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Dave Burnette's Commentary

Ezekiel Chapter 7

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: Ezekiel
Date Penned: (571 BC)
Overview: To Announce God's Judgement and Salvation (c 1-5)
Theme: Messages of Doom (c 1-24)
Message: God Will Pour Out His Anger (v 1-27)


Ezekiel 7 Commentary

(7:1) Destruction of Judah - In Ezekiel 7, Ezekiel predicts the complete destruction of Judah. The wicked and proud will finally get what they deserve. This day of judgment is the day of reckoning when sinners will be punished and injustices reversed. Other prophets refer to this day as the Day of the Lord (for examples of this, see Joel 1:15; 2:1; Amos 5:20; Zephaniah 1:7). If it seems as though God ignores the evil and proud people of our day, be assured that an ultimate day of judgment will come, just as one came for the people of Judah. God always waits patiently for sinners to repent (see 2 Peter 3:9), but when his judgment comes, "none of them shall remain." What you decide about God now will determine your fate then. 

(7:12-13) Possesions Instead of God - The people of Judah trusted in their prosperity and possessions instead of in God. So God planned to destroy the basis of their prosperity. Whenever we begin to trust in jobs, the economy, a political system, or military might for our security, we foolishly diminish the proper place of the authority of God. What might God need to destroy in order to bring about spiritual renewal today? What might he need to take away to get our attention? 

(7:19) A Love of Money - God's people had allowed their love of money to lead them into sin and far from him. Money has a strange power to lead people into sin. Paul said that "the love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10). How ironic it is that we use a gift that comes from God--wealth--to buy things that separate us from him and replace his role in our lives. It is tragic that we spend so much of our time and money seeking to satisfy ourselves and so little seeking and serving God, the true source of satisfaction. 

(7:20) Idols - God gave the people silver and gold, but they used that silver and gold to make idols. The resources God gives us should be used to do his work and carry out his will, but too often we use them to satisfy our own desires. When we abuse God's gifts or use resources selfishly, we miss the real purpose God had in mind. 

(7:24) Pride - The people of Jerusalem took great pride in their beautiful buildings and grand fortresses. The temple itself was a source of pride (see 24:20-21). This pride would be crushed when the evil and godless Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem's homes and holy sanctuaries. If you are going through a humiliating experience, God may be using that experience to weed out pride in your life.

 


David Burnette's Life Application


The Love of Money

 

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue the Book of Ezekiel with Chapter 7. In our text today we see God pouring out His anger on Judah as they allowed their love of money to lead them into sin. In making application we see the truth of the love of money being the root of all evil and where a mans treasure is, there will be their heart. Today many still place money before the Lord and as a result their hearts come cold and  distant. How about you? Do you have a "Love for money?" Let us learn from our text today to see there is nothing wrong with money itself as it is a means for exchange but the "love of money" is the root of all evil and when we fall into this mindset we will experience the judgment of God.

 

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Ezekiel 7

Ezekiel 7

 1Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

 2Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

 3Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

 4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 5Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

 6An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

 7The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

 8Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

 9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.

 10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.

 12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

 13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

 14They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

 15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

 16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

 17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

 18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

 20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

 21And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

 22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

 23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

 24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

 25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

 26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

 27The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.