ Says the Lord GOD."

WHAT WILL EGYPT AND HER ALLIES KNOW?‘they shall know that I am the LORD’

WHEN?When I make the land of Egypt desolate

When I strike all who dwell in it

WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? EGYPT?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:15WHAT WILL EGYPT AND HER ALLIES KNOW?

‘they shall know that I am the LORD’

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?READ: EXODUS 7:3-5

3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.





READ: EXODUS 14:3-43 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.' 4 Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. NKJV





READ: EXODUS 14:17-1817 I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1616 'This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,‘ Says the Lord GOD."


WHY DID THE EGYPTIANS MOURN FOR ISRAEL?

READ: GENESIS 50:7-11

READ: GENESIS 50:7-117 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering. 10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1616 'This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,‘ Says the Lord GOD."


WHO IS THIS LAMENTATION FOR? ISRAEL?READ: EZEKIEL 19:12-14

12 She was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered;The fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches And devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling. NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

18 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:


17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 18 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:

WHEN WAS THIS?twelfth year, (twelfth month)?, fifteenth day

WHAT DID GOD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?‘wail over the multitude of Egypt’

‘Cast them down to the depths of the earth’‘With those who go down to the Pit‘


17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

WHEN WAS THIS?twelfth year, (twelfth month)?, fifteenth day

14 DAYS AFTER THIS PROPHECY?

EZEKIEL 32:11 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1818 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:


WHAT DID MICAH SAY? WHY?READ: MICAH 1:8-9

8 I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches, 9 For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people — To Jerusalem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:1818 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?READ: JEREMIAH 1:9-10

9 The LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down,To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant."

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:18WHAT DID GOD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

‘wail over the multitude of Egypt’‘Cast them down to the depths of the earth’

‘With those who go down to the Pit‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EGYPT?

READ: EZEKIEL 31:1515 'In the day when it went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:18WHAT DID GOD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO? WHY?

‘wail over the multitude of Egypt’‘Cast them down to the depths of the earth’

‘With those who go down to the Pit‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EGYPT?

READ: EZEKIEL 31:16-1716 I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth. 17 They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations. NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.'

20 "They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes.

21 The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: 'They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.' 20 "They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: 'They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?‘Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised’


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?‘Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO KING OF TYRE?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:1010 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken, says the Lord GOD. NKJV


20 "They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?

READ: PSALMS 28:33 Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts. NKJV


21 The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: ‘They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?The strong among the mighty

Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell

READ: EZEKIEL 31:1818 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet, You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord GOD.


21 The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: 'They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?The strong among the mighty

Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell

READ: ISAIAH 14:9-109 "Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you,All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations. 10 They all shall speak and say to you: 'Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us? NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 22 "Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her,All of them slain, fallen by the sword.

23 Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 22 "Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword. 23 Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ASSYRIA?

READ: ISAIAH 14:1515 You shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit. NKJV


22 "Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword. 23 Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ASSYRIA?READ: NAHUM 1:14

14 The LORD has given a command concerning you: "Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your grave,For you are vile." NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 24 "There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

25 They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 24 "There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit. 25 They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.

WHO WERE THE ELAMITES?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ELAM?


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 24 "There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

WHO WERE THE ELAMITES?

WHO WAS ELAM? SON OF SHEM?READ: GENESIS 10:22

22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. NKJV


24 "There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

WHO TOOK PART IN DESTROYING BABYLON?READ: ISAIAH 21:2

2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 22:66 Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield. NKJV



WHERE WAS DANIEL? IN SHUSHAN?WHERE WAS SHUSHAN? IN ELAM?

READ: DANIEL 8:22 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai. NKJV



WHERE WAS NEHEMIAH? IN SHUSHAN?WHERE WAS SHUSHAN? IN ELAM?

READ: NEHEMIAH 1:1-21 It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, 2 that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. NKJV



WHERE WAS KING AHASUERUS? IN SHUSHAN?WHERE WAS SHUSHAN? IN ELAM?

READ: ESTHER 1:2-32 In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel, NKJV



WHERE WAS MORDECAI? IN SHUSHAN?WHERE WAS SHUSHAN? IN ELAM?

READ: ESTHER 2:55 In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 49:35-3635 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might. 36 Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them toward all those winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 49:3737 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,' says the LORD; 'And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 49:38-3938 I will set My throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes,' says the LORD. 39 'But it shall come to pass in the latter days:I will bring back the captives of Elam,' says the LORD." NKJV


WHO WAS PRESENT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST?JEWS FROM ALL THESE NATIONS?

READ: ACTS 2:9-119 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs…. NKJV


25 They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ELAM?‘All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword’

WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE KING OF TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 28:10

10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken, says the Lord GOD. NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 26 "There are Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes, With all their graves around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, Though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

27 They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And lie with those slain by the sword.


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 26 "There are Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes, With all their graves around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, Though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And lie with those slain by the sword.

WHO WERE MESHECH AND TUBAL?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?


26 "There are Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes, With all their graves around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, Though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

WHO WERE MESHECH AND TUBAL?SONS OF JAPHETH?

READ: GENESIS 10:22 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. NKJV

(1 CHRONICLES 1:5)

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?READ: EZEKIEL 27:13

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. NKJV



WHO WERE MESHECH AND TUBAL?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT MESHECH?

READ: PSALMS 120:5-75 Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul has dwelt too long with one who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war. NKJV



WHO WERE MESHECH AND TUBAL?

WHERE DID THE LORD SEND HIS PEOPLE?WHY?

READ: ISAIAH 66:1919 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:27-2827 They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And lie with those slain by the sword.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?They do not lie with the mighty

Who are fallen of the uncircumcisedWHY? BECAUSE

of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON? WHY?READ: ISAIAH 14:18-20

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:27-28WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEM?

They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised

WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON? WHY?READ: ISAIAH 14:18-20

18 All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house; 19 But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot. 20 You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:27-2827 They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And lie with those slain by the sword.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?broken in the midst of the uncircumcised

And lie with those slain by the sword

WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO PETER?READ: MATTHEW 26:52Put your sword in its place,

For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 29 "There is Edom, Her kings and all her princes, Who despite their might Are laid beside those slain by the sword; They shall lie with the uncircumcised, And with those who go down to the Pit.

30 There are the princes of the north, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down with the slain In shame at the terror which they caused by their might; They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:29-30EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED

29 "There is Edom, Her kings and all her princes, Who despite their might Are laid beside those slain by the sword; They shall lie with the uncircumcised, And with those who go down to the Pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down with the slain In shame at the terror which they caused by their might; They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

WHO WAS EDOM? WHO WAS SIDON?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:2929 "There is Edom, Her kings and all her princes, Who despite their might Are laid beside those slain by the sword; They shall lie with the uncircumcised, And with those who go down to the Pit.

WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

READ: GENESIS 25:3030 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. NKJV


WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT EDOM?WHY?

READ: PSALMS 137:77 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of EdomThe day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it,To its very foundation!" NKJV


WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

WHAT DID OBADIAH SAY CONCERNING EDOM?

READ: OBADIAH 1We have heard a report from the LORD,

A messenger has been sent among the nations,

SAYING:"Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle“


WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EDOM?READ: ISAIAH 34:5-6

5 My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams.For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. NKJV


WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EDOM?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:17-1817 Edom shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and GomorrahAnd their neighbors, says the LORD, No one shall remain there, Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.


WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

WHY IS THE LORD TAKING VENGEANCE ON EDOM?READ: EZEKIEL 25:12-14

12 Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them, 13 Therefore I will stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword. 14 I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:3030 There are the princes of the north, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down with the slain In shame at the terror which they caused by their might; They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

WHO WAS SIDON? GRANDSON OF HAM?

READ: GENESIS 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put & Canaan

READ: GENESIS 10:15Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn and Heth



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 26:20

20 I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 28:8 & 10

They shall throw you down into the Pit,You shall die the death of the slain

In the midst of the seas.

You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens



READ: EZEKIEL 28:22-2322 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her. 23 For I will send pestilence upon her, And blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV



WHO WERE THE PRINCES OF THE NORTH?READ: JUDGES 3:5-6

5 Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods. NKJV


EGYPT AND HER ALLIES DESTROYED 31 "Pharaoh will see them And be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, Slain by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD.

32 "For I have caused My terror in the land of the living; And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised With those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude,“ Says the Lord GOD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 32:31-3231 "Pharaoh will see them And be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, Slain by the sword,“ Says the Lord GOD. 32 "For I have caused My terror in the land of the living; And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised With those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude,“ Says the Lord GOD.

WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH AND HIS ARMY?‘Pharaoh and all his army, Slain by the sword’

ANDHe shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised

With those slain by the sword

WHAT WILL THE WORLD SEE & KNOW?‘I have caused My terror in the land of the living’

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EZEKIEL CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO