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).