The Lord sent Ezekiel to confront the false prophets who told the people lies. They had created messages for the people in their imaginations and it was time for them to hear God's message. God was going to punish the lying prophets for deceiving the people with lies. They had deliberately led the people to believe that they were doing what God wanted them to do, and instead, led them into destruction. The Lord was also going to put an end to women who led people into destruction by lying that they could tell the future.
The Lord had Ezekiel tell the people to stop worshiping idols and come back to Him. They would be His people and He would be their true God. If God decided to destroy a nation, and if Noah, Daniel,* and Job lived there, the only survivors would be those three. (*Daniel - this Daniel may or may not be the same Daniel of the book in the Old Testament. Scholars are divided on this question.) Even their children would not survive, only them.
The Lord told Ezekiel that the people were as useless as old grapevine. Because the people had not been loyal to God, He would make their country an empty wasteland.
The Lord told Ezekiel to remind the people of their disgusting sins and condemn the way they had made themselves insatiable whores. It was as if their sin knew no bounds and they had become obsessed with it. The Lord was furious at them and would not be satisfied until they had been severely punished. Only after God had stopped them would he calm down and stop being angry and jealous.
Tomorrow read Ezekiel 16:44-20:17
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