Ezekiel 40:4
The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
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- Ezek 44:5 : 5 The LORD said to me:“Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the LORD’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.
- Jer 26:2 : 2 The LORD said,“Go stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the LORD’s temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word!
- Ezek 2:7-8 : 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. 8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
- Isa 21:10 : 10 O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.
- Ezek 43:10 : 10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.
- Acts 20:27 : 27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
- 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
- Ezek 3:17 : 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
- Ezek 2:1 : 1 Ezekiel’s Commission He said to me,“Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
- Matt 10:27 : 27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Matt 13:9 : 9 The one who has ears had better listen!”
- Matt 13:51-52 : 51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied,“Yes.” 52 Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
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- Ezek 40:1-33 verses81%
1 Vision of the New Temple In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on this very day, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me there.
2 By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.
3 When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.
- Ezek 44:4-52 verses81%
4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the LORD filling the LORD’s temple, and I threw myself face down.
5 The LORD said to me:“Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the LORD’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.
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10 And he said to me,“Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.
11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”
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5 I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.
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4 He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
- Ezek 43:10-112 verses79%
10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.
11 When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design– all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.
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6 I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.
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6 He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
- Ezek 12:1-33 verses77%
1 Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:
2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
3 “Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.
- Ezek 2:1-22 verses77%
1 Ezekiel’s Commission He said to me,“Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
2 As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.
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4 Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.
5 He said to me,“Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
6 He said to me,“Son of man, do you see what they are doing– the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
7 He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.
8 He said to me,“Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.
9 He said to me,“Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”
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12 He said to me,“Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think,‘The LORD does not see us! The LORD has abandoned the land!’”
13 He said to me,“You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”
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2 The LORD’s message came to me:
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15 He said to me,“Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”
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4 Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”
5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me and said to me,“Say: This is what the LORD says:‘This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
- Ezek 2:8-92 verses74%
8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
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17 He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!
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1 Ominous Object Lessons“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it– Jerusalem.
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9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you,‘What are you doing?’
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1 The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:
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17 The LORD’s message came to me:
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1 The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:
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11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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1 Vision Three: The Surveyor(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 I asked,“Where are you going?” He replied,“To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”
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2 He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.
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3 It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.
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24 Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The LORD spoke to me and said,“Go shut yourself in your house.
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17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”