Lesson Five – Class Handout
Ezekiel Chapters 6 – 7
I. Message to the Mountains (6:1-14).
A. Ezekiel commanded to preach to the mountains of Israel –
prophecy of the end of false worship (6:1-2).
B. Warning of approaching destruction of places of idolatry
(6:3-7).
C. A brief interlude of hope – a repentant remnant will be
preserved in exile (6:8-10).
D. A mocking lament of the devastation Israel’s idolatry
will have caused (6:11-14).
II. Prophetic Dramas of Judgment in Summary (7:1-27).
A. Judgment announced (7:1-4).
B. Calls for judgment (7:5-9).
C. Certainty of judgment (7:10-13).
D. Three elements underscoring the picture of the total
destruction of the nation (7:14-27).
1. Destruction announced (7:14-18).
2. Uselessness of physical resources (7:19-22).
3. Fall of Jerusalem announced (7:23-27).