Text: Ezekiel 19<\/p>\n
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I. A lioness rears a young lion – Ezekiel 19:1-4<\/p>\n
A. This a lamentation – a subject of sorrow – concerning the ruling family of Israel.<\/p>\n B. The kingdom of Judah, and David’s house in particular, is compared to a lioness\nwho gives birth to a cub – Genesis 49:9; Number 23:24; 24:9\n
1. Jerusalem is called Ariel (lion of God) – Isaiah 29:1<\/p>\n 2. Other uses of lions as symbols – Zephaniah 3:1-4; Nahum 2:11-12; Isaiah\n5:29-30; Zechariah 11:3\n
C. The cub is Jehoahaz, son of Josiah – II Kings 23:31-34<\/p>\n 1. The reference to learning to catch prey is indicating a cruel and bloody\nreign.\n
2. The lion is captured and brought to Egypt – Jeremiah 22:11-12<\/p>\n
II. The lioness raises another young lion – Ezekiel 19:5-9<\/p>\n
A. Jehoiakim is the second cub – II Kings 23:34-37; 24:1-7<\/p>\n 1. Some believe it is Jehoiachin because he was the next to be raised to the\nthrone by the people of Israel\n 2. Others think it is symbolic of all three kings: Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and\nZedekiah because all three were carried off to Babylon \n
B. Jeremiah’s prophecies – Jeremiah 22:13-19; 26:1-24; 36:1-32<\/p>\n
C. As king he is destructive – Proverbs 19:12; 28:15-16<\/p>\n D. The lion is captured by the nations and brought to Babylon – II Kings 24:2; II\nChronicles 26:4-8\n
III. The vine that brought forth kings – Ezekiel 19:10-14<\/p>\n A. Now the kingdom of Judah or the house of David is compared to a vine “in your\nblood” – Psalm 80:8-11\n
1. Some translated this as vineyard. <\/p>\n
2. Others as the “blood of the grapes;” in other words a productive vine<\/p>\n
3. Others as a reference to the blood line of the kings.<\/p>\n
B. It grew well because of the abundance of the land – Deuteronomy 8:7-9<\/p>\n
1. Full of branches – lots of children.<\/p>\n
2. Strong branches – capable leaders<\/p>\n
3. It grew tall – exalted among the nations<\/p>\n
C. But the vine was pulled up and burnt – Psalm 52:5; Jeremiah 31:27-28<\/p>\n 1. An east wind dries the vine up – Babylon (from the east) removes the\nkingship and those set up to govern are poor quality and then they are\ndestroyed. – Jeremiah 4:11-12; Hosea 13:15\n
2. Removal of the leading citizens – II Kings 24:14-16; Jeremiah 22:25-27<\/p>\n
D. The vine is now in the desert – in exile in Babylon – Deuteronomy 28:47-48<\/p>\n 1. Though Babylon is a well-watered region, it is the lack of God’s favor that\nis shown by dryness and thirst – Psalm 63:1; 68:6; Hosea 2:3\n E. Fire came from a rod – Zedekiah brought the destruction down on Judah – II Kings\n24:20\n
1. What remains is unable to rule – Hosea 3:4<\/p>\n
2. The government left was too weak to stand<\/p>\n
3. It is an occasion for great weeping<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEzekiel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lament for the Kings of Israel Text: Ezekiel 19 I. A lioness rears a young lion – Ezekiel 19:1-4 A. This a lamentation – a subject of sorrow – concerning the ruling family of Israel. B. The kingdom of Judah, and David’s house in particular, is compared to a lioness who gives birth to a cub –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14352,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14352,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ezekiel\/","url_meta":{"origin":64812,"position":0},"title":"A Study of Ezekiel","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"A Study of Ezekiel by Jeffrey W. Hamilton The following are my class notes for teaching Ezekiel here in La Vista. 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