Ezekiel 14 – Bible Study Questions

Complete Study Questions

Ezekiel 14:1-5

1. Who came to get advice from God? (14:1)
2. Did God want to give them advice? Why or why not? (14:3)
3. What was in their heart that offended God? (14:3) Describe this in your own words.
4. How did God tell Ezekiel to answer these men who came seeking advice? (14:4-5)

Ezekiel 14:6-8

1. Who does God tell Ezekiel to address in 14:6?
2. What is he to tell them? (14:6-7)
3. What is the difference between being transparent, confession, and repentance?
4. What is it that God will do to His people who do not repent? (14:7d-8)

Ezekiel 14:9

1. Who will hold the prophet accountable for what He teaches? (14:9)
2. What will God do if God's representative does not faithfully preach His Word? (14:9)
3. Why would God take such drastic steps? (14:10)
4. In what two ways are God's people so greatly affected by a compromised message? (14:11)
5. What is God's true desire for His people? (14:11)

Ezekiel 14:12-20

1. Of what entity is He speaking of in this section of judgment (14:13)?
2. What did this entity do that provoked God's judgment? (14:13)
3. In verses 13, 15, 17, and 19, God says that He will send different kinds of judgments. Please list them.
4. What does God do through these judgments? (13, 15, 17, 19) Does God sound defensive about it ?
5. The only thing that might cause God to spare or slow judgment is righteous people in the land. Which three men did God repeatedly mention? (14, 16, 18, 20) Think through these men's lives and what made them men that God would mention as representing righteous living.

Ezekiel 14:21-23

1. Who is God speaking to in the last section, verses 21-23?
2. What four severe judgments will He send against them? (14:21)
3. What will God do through these judgments? (14:21)
4. What one different thing will God do with His own nation, Israel, that He didn't promise in the former section when dealing with the nations in general? (14:22)
5. Why will He do this one special thing? (14:23)