Chapter 8 overview
Visions of Ezekiel
This prophet was taken “in visions of God” to Jerusalem to see the abominations of the people.
Who is Ezekiel?
Digging Through the Wall
Question: Ezekiel was told to dig through a wall to see what the elders were doing there. What did he find?
What are engraved images and idols being worshiped in secret?
Women Weeping
Question: At the north gate, Ezekiel saw women weeping for this pagan god.
Who is Tammuz?
The Six Men
Question: How many men came from the upper gate with weapons for slaughter?
What is six?
The Glory of the Lord
Question: Where did the glory of the God of Israel move to during the vision?
What is from the cherub to the threshold of the house?
The Place of the Vision
Question: In Ezekiel’s vision, he was carried to the entrance of this place, where an idol provoked God to jealousy.
What is the north gate of the inner court of the temple?
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Seventy Elders
Question: How many elders of Israel did Ezekiel see offering incense to idols in the dark?
What is seventy?
Sun Worship
Question: What were twenty-five men doing between the porch and the altar?
What is bowing down to the sun toward the east?
The Man in Linen
Question: Who was clothed in linen and carried a writer’s inkhorn?
Who is the man clothed in linen?
Beginning Point
Question: Where did the judgment begin?
What is at God’s sanctuary?
The Figure of Fire
Question: Ezekiel saw a figure that looked like fire from the waist down and bright as metal from the waist up.
Who is the likeness of the glory of God?
God’s Sight
Question: The elders said, “The Lord does not see us.” What does this reveal about their belief?
What is they thought God had forsaken the land?
Turning Their Backs
Question: What did these men have their backs turned toward?
What is the temple of the Lord?
The Mark
Question: What task was the man in linen commanded to do first?
What is put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and cry over abominations?
The First Victims
Question: Who were the first to be slain in the judgment?
Who are the elders before the temple?
The Elders’ Meeting
Question: When Ezekiel saw his vision, these men were sitting before him.
Who are the elders of Judah?
Jaazaniah
Question: Which man, the son of Shaphan, was seen among the seventy elders with a censer in his hand?
Who is Jaazaniah son of Shaphan?
Provoking Anger
Question: God said the people put a “branch to their nose,” symbolizing what?
What is insult and mockery toward God?
The Judgment Order
Question: After marking, what were the other men told to do?
What is slay everyone without the mark?
Ezekiel’s Cry
Question: How did Ezekiel respond when he saw the slaughter in Jerusalem?
What is he fell on his face and cried out for mercy?
The Idol of Jealousy
Question: God showed Ezekiel this image that provoked Him to jealousy.
What is the idol of jealousy?
The Creeping Things
Question: What kind of images covered the walls that the elders worshiped?
What are creeping things and detestable beasts?
God’s Response
Question: How did God say He would respond to their abominations?
What is “I will not spare, nor will I have pity”?
No Pity
Question: What did God command the executioners regarding pity and compassion?
What is “Slay utterly… but do not come near anyone with the mark”?
Completion Report
Question: What did the man in linen say when his mission was finished?
What is “I have done as You commanded me”?