Ezekiel 17: 22-24. Who is the third eagle of Ezekiel 17? After telling the parable of an eagle (Babylon) taking away Israel, planting it in a new land where it prospered, then of a second eagle (Egypt) who appealed to decadent Zedekiah to come to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ezekiel 8:3. Ezekiel is confronted with the “seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy…” Just what was that? (see also v. 8) The Babylonians had only begun their conquest, so whatever it was in the Temple...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ezekiel 1:1-2. What is different about the setting of the book of Ezekiel? In Isaiah and Jeremiah, destruction is imminent, and repentance is still possible. But in Ezekiel, some of the punishment has already taken place. The carrying away of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1. Jeremiah 35. What point does God make of the obedience of the Rechabites? Simply: Look, Israel, here are men who will obey men. But you will not obey God! The Lord also promised to bless this family from that day on. Obedience is a good thing....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jeremiah 30. Is there a difference in this restoration prophecy from others in the book so far? Yes, the clues are all there. Like Isaiah, Jeremiah sees the problem as beginning with Babylon, but ending with Jesus on the Throne of David ruling...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jeremiah 22:10-12, What trip to Egypt is the Lord talking about here? It’s been a while since we read through II Kings, but in the 23rd chapter of that book, we’re told the incident of which Jeremiah is speaking. Josiah, the righteous...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
JEREMIAH Jeremiah 1:11. What is the connection between the rod of an almond tree and the description given by the Lord about it? The commentaries tell me, and I have no reason to quarrel with them, that the almond tree is one of the first to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 61:1-2. Why did Jesus only quote the first verse, and a little of the second, when He was speaking in Nazareth on that fateful morning? He knew something that Bible scholars to this day haven’t figured out: The coming of the Lord was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 55-56. Though these latter chapters all seem to be about the coming Millennial Kingdom, there seems to be a lot of Old Testament imagery. Will there be sabbath-keeping, burnt offerings, etc, in the New World? This has always been my...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 44:28-45:7. Who is Cyrus? Here is one of those places where a chapter should not have been divided! Cyrus is none other than the coming King of Persia, who will defeat the Babylonians and rule the world. At this writing, Cyrus had not been...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
